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Originally Posted by edn88
So, wait, Nickelback is to blame for "Call me maybe?" Seems about right.
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Call me Maybe started out as a folk song arrangement. Someone turned it into a pop arrangement and then one day Bieber was hanging out in his mom's kitchen and heard it on Canadian radio (do we have Cancon to thank for that?). He tweeted it and then it went viral among tweens. I don't think Kroeger had anything to do with it's success other than having a label that signs a bunch of Canadian artists.
A lot of top musicians and actors will knowingly write formulaic hits and participate in lowest common denominator blockbusters for fame and fortune but many of the people I respect the most as artists will temper this by putting out other material or acting in indie movies, etc. I've never heard Chad pump out anything but commercial garbage but then again, it's not like I go out to find Nickelback music. The only video I've ever willingly looked up was the one where they had garbage and rocks thrown at them at a Europe rock concert. I wish that would happen at every one of their concerts.