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People have been singing Blink-182 lyric wrong for 24 years

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Published 12:57 17 Dec 2023 GMT

People have been singing Blink-182 lyric wrong for 24 years

X users were stunned when Blink-182 called them 'fake fans' for getting one of their iconic song lyrics wrong for years.

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

Consider yourself a big Blink-182 fan? Know all the lyrics to some of band’s best songs? Well, you might be in for quite a shock.

After listening to thousands of plays of your favourite songs from your fave bands and singers, its only natural to start singing along.

Eventually you’ll likely get so good you’ll know the lyrics word-for-word and sing them loudly and proudly in groups and alone.

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Well, it might be worth having a quick check on Google because Blink-182 fans found out that many of them had been singing the wrong lyrics for 24 years.

Yep, it's been over two decades since Matt Hoppus et al released their 1999 hit 'What's My Age Again?' from the album Enema of The State.

And social media has been filled with fans both proud and embarrassed at learning they just might have been singing the wrong lyrics since the song’s release.

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In fact, so many get it wrong that Blink-183 bassist and co-lead vocalist Mark Hoppus has been calling fans out over it.

For years, fans sang along merrily in the car: "I took her out, it was a Friday night. I walk alone to get the feeling right...

Excuse me, you do what? You 'walked alone to get the feeling right'? What does that even mean?

Blink-182 fans found out that many of them had been singing the wrong lyrics for 23 years.
Blink-182/YouTube

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The actual lyrics are: "I took her out, it was a Friday night. I wore cologne to get the feeling right" - you know, as in, you sprinkled on a bit of spray to make yourself smell nice for your date?

The one saving grace in all this, however, is that if you are guilty of the above, you are certainly not alone.

Owning up to their faux pas online, one misinformed fan previously wrote: "When I first heard what's my age again, way back, I genuinely thought mark sang, 'I walk alone, to get the feeling right'."

While another added: "I always used to think it was walk alone to get the feeling right."

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Social media has been filled with fans both proud and embarrassed at learning they just might have been singing the wrong lyrics.
Blink-182/YouTube

It became such a well known phenomenon that Hoppus himself even addressed it.

He wrote on X: "Due to personal reasons I will be wearing cologne to get the feeling right."

The singer the followed that up with: "Science fact: if you thought the lyrics were “I WALK ALONE to get the feeling right,” you are a Fake Fan."

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Responding to his tweet, one 'fake fan' said: "IT'S ALL OF US, MARK. IT'S ALL OF US."

"It took me awhile to figure it out, but I eventually did. Am I still a fake fan?" asked someone else.

While another chipped in: "You're telling me I confidently yelled the wrong lyrics at the concert?"

Featured Image Credit: YouTube / blink-182 / Manny Carabel/Getty Images

Topics: Music

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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