Call Me Baby

"Call Me Baby" is a song recorded by South Korean–Chinese boy band Exo, as the lead single of their second studio album Exodus. It was released on March 27, 2015, through SM Entertainment, in both Korean and Chinese.

Not to be confused with Call Me Maybe.
"Call Me Baby"
Single by Exo
from the album Exodus
ReleasedMarch 27, 2015 (2015-03-27)
GenreK-pop[1]
Length3:32
LabelSM
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Teddy Riley
Exo singles chronology
"December, 2014 (The Winter's Tale)"
(2014)		 "Call Me Baby"
(2015)		 "Love Me Right"
(2015)

The song peaked at number two on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, and Billboard's World Digital Songs chart in the United States. Its entry at number 98 on the Canadian Hot 100, made Exo the only K-pop act other than Psy to rank on the charts in that territory at the time. "Call Me Baby" ended 2015 as the seventh best-performing song overall in South Korea, and Billboard ranked it as the ninth best K-pop song of the year.

By September 2016, "Call Me Baby" had sold over 1.2 million copies domestically. In 2019, Billboard included it on its list of the 100 greatest K-pop songs of the 2010s, at number 12.

Release and promotion

To promote the release of Exodus, a series of videos referred to as "Pathcode", featuring one Exo member each and are set in various locations, were released on YouTube. The first letters of these locations' names—Colorado, Arizona, London, Lyon, Marseille, Edinburgh, Barcelona, Almaty, Berlin and Yunnan—would spell "Call Me Baby", the title of the album's lead single.[2] It was released digitally on March 27, 2015, three days ahead of the album.[3] Exo began performing the song on South Korean music TV shows on April 2, 2015.[4] After the press conference for the album's release, member Tao was absent from promotional activities and would later withdraw from the group,[5] making "Call Me Baby" the last Exo single he participated in.

Music video

The Korean and Chinese music videos for "Call Me Baby" were released on March 30, 2015. The videos mainly feature Exo's performances of the song at a warehouse setting and against a white backdrop, and were filmed in a one shot style. The Korean version later became the third most-watched K-pop music video on YouTube in 2015.[6]

On September 23, 2018, the Korean music video surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, becoming their second music video to do so.[7]

Reception

Writing for Billboard, Jeff Benjamin commented that while "Call Me Baby" "sounds wholly inspired by the late '90s/early '00s sound", Exo "is not only bringing in the nostalgic feel, but doing it at a 200 percent intensity."[8] The song reached number two on both South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart and the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.[9][10] It also entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number 98, making Exo the second South Korean artist, after Psy, to appear on the chart.[11] "Call Me Baby" went on to win first place 18 times in total on South Korean music TV shows for the entire month, and the all-time second highest number of wins. Billboard ranked the song at number 9 on their list of top 20 K-pop songs of 2015.[12]

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from album liner notes.[13]

  • Exo – vocals
  • Jo Yoon-kyung – songwriting
  • January 8th – songwriting
  • Kim Dong-hyun – songwriting
  • Teddy Riley – songwriting
  • DOM – songwriting
  • Lee Hyun-seung – songwriting
  • Jason J. Lopez – songwriting
  • Dantae Johnson – songwriting
  • Maxx Song – vocal directing, recording, editing
  • Jung Eui-seok – recording
  • Lee Ji-hong – editing
  • Jin Nam-koong – mixing

Charts

Sales
Region Sales
South Korea (Gaon)[17] 1,229,566
United States (Nielsen)[18] 56,000
Canada (Music Canada)[11] 200

Accolades
Listicles
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref.
Billboard The 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2015 9 [19]
The 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s 12 [20]
SBS PopAsia 18 Amazing K-pop Songs from 2014 to 2016 4 [21]
27 best K-pop songs from 2014 to 2016 8 [22]
Music program awards
Program Date (18 total)
Inkigayo April 5, 2015
April 12, 2015
April 19, 2015
Show Champion April 8, 2015
April 15, 2015
April 22, 2015
M Countdown April 9, 2015
April 17, 2015
April 30, 2015
Music Bank April 10, 2015
April 17, 2015
April 24, 2015
May 1, 2015
Show! Music Core April 11, 2015
April 18, 2015
April 25, 2015
May 2, 2015
The Show April 28, 2015

References
  1. Benjamin, Jeff (April 1, 2015). "EXO Get Back to Boy Band Basics on 'Call Me Baby'". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. "엑소 수호 "티저 의미? 우리도 잘 몰라" 폭소(슈키라)". Nate (in Korean). April 8, 2015. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  3. "K-pop superband EXO releases title track 'Call Me Baby'". The Korea Times. March 27, 2015. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  4. "엑소 '콜미베이비', 음원차트 1위 올킬…글로벌 대세의 귀환". Nate (in Korean). March 28, 2015. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  5. "'발목부상' 엑소 타오, 컴백 사전녹화 불참…"당분간 치료에 집중"". MyDaily (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  6. "Big Bang: YouTube's most viewed K-pop music video". Korea Herald. December 7, 2015. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  7. "#엑소 'Call Me Baby(콜 미 베이비)' MV 유튜브 조회수 2억뷰 돌파!". EXO. Archived from the original on 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  8. Benjamin, Jeff. "EXO Get Back to Boy Band Basics on 'Call Me Baby'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  9. "South Korean Gaon Chart: Singles – The 15th Week of 2015". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. April 9, 2015. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  10. Benjamin, Jeff (April 8, 2015). "Biggest Sales Week Ever for a K-Pop Act". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  11. Benjamin, Jeff. "EXO's 'Call Me Baby' Lands on Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  12. Benjamin, Jeff (April 1, 2015). "The 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on February 26, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  13. Exodus (Compact disc liner notes). Exo. S.M. Entertainment. 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. "Official Independent Singles Breakers Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. April 5–11, 2015. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  15. "South Korean Gaon Chart: Singles – 2015". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  16. "World Digital Song Sales - Year-End 2015". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  17. Cumulative sales in South Korea for "Call Me Baby":
  18. Benjamin, Jeff. "EXO's 'Obsession' Leads K-Pop Group to Fourth Billboard 200 Entry, No. 1 on World Digital Song Sales Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  19. Benjamin, Jeff (April 1, 2015). "The 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on February 26, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  20. "The 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 25, 2019. Archived from the original on November 28, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  21. "18 Amazing K-pop Songs from 2014-2016". SBS PopAsia. SBS PopAsia. February 9, 2018. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  22. "27 best K-pop songs from 2014-2016". SBS PopAsia. SBS PopAsia. February 2, 2018. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
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