Popular Song (song)

"Popular Song"
Single by Mika featuring Ariana Grande
from the album The Origin of Love and Yours Truly
Released	21 December 2012
Recorded	2012
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	4:05 (album version) 3:20 (radio edit)
Label	Barclay Casablanca Republic
Songwriter(s)	Mika Priscilla Renea Mathieu Jomphe Stephen Schwartz
Producer(s)	Greg Wells Mika Jason Nevins (single version)
Mika singles chronology
"Origin of Love" (2012) "Popular Song" (2012) "Live Your Life" (2013)
Ariana Grande singles chronology
"Put Your Hearts Up" (2011) "Popular Song" (2012) "The Way" (2013)
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"Popular Song" is a song by Lebanese-British recording artist Mika, released as the second single in the United States from his third studio album, The Origin of Love. The song features American singer Ariana Grande and is included on her debut album, Yours Truly. The track was written by Mika, Priscilla Renea, Mathieu Jomphe and Stephen Schwartz, and produced by Mika and Greg Wells. The radio version featuring Ariana Grande was produced by Jason Nevins. It was released as a promotional single on 21 December 2012.^[1] It was initially sent to impact contemporary hit radio in the United States on 13 August 2013, but its release was moved up a week earlier.^[2][3]

The song samples and remixes "Popular" from the musical Wicked. The album version of the song features vocals from Priscilla Renea, and features mature language. The single version replaces Renea with Ariana Grande, removes the mature language, and modifies the instrumental arrangement and tempo to create a version which heavily links to Mika's former hits, "Grace Kelly" and "We Are Golden".