[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