This video inspired its own parody (there's that multiplying again) called "Draft Me Maybe," featuring some major-league first-round-draft choices holding up signs with their key stats and lip-syncing along with lyrics such as, "And all the other teams, they appraise me, so here's my numbers, so draft me maybe." It sounds funnier than it is, mostly because they look beyond embarrassed to be there. Harvard baseball team: Bored on a van trip to a game, the team did a silly lip-sync to the song, complete with one player fast asleep in the back row, oblivious to the dance moves surrounding him. Here's a guide to the most memorable performances of the "Call Me Maybe" oeuvre:Ĭorgi Rae Jepsen: Taking the Meow Mix jingle to new levels of production value, a group called The Pet Collective created a "Call Me Maybe" video that stars "Corgi Rae Jepsen." Instead of the singer, you hear (in-tune) barks, but the best part is the visuals: Corgi Rae (an actual Corgi) re-enacts Carly Rae's video scene by scene. The "Call Me Maybe" compilation features 43 remixes of the song, including an awesome '90s-sounding version by DJ Colostomy Bagpipes called "Call Me MiDi." It might just be the cure for people who have "Call Me Maybe" stuck in their heads. Deacon's interpretation starts out innocently, but it slowly descends into madness. Deacon, the unofficial standard-bearer of Baltimore's experimental music scene, layered Jepsen's vocals over each other some 147 times for an online remix compilation. Maybe this exponential multiplying of the song is what inspired Dan Deacon's remix. And this might sound crazy, but it just took off from there. Next thing you know, Katy Perry posted a video too. The first viral cover featured Justin Bieber and some of his famous friends goofing off and lip-syncing the song, and shortly thereafter (and certainly not coincidentally), Jepsen was signed to his label. Whenever your friend from high school tweets another version of it, the original gets stuck in your head. Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" not only plays seemingly incessantly, but it's also been covered and parodied dozens of times. (How many times did you unconsciously hum along toLMFAO's"Party Rock Anthem" last summer?)īut if this year's seasonal favorite seems particularly inescapable, there's good reason. Every summer, there is one song that's insidious.
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