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La la, la la
You were the popular one, the popular chick
It is what it is, now I’m popular 'ish
Standing on the field with your pretty pompons
Now you’re working at the movie selling popular corn
I could have been a mess but I never went wrong
'Cause I’m putting down my story in a popular song
Said I’m putting down my story in a popular song
My problem, I never was a model
I never was a scholar,
You were always popular
You were singing, all the songs I don’t know
Now you’re in the front row
'Cause my song is popular
Popular, I know about popular
It’s not about who you are or your fancy car
You’re only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do, is be true to you
That’s all you ever need to know
Catch up, cause you got an awful long way to go
Catch up, cause you got an awful long way to go
I was on the lookout for someone to hate
Picking on me like a dinner plate
I hid during classes, and in between them
Dunk me in the toilet now its you that cleans 'em
You tryin' to make me feel bad with the things you do
It ain’t so funny when the joke’s on you
Uh, the joke’s on you
Got everyone’s laughing, not everyone clapping, asking
How come you look so cool?
'Cause that’s the only thing that I’ve learned at school
Said that’s the only thing I’ve learned at school
My problem, I never was a model,
I never was a scholar,
But you were always popular,
You were singing, all the songs I don’t know
Now you’re in the front row
'Cause my song is popular
Popular, I know about popular
It’s not about who you are or your fancy car
You’re only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do, is be true to you
That's all you really need to know
Catch up, cause you got an awful long way to go
Catch up, cause you got an awful long way to go
Popular, I know about popular
It’s not about who you are or your fancy car
You’re only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
It’s not about who you are or your fancy car
You’re only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do, is be true to you
That's all you really need to know
You were the popular one, the popular chick
It is what it is, now I’m popular 'ish
Standing on the field with your pretty pompons
Now you’re working at the movie selling popular corn
I could have been a mess but I never went wrong
'Cause I’m putting down my story in a popular song
Said I’m putting down my story in a popular song
I never was a scholar,
You were always popular
You were singing, all the songs I don’t know
Now you’re in the front row
'Cause my song is popular
It’s not about who you are or your fancy car
You’re only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do, is be true to you
That’s all you ever need to know
Catch up, cause you got an awful long way to go
Catch up, cause you got an awful long way to go
Picking on me like a dinner plate
I hid during classes, and in between them
Dunk me in the toilet now its you that cleans 'em
You tryin' to make me feel bad with the things you do
It ain’t so funny when the joke’s on you
Uh, the joke’s on you
Got everyone’s laughing, not everyone clapping, asking
How come you look so cool?
'Cause that’s the only thing that I’ve learned at school
Said that’s the only thing I’ve learned at school
I never was a scholar,
But you were always popular,
You were singing, all the songs I don’t know
Now you’re in the front row
'Cause my song is popular
It’s not about who you are or your fancy car
You’re only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do, is be true to you
That's all you really need to know
Catch up, cause you got an awful long way to go
Catch up, cause you got an awful long way to go
It’s not about who you are or your fancy car
You’re only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
It’s not about who you are or your fancy car
You’re only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do, is be true to you
That's all you really need to know
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It's a song with a straightforward meaning - it's showing that being popular at school doesn't get you anywhere in life and that the people who are different and don't follow the crowd are usually the ones who succeed - like Mika and so many other singer/songwriters! It shows how you can use someone's mean words to push yourself and get back at them when you're the one who's living the dream and their 'working at the movie selling popular corn'!
Popular from Wicked... I don't think I'll be able to ever listen to this song again thanks to basing most of this song off of that...
I know it sounds so much like popular from wicked
I know it sounds so much like popular from wicked
Anyone know who the girl singing on this is? I know there's a version with Ariana Grande but the album version definitely doesn't have her.
It's Priscilla Renea. Too bad really that Victorious made Ariana so famous, Priscilla also co-wrote that song - she would've deserved some recognition.
It's Priscilla Renea. Too bad really that Victorious made Ariana so famous, Priscilla also co-wrote that song - she would've deserved some recognition.
I love how when Ariana Grande came and sang it, she got rid of the two swear words.