I actually remember not really liking 'Poker Face' when I first heard it in late 2008 but fortunately it clicked with me big time shortly thereafter and has remained fantastic ever since which makes that initial reaction seem strange in hindsight. Pop banger and of course an iconic video from Gaga.

I absolutely love Poker Face, I can remember hearing it for the first time in August/September 2008 and being absolutely hooked.

Poker Face was initially my favourite Gaga, the earworm hooks the brilliant production the lyrics etc. However I eventually grew to love another even more …

Definitely the second best Gaga number of the year and would also be in my top 5.

I will always remember the chart show here when we realised at about number 4 or 5 that this was the climber at number 1!

Probably Poker Face would be my #1, but definitely among my Top 3. Such a great song.

I’m quite glad Poker Face is Gaga’s lowest song here. It’s good but it doesn’t sound as good anymore. I used to the Just Dance was average and Poker Fave was a massive step up but over the years my opinions on those songs have flipped completely!

Love Poker Face and Gaga was untouchable for 18 months - it just reminded me of / Ma Baker, Rasputin a bit - but she was banging out the number ones for me from Just Dance onwards and this would def be top 5 for me too, possibly even my fave of the lot as it's still mesmeric! Still fresh for me.

Bonkers still slaps today it deserves to be high

Im not alone on the other hand is naff should be lower

I got a feeling is definitely the best of the 3 BEP songs of the year deserves a high placing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9hazmsUxrM

4 David Guetta feat. Akon - Sexy Chick

1 week in August 2009: 21-{1}-2-3-2-2-2-3-5-10-13-18-24-31-36-35-43-47-59-52-33-45-54-65-68-73->26

Kept off #1: none

#12 in EOY 2009

Around the time of David Guetta's first UK #1, Senegalese-American singer Akon, who had previously had #1s in 2005 and 2006, approached him about working together. The resulting song, 'Sexy Bitch', was also recorded in the less explicit version 'Sexy Chick' which is how the song is recorded in the UK chart database, and is also the version I've rated here (whereas I've heard the 'Sexy Bitch' version maybe twice). It was another rush-release to combat copycat versions, but jumped to #1 on its first full week on a sale of 55k. The pair would collaborate again on 2012 #6 'Play Hard', which has remained as Akon's last UK chart hit.

It's quite a coincidence that my two favourite Guetta songs have "Chick" in the title (the other being Rihanna collab 'Who's That Chick?'), as the lyrics aren't a highlight of this one - the rewrite from the "Bitch" version removed the most jarring element by removing the rhyme with "before", but it's still fairly unoriginal in its infatuation of the woman in question. However the song's here because Guetta had found the most infectious riff to set up the bridge, for which Akon's trebly vocals are the perfect fit to lift the song to another level, and then Guetta shifts the riff slightly off the beat to give it that extra bounce. It's another one that would be ideal for jumping around in a giant tent - or alongside and into a pool in the case of the video - but it's a summery boost of energy for many a setting.

I alternately despised some Akon songs and really liked others - this is in the latter category. The other is the superb Sweet Escape.

I definitely prefer "When Love Takes Over" over "Sexy Chick".

Oh afraid I cannot stand 'Sexy Chick' in the slightest, had forgotten it was still in but outside of nostalgia it's really naff. 'I Gotta Feeling' also in a way but there I can at least appreciate the anthemic moments back then of it appearing on the dancefloor. Though that said all of these are dancefloor classics in the... right frame of mind. Just I'd be gritting my teeth and pretending to like Guetta.

Poker Face and I'm Not Alone have aged really gracefully in comparison though, wouldn't have particularly noted either in the past but they are really well put together as songs and are very fun #1s to listen to casually.

I do quite love this, it's definitely naff compared to 'When Love Takes Over' and with highly misogynistic lyrics (as was par for the course back then) but still an absolute banger.

I feel like it was this song that started off the trend we'd go on to see with all of Flo Rida and Pitbull's (etc) EDM songs in the years that followed.

I'm Not Alone is so good, I think I love it even more now than I did then (and I liked it a lot then). Such warm synths and Calvin sounds really good on it, that style of dance was also a breath of fresh air for the charts and the top spot.

I've become a bit desensitised to I Gotta Feeling over the years, can't deny what a banger it is though and I loved it at the time, but I cannot go anywhere without hearing it, even 17 years on. I suppose it pretty much is THE definitive party anthem of the last 20 years.

Poker Face <3 I did like Just Dance but it peaked at something like No.7 in my chart, this was where my Gaga love really began, such a great track, although it sounds quite primitive these days in comparison to some of the productions she has had since. Despite that it's still hugely enjoyable.

Sexy Chick is catchy but I definitely never seek it out to listen to. A very corny number that hasn't aged too well lyrically.

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I do like 'Sexy Chick' but it's never been more than like a 6/10 so would be lower down for me.

Both #5 and #4 are very much late 00s records. I don’t think they’re as ageless as some other songs here, but both very much bangers. Not sure which of “Just Dance” and “Poker Face” I prefer these days but I was always more of a “Paparazzi” girl.