Maybe Tomorrow (The Jackson 5 album)

Maybe Tomorrow was the fourth regular studio album released by The Jackson 5 in 1971. Released after the success of the hit ballad "I'll Be There", most of the tracks on the album are ballads, with few dance numbers. Maybe Tomorrow includes the hit singles "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Maybe Tomorrow". While not as financially successful as the Jackson 5's first three outings, selling over 3.5 million copies worldwide,^[3] Maybe Tomorrow contains some of the most often-sampled and covered material in the group's catalogue. It spent six weeks at #1 on the Soul albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Maybe Tomorrow" (The Corporation) (Recorded February 1971) – 4:41
2. "She's Good" (The Corporation) (Recorded January 1971) – 2:59
3. "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis) (Recorded June 1970) – 2:57
4. "The Wall" (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino, Pam Sawyer) (Recorded August - September 1970) – 3:03
5. "Petals" (The Corporation) (Recorded August 1970) – 2:34
6. "Sixteen Candles" (Luther Dixon, Allyson R. Khentt) (Recorded December 1970) – 2:45
7. "(We've Got) Blue Skies" (Thomas Bee, Chris Clark, Fuller Gordy, Patrick Stephenson, Deloris Wilkinson) (Recorded February 1971) – 3:21
8. "My Little Baby" (The Corporation) (Recorded January 1971) – 2:58
9. "It's Great to Be Here" (The Corporation) (Recorded January - February 1971) – 2:59
10. "Honey Chile" (originally performed by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas) (Richard Morris, Sylvia Moy) (Recorded February 1970) – 2:45
11. "I Will Find a Way" (The Corporation) (Recorded January 1971) – 2:57

Recording Sessions

September 1970 - March 1971

Other tracks from Maybe Tomorrow recording sessions

I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore

Just Because I Love You

Re-release

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Third Album. The bonus tracks were "Sugar Daddy", the only new track on their 1971 greatest hits set, and "I'm So Happy", the B-side of that single.

Samples and covers^[4]

• Rapper Ghostface Killah sampled "Maybe Tomorrow" for his 1996 hit "All That I Got Is You".
• Rapper Jim Jones also sampled a part of "It's Great to Be Here" for his 2006 hit "We Fly High (Remix)" on Juelz Santana's verse.
• Producer-rapper Puff Daddy sampled a part of "It's Great to Be Here" for his 1997 hit, "It's All About the Benjamins".
• Producer-rapper Jermaine Dupri sampled the bass from "It's Great to Be Here" on the remix "Honey (So So Def Remix)" of Mariah Carey's song.
• R&B Singer Chris Brown sampled "It's Great to Be Here" for a song titled "So Glad" on his self-titled debut album Chris Brown.
• Female R&B trio 702 also sampled "It's Great to Be Here" on the song titled "All I Want" from their 1996 debut album titled No Doubt.
• Isaac Hayes, James Brown, The Communards and Gloria Gaynor have all covered "Never Can Say Goodbye".
• Brazilian singer Patrícia Marx recorded a Portuguese version of "Never Can Say Goodbye", named "Eu Sei Que Você Não Vai" (I Know That You're Not Going).
• Reggae-band UB40 covered "Maybe Tomorrow" in 1987 for their Best of... volume 1 compilation.
• Producers Best Kept Secret sampled "Never Can Say Goodbye" for rapper Rhymefest, featuring Talib Kweli off the mixtape "Man In The Mirror"
• Jorge Núñez sang "Never Can Say Goodbye" on the top 13 show on American Idol (season 8)
• Wiz Khalifa sampled "It's Great to Be Here".

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1971 (U.S.)

External links

• (French) Maybe Tomorrow overview at www.jackson5abc.com

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Rolling Stone review
3. ^ Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collecters Edition, page 99. American Press.
4. ^ SamplesDB - Jackson 5's Tracks