Maybe, Maybe Not

{{Infobox song

| name = Maybe, Maybe Not

| cover = Maybe Maybe Not.jpg

| alt = A woman with blonde hair and a pink crop top is staring out of a window. On the right of her is MINDY MCCREADY, typed in pink, Below that is MAYBE / MAYBE NOT, typed in black.

| caption = Mindy McCready cover

| type = single

| artist = Mindy McCready

| album = Mindy McCready

| released = {{Start date|2002|01|14}}

| recorded = 2001

| studio = * Little City Studio

Midtown Tone & Volume
(Nashville, TN)

| genre = Country pop

| length = 3:38

| label = Capitol Nashville

| writer = {{hlist|Mila Mason|Jim Collins}}

| producer = {{hlist|Mike Clute|Bobby Huff}}

| prev_title = Scream

| prev_year = 2000

| year = 2002

| next_title = Lips Like Yours

| next_year = 2002

}}

"Maybe, Maybe Not" is a song by American country music artist Mindy McCready, taken from her eponymous fourth studio album (2002). The track was written by Mila Mason and Jim Collins and produced by Mike Clute and Bobby Huff, one of two tracks on the album not produced by Billy Joe Walker Jr. It was released on January 14, 2002, as the second single from the album and became a minor hit upon its release. Mason would record a version of her own and released it as a single in 2003 from her album Stained Glass Window,Stained Glass Window (album liner notes). Mila Mason. Twinbeat Records, Quarterback Records. 2003. 03-001 although hers did not chart.

Critical reception

Ray Waddell of Billboard magazine, in his review of the album, gave it a mixed review, calling it "sonically busy yet remain[s] interchangeable and [a] vaporous girly anthem(s)."{{Cite magazine |last=Waddell |first=Ray |date=March 23, 2002 |editor-last=Paoletta |editor-first=Michael |title=Reviews & Previews: Albums |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |page=25 |volume=114 |issue=12 |issn=0006-2510}}

Music video

A music video for "Maybe, Maybe Not" was filmed in 2001.{{Cite web |title=MINDY McCREADY Rare Photo Shoot Photos 4-4x6. Maybe Maybe Not Video From 2001. |url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/266379218520?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=777008&algo=PERSONAL.TOPIC&ao=1&asc=273757&meid=653e608de250405baaab49bdaf5cef21&pid=101949&rk=1&rkt=1&itm=266379218520&pmt=1&noa=1&pg=4375194&algv=RecentlyViewedItemsV2WithMLRV6RankerPricelessTop30Features_BP&_trksid=p4375194.c101949.m162918&_trkparms=parentrq:8c6bc53c1920a7240be44893fffff5ec%7Cpageci:455a32c4-8a5f-11ef-803c-9ec6f2d6a20b%7Ciid:1%7Cvlpname:vlp_homepage |access-date=October 14, 2024 |website=eBay |language=en-US}} It began airing in February 2002 to Great American Country.{{Cite news |date=February 1, 2002 |title=Television/Films |work=Radio & Records |page=18 |issue=1438}} The video takes place entirely in a laundromat as McCready is shown sitting on top of washing machines and being soaked in bubbles.

Chart performance

"Maybe, Maybe Not" debuted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of February 2, 2002 at number 56. The track reached a peak position of number 49 in its fourth week on the chart. It spent 9 weeks in total on the chart and as of 2024, remains McCready's final single to chart on the country charts.{{Cite web |date=July 23, 2007 |title=Mindy McCready arrested again |url=https://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=787 |access-date=October 14, 2024 |website=Country Standard Time}}

On Radio & Records's country chart, the track debuted at number 50 on February 1, 2002.{{Cite news |date=February 1, 2002 |title=R&R Country Top 50 |work=Radio & Records |page=66 |issue=1438}} It rose to number 49 the following week while simultaneously debuting at number 48 on the Country Indicator chart. It peaked at number 45 in its third week on February 15, 2002.{{Cite news |date=February 15, 2002 |title=R&R Country Top 50 |work=Radio & Records |page=86 |issue=1440}} Its final week was on February 22, 2002, at number 49.

Personnel

Taken from the album booklet.Mindy McCready (US album liner notes). Mindy McCready. Capitol Records Nashville. 2002. 25931

Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
Duncan Mullins – bass
Russ Pahl – dobro
Bobby Huff – drums, backing vocals
Dale Oliver – electric guitar
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
Reese Wynans – organ

Charts

= Mindy McCready version =

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! scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|49|artist=Mindy McCready|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 5, 2020}}

Release history

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|+Release dates and formats for "Maybe, Maybe Not"

!Region

!Date

!Version

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rowspan="2" |United States

|January 14, 2002

|Mindy McCready

| rowspan="2" |Country radio

|Capitol Nashville

|{{cite magazine |title=The new single from her upcoming self-titled album, "Maybe, Maybe Not" |magazine=Country Monitor |page=2 |volume=10 |issue=2}}

August 25, 2003

|Mila Mason

|{{Hlist}}{{hlist|Twinbeat|Quarterback}}

|{{Cite news |date=August 22, 2003 |title=Going for Adds: Country |work=Radio & Records |page=28 |issue=1518 |no-pp=y}}

References

Category:Mila Mason songs