The lyric from Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' finishes with the word 'bad.' The line creates the song's playful central joke: the narrator claims to have missed someone before meeting them.
Jepsen released the song in 2011, and it became an international hit in 2012. It was written by Jepsen with Tavish Crowe and Josh Ramsay, who also produced it. The recording began as a folk-influenced song before developing into the bright dance-pop arrangement heard on the final version.
The single's rise was helped by a video shared by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, which drew attention to the song before its full global breakthrough. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks and became one of the defining pop singles of 2012. The song earned two Grammy nominations, including Song of the Year.