Maybe Tomorrow (The Jackson 5 song)

"Maybe Tomorrow" is a hit single recorded by American soul family quintet the Jackson 5, in 1971. "Maybe Tomorrow" was included on the Jackson 5's album Maybe Tomorrow, and was also featured on Goin' Back to Indiana. The song was released again in 2009 via a Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers' remix, with an orchestral arrangement by Rob Mounsey, from a compilation album The Remix Suite.

"Maybe Tomorrow"
Single by the Jackson 5
from the album Maybe Tomorrow
B-side	"I Will Find a Way"
Released	June 22, 1971 (U.S.)
Recorded	February 1971
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	4:46
Label	Motown M 1186
Songwriter(s)	The Corporation- (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell and Deke Richards) [2]
Producer(s)	The Corporation
The Jackson 5 singles chronology
"Never Can Say Goodbye" (1971) "Maybe Tomorrow" (1971) "Sugar Daddy" (1971)

The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, and at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3]

Cash Box said of it that the "group's delightful harmonies and a teasing rhythm section put a sparkling gloss into" the song.^[4]

Personnel

• Lead vocals by Michael Jackson
• Background vocals by Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson

Instruments

• Bass Guitar by Wilton Felder, Bob West or Ron Brown
• Guitars by Don Peake, Louis Shelton and other guitars from Los Angeles session players.
• Drums by Ed Greene or Gene Pello
• Piano by Joe Sample

• Other instruments by Los Angeles session musicians.

Charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5]	20
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles[6]	3

UB40 version

English reggae band UB40 recorded a reggae-style cover version of the song in 1987. This was released as a single, peaking at #14 in the UK Singles Chart and #3 in the Netherlands, and appeared on their compilation album The Best of UB40 – Volume One, released the same year.

Samples

• The Jackson 5 recording was later sampled by rapper Ghostface Killah on his 1996 song "All That I Got Is You".