If you lived in Canada, you could've been getting down to this sick beat ... of static?
A Taylor Swift audio clip called "Track 3" was accidentally made available to Canadian iTunes users, some of whom purchased it for $1.29 (though most likely got it because they have her album pre-ordered) only to receive eight seconds of white noise in return. Still, "Track 3" soared to No. 1 on the iTunes top singles chart in Canada.
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Apple's iTunes spokespeople have yet to respond to Mashable's request for comment about the "Track 3" situation, though it appears to have been a glitch.
So what did the track sound like? Slate posted this video of it for your listening pleasure:
Fans had assumed that "Track 3," which moved ahead of Swift's "Welcome to New York" and "Shake It Off" at Nos. 2 and 3, was the latest release from her (obviously) much-anticipated 1989 pop album. 1989 arrives in full on Oct. 27.
The "Track 3" incident incited quite the comedic Twitter buzz:
Taylor swift could literally release a song of her farting and it would go to number one. 8 seconds of static of track 3 is no 1 in Canada — paige (@tayloravampire) October 21, 2014
rocking out to @taylorswift13's 'Track 3' - eight seconds of static - on repeat while I do my hair #1989 #Track3— Lenay Dunn (@LenayDunn) October 22, 2014
We heard that Taylor Swift's "Track 3" is a song about every guy's first time. It's 8 seconds long, totally silent & released accidentally.— Flight Facilities (@flightfac) October 22, 2014
Swift teased the real "Track 3" earlier this month by posting some of the song's lyrics online:
Track 3 #1989lyricsA photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Okt 10, 2014 at 10:15 PDT
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