Maybe He'll Know
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| “Maybe He'll Know” | |||||
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| Single by Cyndi Lauper from the album True Colors |
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| Released | 1987 | ||||
| Format | 7" Vinyl 12" Vinyl |
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| Recorded | 1986 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Label | Epic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Cyndi Lauper, John Turi | ||||
| Producer | Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze | ||||
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Cyndi Lauper's 1987 single Maybe He'll Know was the fifth and final single off of True Colors, and was released only in Holland. It is a remake of a song that Lauper did with her former band, Blue Angel. The two versions are slightly different lyrically in a few lines. Billy Joel joins Lauper in 'doo wop' style back-up vocal duties.
The Blue Angel version of the song appears in the movie 200 Cigarettes after a quarter when Kate Hudson's chatacter is in the restaurant's restroom composing herself. Perhaps the nature of the songs theme is a tad ironic - the blissful, almost care-free pining coo from Lauper against the anxious turmoil Hudson experiences after biting a chilli, and undergoes a number of faux pas - yet the film is a character-based comedy and the sweeping melody fits perfectly with the flow of the New Years Eve storyline segments.
A remix of "Maybe He'll Know" - presumably created with the intention of single release in the U.S. - surfaced as the b-side to Lauper's "I Drove All Night."
