"
Call Me Maybe" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter
Carly Rae Jepsen for her
EP Curiosity (2012) which also appears on her international debut studio album,
Kiss (2012). The song was written by Jepsen and Tavish Crowe as a
folk song, but its genre was modified to
pop following the production by
Josh Ramsay. It was released as the lead single from the EP on September 20, 2011, through
604 Records. Jepsen was signed to
Schoolboy Records, releasing her single in the United States through the label, as the first single from
Kiss. Musically, "Call Me Maybe" is an upbeat
teen pop track that draws influences from
dance-pop,
disco, and
baroque pop. Lyrically, the track alludes to the inconvenience that a
love at first sight brings to a girl who hopes for a call back from a
crush.