( CNN ) -- Summer is inching upon us , and that means kids at public pools will be splashing , barbecues in the backyard will be blazing and a slate of blockbusters will start crowding around `` The Avengers '' at cineplexes . While all this is going on , one song will be blaring from car radios , tinny laptop speakers and hot dog stands at the beach . And that tune will be deemed the song of the summer . Of course , each year around this time , anyone with fingers and a Twitter account -- let alone a published byline -- is eager to latch onto a budding chart hit and declare that , yes , this one particular three-minute confection of perfection is definitely going to be the song of the summer . And if , by chance , that song still happens to be heavily crackling across the airwaves at an hourly rate in August , well , good for those pop prophets . Pat on the back . You were right . Bravo . But let 's just state the obvious : pop does have a way of weaving itself into the fabric of our summer experiences . ( Think of these recent , inescapable scorchers : Katy Perry 's `` I Kissed a Girl '' and `` California Gurls '' in 2008 and 2010 , respectively , the Black Eyed Peas ' `` I Got ta Feeling '' in 2009 and LMFAO 's `` Party Rock Anthem '' last year . ) So why , then , does n't anyone ever focus on the big hits that come along in December , or , for that matter , February ? Is there some law that decrees June , July and August are the only zeitgeist-approved months on the calendar ? Well , no . But song of the winter just does n't have the same sexy ring to it , and who wants to cruise around sleeveless with the windows down when it 's 24 degrees outside anyway ? That brings us to 2012 's upcoming stretch of sunny days , and Carly Rae Jepsen . Many sites will inform you that the 26-year-old Canadian 's bouncy , string-laden `` Call Me Maybe '' is a song of the summer shoe-in ( or , at the very least , one of the top contenders ) . And almost like clockwork , the single has inched up to No . 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 , just as Gotye 's six-week reign on top with `` Somebody That I Used To Know '' seems to be winding down . Not up on Carly Rae or `` Call Me Maybe '' ? You 've been living under a rock , we see . Below are the only three points you 'll need to know : . Her first big break : The Mission , British Columbia , brunette placed third on `` Canadian Idol '' in 2007 . Her first album , `` Tug of War , '' was released in her home country the following year , and her EP `` Curiosity '' arrived this past February on Valentine 's Day . How she blew up : Fellow Canadian Justin Bieber and his manager , Scooter Braun , signed Jepsen earlier this year to a deal with their Schoolboy Records label . `` Call Me Maybe '' : As the legend goes , Bieber and girlfriend Selena Gomez heard the song on the radio while visiting Canada in January . An alternate music video for `` Call Me Maybe '' ( different from the official clip ) features Bieber and Gomez , as well as pals Ashley Tisdale and members of Big Time Rush , lip-syncing along with the track . The vid went viral , and has more than 74 million views . To date , the single has topped the charts in Canada , Australia and the UK , and gone Top 10 in over a dozen other countries . It 's worth pointing out that while there has been lots of speculation that it could be the `` perfect pop song , '' Jepsen 's breakout hit has been breaking out for quite some time now . It was first released in September , and by April it had become a radio staple here in the States . But with June looming in the distance , it 's tricky to peg this slice of disco-pop that 's been around for eight months as the definitive song of summer 2012 . For starters , Carly Rae has some stiff competition in the forms of her pal Justin Bieber 's Timberlake-like single `` Boyfriend '' , Maroon 5 's ode to antiquated communication methods `` Payphone , '' Train 's similarly upbeat stomper `` Drive By '' and Pitbull 's `` Men in Black 3 '' soundtrack jam `` Back in Time . '' She also faces peaking early in the summer with `` Call Me Maybe , '' then having it slide away by the time fireworks start shooting off , in the wake of other new tracks that will catch the ears of iTunes-clicking tweens . Last summer , for instance , Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera 's `` Moves Like Jagger '' did n't come along until late June . By August , `` The Voice '' coaches ' pair-up was unavoidable on radio , and it went on to spend four weeks atop the Hot 100 . But it 's late May , and right now you probably just want to know whether or not `` Call Me Maybe '' is going to be the hands-down song of summer 2012 . We 'll certainly concede that it was the song of spring . As for summer ? We 'll say definitely ... maybe . Sorry , Carly .
One song will soon be blaring in the background , and that tune will be the song of the summer . Many sites will inform you that Carly Rae Jepsen 's `` Call Me Maybe '' is a shoe-in . But what if I told you it was actually an album by The Chainsmokers?