'Call Me Maybe': The viral video showdown

Carly Rae Jepsen's inescapable pop hit inspires lip-synched homages from unlikely culprits including Jimmy Fallon, Harvard's baseball team, and Colin Powell

Selena Gomez (center) and buddies, including boyfriend Justin Beiber (not pictured), jump on the "Call Me Maybe" bandwagon with their own lip-synch video.
(Image credit: YouTube)

It's safe to say that "Call Me Maybe," the frothy earworm from Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen, will be this summer's most inescapable song. The infectious track about a girl with a crush was labeled the "perfect pop song" by Emma Carmichael at Gawker, who calls it "maddeningly addicting." (Watch the music video here.) Already, it's inspired a host of lip-synched viral video covers — starring unlikely crooners ranging from the Harvard varsity baseball team to James Franco — and has inspired unique clips starring the likes of Jimmy Fallon and President Obama. Whose "Call Me Maybe" is the best? Here, critics weigh in on the viral video craze:

1. Colin Powell

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