Call Me Maybe

"Call Me Maybe" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen. It was released on September 20, 2011 as the lead single from her first extended play, Curiosity.

         Carly Rae Jepsen is getting ready to make a name for herself. After placing third on 'Canadian Idol' in 2007, the British Columbia-born singer has become a rising star in Canada and it was announced this year that she has been signed to Justin Bieber's label. 'Call Me Maybe' is the first single off her second studio album titled 'Curiosity' and is the first song by a Canadian artist to reach the top of the digital charts since Bieber's hit 'Baby.'

The song's lyrics play as a flirty love note to a secret crush. Jepsen starts out by proclaiming, "I trade my soul for a wish / Pennies and dimes for a kiss / I wasn't looking for this." She makes it clear that the boy she's targeting is the object of her affections as, "And all the other boys, try to chase me / But here's my number, so call me, maybe?" Jepsen appears in the music video of the song by trying to win the attention of her neighbor but fails in doing so. A video spoof was posted on Twitter by Big Time Rush member Carlos Pena Jr. which included appearances by Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale and Big Time Rush. The spoof video has received over 18 million views, more than the actual music video.

         It's been some time since we were bombarded by a perfect pop song, and even longer since we've been bombarded by a perfect pop song from a young Canadian pop idol, but 26-year-old Carly Rae Jepsen has fulfilled both world shortages with a single, maddeningly addicting song: "Call Me Maybe."

If you're under the age of, say, 17—or otherwise tuned into the world of burgeoning pop stars—you've probably had this on repeat since mid-February, when tween royalty Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez and their friends put on fake mustaches and danced around someone's McMansion. They made a video that now has 20 million views on YouTube.

But for the rest of us (especially outside of Canada, where it's already been certified platinum), Jepsen Mania has only just begun. And the girl deserves it: She's recorded a flawless pop song. It's been out since September, but we're fast approaching the phase in which we will be virtually incapable of escaping the song and its strident disco strings and that horribly catchy hook. Resistance is futile, people: As much as I want to hate this song, I have listened to it seven times today (maybe more like 10 times) and I am not yet sick of it.

Jepsen signed with Bieber-maker Scooter Braun's label Schoolboy Records last month, after Justin heard the song on the radio and told Braun it was "the best pop song out there." That's like Michael Jordan ceding his title to Kobe

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