Capitol Records is adding another weapon in its arsenal to help Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

The label today (Dec. 15) serviced a remix of the song featuring rapper B.o.B to pop and rhythmic radio. It expects to make the track available for digital purchase as soon as next week.

The first five singles from Perry's album "Teenage Dream" all reached No. 1 - "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg; the title cut, "Firework"; "E.T." (which upon its release as a single featured Kanye West, as opposed to Perry's solo album version); and, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" - making the set just the second, following Michael Jackson's "Bad" (1987-88), to yield five Hot 100 leaders.

Should "One" hit No. 1, "Teenage Dream" would become the first album to generate six Hot 100 toppers.

"One" shoots 9-4 on this week's Hot 100, spurred in part by a previous marketing push by Capitol: its 69-cent sale pricing in the iTunes Store. (This week's chart is the first to reflect its sales activity since its digital discount took effect). As of this posting, the song remains the only title among the retailer's top 75 songs available for less than $1.29.

The sale pricing, as well as Perry's hosting gig on last weekend's (Dec. 10) "Saturday Night Live," helps "One" rise with gains in both sales and airplay, as it logs identical 7-6 upticks on Billboard's Digital Songs and Radio Songs charts. On the former chart, it increases by 24% to 117,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. On the latter list, the song improves to 92 million in audience (up 12%), according to Nielsen BDS.

The remix of "One" marks the latest in a trend of labels enlisting high-profile guest stars for remixes as songs approach the Hot 100's summit.

Earlier this year, Island Def Jam released a remix of Rihanna's "S&M" featuring Britney Spears. The following week, the song soared 2-1 on the Hot 100 with a 108% increase to 293,000 downloads sold.

RCA's Spears herself welcomed Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha on a remix of "Til the World Ends." On the May 14 Hot 100, the title bounded from No. 11 to its No. 3 peak with a 102% gain to 246,000 in digital sales.

Perry's "Friday" additionally received a remix featuring Missy Elliott, although after it had already topped Digital Songs two months earlier following the premiere of its star-studded video. Unlike the above examples, however, where remixes accounted for a majority of the songs' overall sales once available, the remix of "Friday" accounted for just 25% of the song's overall digital sales the week after its arrival (with all versions of the song discounted to 69 cents in the iTunes and Amazon mp3 stores in that span).

Still, the Elliott remix helped "Friday" reach the Hot 100's top spot at last after eight weeks in the top five on the Aug. 27 chart.


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Going for number one again? Cheater.

The charts are such a joke. Kate Perry, Gag Gag and Rhianna can have 100 number 1s between them and I can still manage to avoid that mess. And even if one of their paid-for-hits happens to be playing in some public place I could not tell you who it is, or what song it is BECAUSE that shit all sounds the same.

Ok, so at first i didn't care at all about this, cuz again her beating MJ's record doesn't mean anything, but all this #1 pandering is really obnoxious and tired.

She really care about that number one.

babybugz said:

She really care about that number one.

This is sad lol. I recall not even two weeks ago they knocked the price down and now they're trying this remix strategy that they used for Last Friday Night to hit number 1. I think when she does come back with new material it won't be so well received because EMI continues to force her to get that 6th number 1.

She hit #4 today, entering Faith and Rhythm Nation territory as most singles in the top 5 singles off an album.

Plus lets be honest, this isn't Perry's doing, this is EMI's.

Once this is done hitting #1 Peacock needs to be the 7th so she could obliterate Rhythm Nation's 20 something whatever year old record.

Get as many number 1's as you want, the chick still can't sell albums worth a shit

Purple Rain had 2 number 1's= 13 Million Copies

Born In The U.S.A 0 Number 1's= 17 Million Copies

21 2 number 1's= 5 Million copes

Katy Perry 5 number 1's= barely 2 million

sad

musicjunky318 said:

Once this is done hitting #1 Peacock needs to be the 7th so she could obliterate Rhythm Nation's 20 something whatever year old record.

I want that to be released in mid January blowing the Vadge single out of the water and breaking the old bitchs hip with it.

^ You tried it.

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Wake me when Katy Perry becomes relevant or interesting.

musicjunky318 said:

Once this is done hitting #1 Peacock needs to be the 7th so she could obliterate Rhythm Nation's 20 something whatever year old record.

I want her to release Who Am I Living For?

[Edited 12/17/11 14:38pm]

lazycrockett said:

musicjunky318 said:

Once this is done hitting #1 Peacock needs to be the 7th so she could obliterate Rhythm Nation's 20 something whatever year old record.

I want that to be released in mid January blowing the Vadge single out of the water and breaking the old bitchs hip with it.

OH DAMN.

TheResistor said:

The charts are such a joke. Kate Perry, Gag Gag and Rhianna can have 100 number 1s between them and I can still manage to avoid that mess. And even if one of their paid-for-hits happens to be playing in some public place I could not tell you who it is, or what song it is BECAUSE that shit all sounds the same.

Well actually Gaga is the only not breaking records. She's only had 3 chart toppers so far

What a cheater. And the fact she said she only released the song because she liked it bull shit!

babybugz said:

musicjunky318 said:

Once this is done hitting #1 Peacock needs to be the 7th so she could obliterate Rhythm Nation's 20 something whatever year old record.

I want her to release Who Am I Living For?

[Edited 12/17/11 14:38pm]

That's the 8th after Peacock clocks in at #1.

Come on guys, let's be nice, after all there is a great possibility that Teenage Dream would be Katy's last big album. Let her enjoy this era.

Asymphony5 said:

Come on guys, let's be nice, after all there is a great possibility that Teenage Dream would be Katy's last big album. Let her enjoy this era.

Yeah, what in the world will she do without Dr. Luke.

babybugz said:

musicjunky318 said:

Once this is done hitting #1 Peacock needs to be the 7th so she could obliterate Rhythm Nation's 20 something whatever year old record.

I want her to release Who Am I Living For?

[Edited 12/17/11 14:38pm]

I love 'Hummingbird Heartbeat'. As much as I'd like to see it be a single, I really don't want anymore singles from this album...a little overkill even though it's a very good pop album IMO. I just think that Katy is absolutely adorable.

Terrib3Towel said:

Wasn't it confirmed that she didn't have 5 consecutive # 1 hits? Not that it really matters tho..

Um no.

musicjunky318 said:

Terrib3Towel said:

musicjunky318 said:

Um no.

But she had two singles to chart after "California Gurls" that weren't #1. Unless those weren't official singles. edit: and if she reached seven, she would tie Whitney Houston's record for most consecutive #1s. [Edited 12/18/11 1:10am]

Promo singles. Not official releases.