# @popbase on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddfuw3YhT6Y
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70638261-popbase-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-20T04:30:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pop Base (@PopBase) — https://gondola.cc/PopBase

## Caption

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 1.7 billion views. Built around themes of love at first sight and hopeful romantic pursuit, the song's playful, confident lyrics captured a flirtatious energy that resonated instantly with listeners once it crossed over.

Signed to Schoolboy Records in 2012, Jepsen re-released the track worldwide as her international debut single, and it went on to earn RIAA Diamond certification for surpassing 10 million units sold in the US alone. The song later anchored her sophomore album, 'Kiss,' that September, cementing 'Call Me Maybe' as one of the defining pop anthems of the early 2010s and the song that launched Jepsen's career onto the global stage.

#carlyraejepsen #music #popculture #reels

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music, reels, carlyraejepsen, popculture

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