Songs of 2020 by Carly Rae Jepsen

A few years ago I read an amazing post/tweet/article that I can't find anymore, but it explained that the seemingly innocuous "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen has hidden depths. In the bridge of the song, she sings:

"Before you came into my life,
I missed you so bad,
I missed you so bad,
I missed you so, so bad"

And while that seems like not much of anything at first glance, it's actually pointing out a real fact about our understanding of the nature of time and our experience of the universe: physicists can't find any proof of causality. Things happen, in our experience, one after another, events falling like dominoes, but that's just our experience. We experience time in a linear way that leads us to believe that one thing causes another, but in a real sense that isn't true.

Wild thoughts for a silly pop song to bring to mind.

But at that point I decided I liked Carly. I liked her voice, I liked her songs, and more than anything I liked her persona. She's just great. And then I noticed that a lot of younger people, Millennials with serious jobs and right-on politics LOVED Carly. So I checked out her music in earnest.

And I loved it.

What really activated me was Carly Rae Brackets, a twitter poll/March Madness parody where a bunch of fans tried to determine the greatest Carly Rae Jepsen song of all time (of course it was "Run Away With Me" - that's not the point). I started listening to her all the time. I preordered her next album - on vinyl. I got tickets to see her in concert. I listened to her music when I felt down or stressed. I became kind of a super fan. Why?

All I can think is that there was a Carly Rae-sized hole in my life, and she filled it. Before she came into my life, I missed her music so, so bad. 

Stats for Carly Rae Jepsen in 2020:

  • Songs: 59
  • Combined Length: 03:45:36

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Rank Name Artists Play
1 Run Away With Me Carly Rae Jepsen
2 E•MO•TION Carly Rae Jepsen
3 Window Carly Rae Jepsen
4 When I Needed You Carly Rae Jepsen
5 Boy Problems Carly Rae Jepsen
6 Summer Love Carly Rae Jepsen
7 Fake Mona Lisa Carly Rae Jepsen
8 Heartbeat Carly Rae Jepsen
9 Stay Away Carly Rae Jepsen
10 Gimmie Love Carly Rae Jepsen
11 Your Type Carly Rae Jepsen
12 Let’s Get Lost Carly Rae Jepsen
13 This Love Isn't Crazy Carly Rae Jepsen
14 Mittens Carly Rae Jepsen
15 This Is What They Say Carly Rae Jepsen
16 Felt This Way Carly Rae Jepsen
17 LA Hallucinations Carly Rae Jepsen
18 Making The Most Of The Night Carly Rae Jepsen
19 All That Carly Rae Jepsen
20 Solo Carly Rae Jepsen
21 Let's Sort The Whole Thing Out Carly Rae Jepsen
22 Comeback (feat. Bleachers) Carly Rae Jepsen Bleachers
23 I Really Like You Carly Rae Jepsen
24 Now I Don't Hate California After All Carly Rae Jepsen
25 Warm Blood Carly Rae Jepsen
26 Black Heart Carly Rae Jepsen
27 I Didn’t Just Come Here to Dance Carly Rae Jepsen
28 No Drug Like Me Carly Rae Jepsen
30 Store Carly Rae Jepsen
31 Too Much Carly Rae Jepsen
33 Let's Be Friends Carly Rae Jepsen
37 Cut to the Feeling Carly Rae Jepsen
39 Cry Carly Rae Jepsen
41 Fever Carly Rae Jepsen
44 First Time Carly Rae Jepsen
45 Favourite Colour Carly Rae Jepsen
46 OMG Gryffin Carly Rae Jepsen
47 Party for One Carly Rae Jepsen
48 It's Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries Carly Rae Jepsen
50 Super Natural (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen) Danny L Harle Carly Rae Jepsen
52 Julien Carly Rae Jepsen
56 The One Carly Rae Jepsen
61 Last Christmas Carly Rae Jepsen
62 This Kiss (Digital Dog Remix) [Radio Edit] Carly Rae Jepsen
65 This Kiss Carly Rae Jepsen
67 Part of Your World Carly Rae Jepsen
68 Higher Carly Rae Jepsen
69 Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen
74 I Really Like You (The Scene Kings Extended Remix) Carly Rae Jepsen
78 Your Heart Is a Muscle Carly Rae Jepsen
85 Tonight I'm Getting Over You (Wayne G & LFB Club Mix) Carly Rae Jepsen
86 No Drug Like Me (Mansionair Remix) Carly Rae Jepsen
87 More Than a Memory Carly Rae Jepsen
89 Wrong Feels So Right Carly Rae Jepsen
90 ok on your own (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen) mxmtoon Carly Rae Jepsen
91 Body Language Carly Rae Jepsen
92 Your Type (Young Bombs Remix) Carly Rae Jepsen
96 Now That I Found You Carly Rae Jepsen
100 Tonight I'm Getting Over You (Reid Stefan Remix) Carly Rae Jepsen

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