Maybe Tomorrow (The Jackson 5 song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Maybe Tomorrow
| cover = maybetomorrowsingle.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Jackson 5
| album = Maybe Tomorrow
| B-side = I Will Find a Way
| released = June 22, 1971 (U.S.)
| recorded = February 1971
| studio =
| genre = Pop{{cite book|title= Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= October 15, 1996|chapter= How Sweet It Was: The Twilight of Mowtown|page= 48|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=031214704X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}
| length = 4:46
| label = Motown
M 1186
| writer = The Corporation- (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell and Deke Richards) [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=430207233&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1 ASCAP entry for song] ASCAP, accessed 28 May 2011
| producer = The Corporation
| prev_title = Never Can Say Goodbye
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Sugar Daddy
| next_year = 1971
}}
"Maybe Tomorrow" is a hit single recorded by American soul family quintet the Jackson 5, in 1971. "Maybe Tomorrow" was included on the Jackson 5's album Maybe Tomorrow, and was also featured on Goin' Back to Indiana.
The song was released again in 2009 via a Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers' remix, with an orchestral arrangement by Rob Mounsey, from a compilation album The Remix Suite.
The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, and at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=267}}
Cash Box said of it that the "group's delightful harmonies and a teasing rhythm section put a sparkling gloss into" the song.{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=July 3, 1971|page=22|accessdate=2021-12-10|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-07-03.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}}
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Michael Jackson
- Background vocals by Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson
- Instruments by Los Angeles musicians
Charts
UB40 version
English reggae band UB40 recorded a reggae-style cover version of the song in 1987. This was released as a single, peaking at #14 in the UK Singles Chart and #3 in the Netherlands, and appeared on their compilation album The Best of UB40 – Volume One, released the same year.
Samples
- The Jackson 5 recording was later sampled by rapper Ghostface Killah on his 1996 song "All That I Got Is You".
References
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External links
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{{The Jackson 5 singles}}
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Category:Songs written by Berry Gordy
Category:Songs written by Freddie Perren
Category:Songs written by Deke Richards
Category:Songs written by Alphonzo Mizell
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