Release
Babyface's demo was released online on June 15, 2009. "Broken-Hearted Girl" and "Ego" were initially planned for simultaneous release as singles in the United States, but "Broken-Hearted Girl" was replaced with "Sweet Dreams", which became the sixth single from the I Am.. Sasha Fierce. "Ego" and "Sweet Dreams" are both on the Sasha Fierce disc, while the other joint-releases from I Am.. Sasha Fierce included one song from each disc to demonstrate the concept of Knowles' conflicting personalities—the album's central theme. "Broken-Hearted Girl" was subsequently released as the seventh overall single from I Am.. Sasha Fierce and the fifth outside the US. The ballad was made available in a two-track digital download in Australia and New Zealand on August 28, 2009. A CD single, featuring the album version of "Broken-Hearted Girl" and an extended remix of "Video Phone", was released in Germany on October 20, 2009.
French electronic musician Alan Braxe produced a different version of "Broken-Hearted Girl" that was released in Europe. It is a bubblegum dance and disco remix with guitars, horns, synthesizers, whips, and snare drums. Braxe reworked the ballad's bridge and made changes to Knowles' vocals, such as increasing the speed of her singing. A two-track download that includes Braxe's remix and the album version of "Broken-Hearted Girl" was made available on October 30, 2009, in the United Kingdom, where it coincided with the release of the platinum edition of I Am... Sasha Fierce. On that date, the song was released in Europe as a maxi single that features a radio edit and four remixes. Two digital extended plays were later released on November 20, 2009, in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.
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