ITunes Match auto-downloads on my iPhone 4?

I just subscribed to iTunes Match. Awesome. However, when I listen to a song on my iPhone, it automatically downloads that song to my device, instead of just keeping it "in the cloud."
How can I turn this off? I signed up so I wouldn't have to use the memory on my phone... I don't want songs on my iPhone if I want them from the cloud.

I am having this issue too on my iPhone 4. At first, when I selected a song via iTunes Match, it would play back but afterwards, the little arrow/cloud button would reappear. Now, when I select any song, it acts as if I selected the download button and now downloads to my phone- thus taking up space.

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