Everyone sang (and parodied) the Canadian pop star's big hit, but did it even make sense? The singer herself explains. By Jordan Zakarin In “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen most certainly created the ...

It’s a flirtatious song. It’s a hopeful song. It’s also a song of empowerment. And all the other boys try to chase me / But here’s my number, so call me, maybe, Jepsen sings. In this way, while she’s ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

Exactly ten years ago today, Carly Rae Jepsen released “Call Me Maybe,” which went on to be one of the defining songs of its era and the one that launched Jepsen’s career. To mark the occasion, Jepsen ...

Hey, I just met you and this is crazy, but here’s my number, so call me, maybe. It’s hard to look right at you, baby, but here’s my number, so call me, maybe. Sound familiar? It should! Carly Rae ...

For me, I think of Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber’s now infamous lip sync video to the hit song, made at the peak of their tween coupledom and a signifier to me — an obsessive fan — that true love was ...

Carly Rae Jepsen recalled the moment her life changed after releasing her hit single, “Call Me Maybe,” on its 10th anniversary. “'Call Me Maybe' was like a ...