[Intro: Ariana Grande]

La-la, la-la

[Verse 1: Ariana Grande, MIKA & Both]

You were the popular one, the popular chick

It is what it is, now I'm popular-ish

Standin' on the field with your pretty pompom

Now you're workin' at the movies sellin' popular corn

I coulda been a mess, but I never went wrong

'Cause I'm puttin' down my story in a popular song (La-la, la-la)

Ah-ah, I said I'm puttin' down my story in a popular song

[Pre-Chorus: MIKA & Ariana Grande]

My problem, I never was a model

I never was a scholar, but you were always popular

You were singin' all the songs I don't know

Now you're in the front row 'cause my song is popular

[Chorus: MIKA & Both]

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

[Post-Chorus: Both, Ariana Grande]

So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go

So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go (Hey)

[Verse 2: Ariana Grande, MIKA & Both]

Always on the lookout for someone to hate

Pickin' on me like a dinner plate

You hid during classes and in-between 'em

Dunk me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans them

You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do

It ain't so funny when the joke's on you

Ooh, the joke's on you

Got everyone laughin', got everyone clappin', askin'

How come you look so cool?

'Cause that's the only thing that I learned at school, boy

Uh-huh, I said that's the only thing that I learned at school

[Pre-Chorus: MIKA & Ariana Grande]

My problem, I never was a model

I never was a scholar, but you were always popular

You were singin' all the songs I don't know

Now you're in the front row, 'cause my song is popular

[Chorus: MIKA, Both & Ariana Grande]

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 (That's all you ever need to know)

[Post-Chorus: MIKA & Ariana Grande]

So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go

So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go

[Bridge: Ariana Grande & MIKA]

That's all you ever need to know

You're only ever who you were (Oh, baby)

That's all you ever need to know (Oh, baby)

You're only ever who you were (Hey, hey)

That's all you ever need to know (Ooh-ooh)

That's all you ever need to know

[Chorus: MIKA, Ariana Grande & Both]

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 (That's all you ever need to know)

It's not about who you are or your fancy car

You're only ever who you were (That's all you ever need to know)

Popular, I know about popular (That's all you ever need to know)

And all that you have to do is be true to you

That's all you ever need to know

That's all you ever need to know