15 years ago today, Carly Rae Jepsen released ‘Call Me Maybe.’
Josh Ramsay produced 'Call Me Maybe,' transforming what Carly Rae Jepsen and Tavish Crowe originally wrote as a folk song into a bubblegum pop production once he joined the writing process. Jepsen released it exclusively in Canada through 604 Records on September 20, 2011, as the lead single from her intended 'Curiosity' project, recording it at Umbrella Studio in Richmond, British Columbia.
The track's breakout moment came unexpectedly that December, when Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez heard it on the radio while in Canada, prompting Bieber to post online calling it possibly the catchiest song he'd ever heard, a single tweet that sparked a wave of international interest in both the song and Jepsen, who'd previously seen only modest success at home. Ben Knechtel directed the accompanying music video, which premiered that December before later going through an unusual re-release the following March, eventually surpassing 1...
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