OK - no one lied, they just kind of forgot to tell us about one minor detail.

I am surprised that I only found this out a couple of days ago - Feist did not write her massively successful single “1234”.

The song was written by Melbourne, Australia native Sally Seltmann, who records under the name New Buffalo. Feist’s people did a great job of hiding this, and why shouldn’t they? It can only help.

Seltmann simply said that the song didn’t fit on her most recent album and that she does not regret giving it away. “I think that Feist made this the song that it is because of the way she performed it. I just love that I can continue to do my own stuff with New Buffalo but give songs to other people as well.”

OK - I’m calling bullshit on this one.

While Seltmann received a writing credit on the song, she did NOT get a world tour, placement in Apple iPod and eBay advertisements, a grammy nomination, or an international career.

Check out the New Buffalo track Emotional Champ below. While I like it a lot, most artists have quite a difficult time recreating another tune with the same kind of mass appeal and success as “1234”.