@FLOP/SHIT I can see what you're on about, there is a similarity in delivery between some of their tracks - but I wouldn't say it was necessarily a case of Xtina copying B's style. I'm now going to have to listen to all my B albums and all my Xtina albums all over again. @HOT_ACID Yes there probably is a bit of Ace of Base and a bit of La Isla Bonita in there. LIB came out in 87 and Ace of Base were popular in the early nineties. Gaga was born in 86, like me, so she would have been listening to this stuff for pretty much her whole life, so I'm not surprised its had quite an influence on her work. Re Telephone - I know what you mean, but I think the reason here is that Gaga and Darkchild were writing it for someone else, so there wasn't a need for her to stamp her individuality on it.