Maybe (Sick Puppies song)

"Maybe"
Single by Sick Puppies
from the album Tri-Polar
Released June 22, 2010 (Official Release)
Recorded 2008 – 2009
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge
Length 3:29 (album version)
3:21 (radio edit)
Label Virgin
Writer(s) Shimon Moore
Certification AUS: Gold[1]
Sick Puppies singles chronology
"Odd One"
(2009)		 "Maybe"
(2010)		 "Riptide"
(2011)

"Maybe" is the third single from Sick Puppies' third album Tri-Polar, which impacted rock radio on June 22, 2010. A remix version was made for pop radio stations, and the official music video.

The song features a bright sound characteristic of post-grunge.

The song was featured as iTunes' single of the week on the week of December 18–25, 2010.

Music video

The music video was released on October 12, 2010 on Yahoo music and the official website of Sick Puppies.[2] It shows two people separately moving to a beach town in Southern California to improve their lives, and meeting there. Actor Tanner Novlan and The Vampire Diaries's Kayla Ewell play the 2 people who met each other. The video also shows the band playing on a highway. It was directed by Travis Kopach, the performance footage was shot in the Mojave Desert.

Charts

"Maybe" is the band's most successful single, it was the first song that made it into the Hot 100 peaking at #56, it also peaked at #1 for 5 alternate weeks on the Heatseekers Songs making it their second #1 hit. On the Alternative Songs chart, peaked at #6 surpassing the success of "All the Same" at this chart. It was also their first single that made it into the Pop Songs chart, as well as their first international charting single.

Chart (2010/2011) Peak
position
Australia ARIA Charts[3] 6
Canadian Hot 100[4] 99
German Airplay Chart[5] 8
German Youth Airplay Chart[6] 4
Netherlands Singles Chart[7] 96
UK Singles Chart[8] 130
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 56
U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs[10] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[11] 20
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs[12] 6
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs[13] 15
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Songs[14] 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 27
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs[15] 22

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[16] Gold 35,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Track listing

Promo CD single
No. Title Length
1. "Maybe" (Album version) 3:29
2. "Maybe" (Acoustic mix) 3:25
3. "Maybe" (Instrumental) 3:28
4. "Maybe" (Radio remix) 3:21
USA single (CD 1)
No. Title Length
1. "Maybe" (Album version) 3:29
USA single (CD 2)
No. Title Length
1. "Maybe" (Rock edit 1) 3:25
2. "Maybe" (Rock edit 2) 3:25

References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2012 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  2. ↑ "Maybe" on YouTube
  3. ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/5yGtTTFE7
  4. ↑ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ German Airplay Chart, Retrieved on 2011-06-03
  6. ↑ German Airplay Chart, Retrieved on 2011-06-03
  7. ↑ "dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  8. ↑ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110409cluk.txt
  9. ↑ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  11. ↑ "allmusic ((( Sick Puppies > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Rock Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Pop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  16. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.

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