When you hear a song enough times, the lyrics can sometimes seep into your soul, and you find yourself belting it out whenever it comes on the radio.
You kind of just take it for granted that you know the tune inside out. You don't need to look the lyrics up.
Well, maybe you should have, because there is a fair chance you are one of the millions of people out there who have been getting the words wrong to a Blink-182 classic FOR 23 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.
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And many of us chumps out there have never even made it past the second line of the song without messing it up.
Have a listen to it here:
For years, we've 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?
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."
It became such a well known phenomenon that Hoppus himself even addressed it.
He wrote on Twitter: "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."
Responding to his tweet, one 'fake fan' said: "ITS ALL OF US, MARK. ITS 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."
I'm afraid so.
Dominic Smithers