Maybe (Sick Puppies song)

"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.

"Maybe"
Single by Sick Puppies
from the album Tri-Polar
ReleasedJune 22, 2010 (official release)
Recorded2008–09
Genre
Length
  • 3:29 (album version)
  • 3:21 (radio edit)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rock Mafia
Sick Puppies singles chronology
"Odd One"
(2009)		 "Maybe"
(2010)		 "Riptide"
(2011)

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.[1] It shows two people separately moving to a beach town in Southern California to improve their lives, and meeting there. Actors, Tanner Novlan and Kayla Ewell play the two 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.

Track listing
Promo CD single
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
1."Maybe" (Album version)3:29
USA single (CD 2)
No.TitleLength
1."Maybe" (Rock edit 1)3:25
2."Maybe" (Rock edit 2)3:25

Charts

"Maybe" was the band's first song that made it into the Hot 100, peaking at No. 56. It spent five weeks at number one on the Heatseekers chart (which ranks songs by acts that had never reached the top 50 on the Hot 100), making it their second number-one hit. On the Alternative Songs chart, the song peaked at No. 6. It became their first single to reach the Mainstream Top 40 chart, as well as their first international charting single.

Chart (2010–2011) Peak
position
Australia ARIA Charts[2] 6
Canadian Hot 100[3] 99
German Airplay Chart[4] 8
German Youth Airplay Chart[5] 4
Netherlands Singles Chart[6] 96
UK Singles Chart[7] 130
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 56
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 27
US Billboard Adult Top 40[9] 8
US Billboard Alternative Songs[10] 6
US Billboard Mainstream Rock[11] 20
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40[12] 22
US Billboard Rock Songs[13] 15
US Billboard Heatseekers Songs[14] 1

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[15] Gold 35,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

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References
  1. "Maybe" on YouTube
  2. https://www.webcitation.org/5yGtTTFE7?url=http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm
  3. "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  4. German Airplay Chart Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 2011-06-03
  5. German Airplay Chart Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 2011-06-03
  6. "dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  7. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110409cluk.txt
  8. "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  9. "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  10. "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Alternative 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 - Pop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 13, 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. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
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