# Call Me Maybe Call Me Maybe is Carly Rae Jepsen's 2011 dance-pop single that turned into a viral lip dub video trend of 2012. Justin Bieber's December 30, 2011 tweet triggered a wave of celebrity, athlete, and fan tributes, plus a snowclone catchphrase built on its chorus. ## Overview "Call Me Maybe" is a bubblegum dance-pop single by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen that turned into a defining lip dub video trend of 2012[1]. The chorus line, "Hey I just met you, and this is crazy / Here's my number, so call me maybe," was the launching pad for thousands of amateur video tributes and celebrity parodies uploaded to YouTube[1]. Fans then took the meme offline, printing "call me maybe" on flirty business cards handed out to strangers[3]. The track hit number one in more than a dozen countries and reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 by late April 2012[2]. ## How It Spread The tipping point was a homemade lip dub uploaded to YouTube on February 18, 2012, starring Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale, and their friends dancing around in sunglasses and fake mustaches[1]. The clip cleared 25 million views by early March and helped push the song into the Billboard top 25 that same month[1]. Copycats piled on fast. Katy Perry posted her own friend-group version on April 16, 2012, James Franco filmed a backseat singalong the next day, the Harvard Baseball Team's van dance from May 6, 2012 cleared 10 million views inside a month, and the USA Swimming Team recorded a version ahead of the London Olympics[4]. The chorus also spawned image macros using the snowclone "Hey I just met you, and this is crazy / But I'm your X, so Y me maybe?"[4]. Fans printed the "call me maybe" line on real business cards passed to strangers, a trend Jezebel began documenting on May 22, 2012[3]. ## How to Use The template is a chorus rewrite: keep "Hey I just met you, and this is crazy," then swap "here's my number, so call me maybe" for two rhyming lines describing a specific relationship or joke[3]. Video versions typically pack a group into a car or hallway lip syncing along the beat, often with props like sunglasses or fake mustaches[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Call Me Maybe? "Call Me Maybe" is Carly Rae Jepsen's 2011 dance-pop single whose chorus fueled a viral lip dub video trend in 2012[1]. ### Where did Call Me Maybe come from? Jepsen released the song in Canada on September 20, 2011, and Justin Bieber's December 30 tweet turned it into a global hit and viral video template[1]. ### What does Call Me Maybe mean? The chorus is a flirty pickup line about handing a phone number to a crush, later rewritten by fans into thousands of joke variations, often sexual or absurd[5]. ### How do you use Call Me Maybe? Group up for a car or hallway lip dub, or rewrite the chorus into your own rhyming punchline for an image macro or a business card[3]. ### Is Call Me Maybe still popular? The song was a top-charting 2012 pop hit whose lip dub template dominated online video that spring and summer[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.vulture.com/2012/03/carly-rae-jepsen-justin-biebers-canadian-pop-star-bff.html]() 2. [https://www.billboard.com/#/song/carly-rae-jepsen/call-me-maybe/28146456]() 3. [https://jezebel.com/5912279/call-me-maybe-calling-cards-are-the-new-call-me-maybe]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/call-me-maybe]() 5. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Call%20Me%20Maybe]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/call-me-maybe Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library