A month before the song infected American audiences, a handful of college-age kids produced a homemade music video for “Call Me Maybe,” made from lip dub footage shot on their laptop webcams.

If you only just got Carly Rae Jepsen's 2012 hit "Call Me Maybe" out of your head, prepare for the catchy tune to return to your brain . . . but we promise it's for good reason. The latest parody ...

In one word, it’s a hit. Jepsen’s trip to iPods across America is greatly due to the viral music scene. Call Me Maybe was released Sept. 20, 2011 in Canada, and was certified platinum on Jan. 18.

The only other song that approaches "Call Me Maybe" levels of ubiquity this year is Gotye's breakup anthem "Somebody That I Used to Know." So, it was only a matter of time before some enterprising ...

“The point is, don’t give up on your dreams, kids. Not three months later “Call Me Maybe” was released and let’s just say I hope that song really annoyed them. Hehe.” Jepsen’s life ...

Songs that become earworms have simple repetitive melodies and phrases. The “Call Me Maybe” chorus is easy on the ear, as effortless to retain as a Mother Goose rhyme . . . and repeated again ...

But it’s late May, and right now you probably just want to know whether or not “Call Me Maybe” is going to be the hands-down song of summer 2012. We’ll certainly concede that it was the ...