Gaga has released her single "Applause" one week early.
Gaga has released her single "Applause" one week early. Twitter / @ladygaga

Lady Gaga has decided to release her single "Applause" after too many leaks appeared over the weekend. The song originally set to be released on Aug. 19 has shown up online early, putting the pop star in a frenzy.

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Gaga ranted about the leak via Twitter and her fans, monsters, helped out by reporting links to streams and illegal downloads, which usually doesn't happen.

After the leaks began Gaga tweeted, "Lord, in HEAVEN WHY" and "YOU JUST COULDNT WAIT THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ONE SATURDAY."

Gaga also tweeted, "Don't worry. THE HAUS BUREAU is on the case.-TechHaus" which indicated that her team was working on fixing the leak. But once something leaks to the Internet you can't get it back.

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A massive anti-piracy campaign began and fans started providing links to a portal set up by Gaga's label, Universal Music, where people can report sites hosting a leaked track, TorrentFreak reports. Despite her efforts, Gaga later announced on Twitter that the single would be released today due to the numerous leaks.

She tweeted, "DUE TO HACKERS AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW/HIGH QUALITY LEAKS...WE ISSUE THIS POP MUSIC EMERGENCY...MONSTERS SPREAD THE WORD." And, "MY NEW SINGLE 'APPLAUSE' IS OUT TODAY AND CAN BE HEARD ON UNITED STATES RADIO IN 15 MINUTES. INTERNATIONAL RADIO TO FOLLOW."

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Listen to the single below and let us know what you think.

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