Anatomy of a hit, "Call Me Maybe," in NYT

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “That’s part of the beauty of how this has grown. This is just people who the song struck. I don’t want to harness it or limit it. I just want to pinch myself and say, ‘Thank God the song affects people this way.’” —Jonathan Simkin, manager of Carly Rae Jepsen, referring to the social-media fueled phenomenon that is “Call Me Maybe,” to the N.Y. Times’ Ben Sisario, in his highly recommended think piece, “The New Rise of a Summer Hit: Tweet It Maybe.” (8/22a)