Maybe (Emma Bunton song)

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"Maybe"
"Maybe" cover
Single by Emma Bunton
from the album Free Me
B-side(s) "Don't Tell Me You Love Me Anymore"
Released 13 October 2003 (UK)
February 2004 (AUS)
Format CD single (worldwide)
Recorded Sarm West Studios, London
Genre Pop
Length 3:45
Label 19
Writer(s) Emma Bunton
Yak Bondy
Producer(s) Mike Peden
Chart positions
Emma Bunton singles chronology
"Free Me"
(2003)
"Maybe"
(2003)
"I'll Be There"
(2004)
Alternate cover
European/U.S. promo single cover
European/U.S. promo single cover
Audio sample
Play "Maybe" (in browser) (help·info)

"Maybe" is a pop song performed by English singer Emma Bunton. The song was written by Bunton and Yak Bondy for her second solo album Free Me (2003). It was released in 2003 as the album's second single to moderate success on different record charts, and it entered the top forty on the majority of which it appeared on. The song contains Motown influences. This song is favored by many, over Emma Bunton's other songs. The song actually originated from the style and sound of "The Aloof" - Rich Man's Frug.

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[edit] Chart performance

"Maybe" was released in the UK on 13 October 2003. It debuted at number six on the UK Singles Chart and although it did not reach the top five as "Free Me" had, it outsold its predecessor and totalled 80,000 copies once it completed its chart run. In early 2004, "Maybe" began to receive airplay across Australia and Continental Europe, where it achieved top forty success and huge radio airplay, but it failed to emulate the major impact it had on the UK.

In the summer of 2004, "Maybe" was released to music video (directed by Richard Weager)strongly inspired by "Sweet Charity" dance scene rotation throughout Canada. Although the song failed to enter the Canadian Singles Chart and the BDS airplay chart, it managed to frequently occupy the number one position on MuchMoreMusic's MMMTop10.com. Up until the end of the summer, it maintained a top ten position before it exited the chart.

Early in January 2005, the song and its remix were solicited to U.S. radio. Both versions climbed to a peak position of number six on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, which made it a success in nightclubs.

[edit] Track listing and format

These are the format and track listing of major single releases of "Maybe".

  • UK CD single
  1. "Maybe" – 3:45
  2. "Don't Tell Me You Love Me Anymore" – 4:01
  3. "Maybe" (Bini & Martini Club Mix) – 8:10
  4. "Maybe" (video)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 6
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 19
Irish Singles Chart 17
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 56
Austrian Singles Chart 63
German Singles Chart 52
Italian Singles Chart 20
Swedish Singles Chart 33
Swiss Singles Chart 93
Chart (2005) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 6 1

1 Illicit, Bini & Martini, and Almighty mixes.

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