Carly Rae Jepsen attends the premiere of "Katy Perry: Part of Me" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
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Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' named song of summer
Video is up for the best new artist at MTV VMAs
Updated: Thursday, 06 Sep 2012, 3:31 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 06 Sep 2012, 8:24 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — There's no maybe about it: Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is the song of the summer.
Billboard says the 26-year-old Canadian's infectious pop song about infatuation love topped its "Songs of Summer" chart.
The list annually ranks the overall performance of hit songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
The rest of the top 5:
- Landing at No. 2 was Maroon 5's "Payphone," featuring Wiz Khalifa
- Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know," featuring Kimbra
- Katy Perry's "Wide Awake"
- Ellie Goulding's "Lights" round out the top five.
"Call Me Maybe" has already netted Jepsen a Teen Choice Award, and the video is up for the best new artist moonman trophy at Thursday night's MTV Video Music Awards.
Scroll down for video gallery: 10 Top Billboard Hits of 2012... So Far.
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