# Who Is "Mexican Lucky"; and Why is he Up For Him? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 13, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327 "2015-12-13T14:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![botsgotme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/1 "2015-12-13T14:49:10Z")
This is from a song by daft Punk-do the words make any sense? I have a problem with rock songs-the lyrics seem so crazy…what is this about? ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/2 "2015-12-13T15:01:09Z")
Are you sure that it’s not a mishearing of the song “[Get Lucky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NV6Rdv1a3I)”? Where one is “Up all night to get lucky”? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/3 "2015-12-13T15:02:53Z")
Oh my. Dude - you are mishearing. That is a fine _mondegreen_ you got there. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/4 "2015-12-13T15:50:47Z")
Coincidentally, [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=764368) has been bumped recently. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/5 "2015-12-14T01:30:47Z")
“Mexican Lucky” was the code name that the Russians used for one Clifford Holmes, Canadian secret agent and noted 1950s cigar model. As to why anybody is “up for him”, well the imagination runs wild. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/6 "2015-12-14T06:03:33Z")
A [cover version of “Get Lucky,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32gbhEyvcOg) as misheard by a Mexican band. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/7 "2015-12-14T22:42:29Z")
We’re up all night to get lucky = We’re Mexican Lucky ---
**Author:** ![Sofrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sofrito/32/510_2.png) [@Sofrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofrito)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/8 "2021-03-06T18:28:52Z")
Thanks to this thread I discovered “Uruapan Mexican loqui”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bpLtZgo10_Y/hqdefault.jpg "Uruapan Mexican Luky (Get Luky) con Sangre Azteca") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpLtZgo10_Y) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/9 "2021-03-06T19:34:04Z")
Mexican Lucky is a variation of the sex act Mexican Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327/10 "2021-03-07T16:16:16Z")
“Are those Reebok or Nike?” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BQ4c54rCJ_k/maxresdefault.jpg "Are those reebok or nike (subtitles)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4c54rCJ_k)