Annie denies Girls Aloud snub rumours

Norwegian popstar Annie has scotched rumours that Girls Aloud "forced" her to drop a track from her new album.

Recent reports claimed that Girls Aloud were angry with Annie and producer Brian Higgins after they used the group's vocals without asking them.

However, Annie insisted that the pop five-piece were only too happy to appear on 'My Love Is Better', a track from her upcoming album.

"Girls Aloud were in the studio next door recording 'Can't Speak French' and we needed some backing vocals," Annie told DS. "Brian asked them if they'd like to help out. They were really up for it and came into my studio and it was really fun."

However, Annie also revealed that Girls Aloud have now been scrubbed from the track because of record company politics.

"Something came up with the record label and they couldn't be on the record after all. It's a bit of a shame, but it's not as dramatic as they said in the papers. Nobody got nasty," she said.

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