Maybe, Maybe Not

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"Maybe, Maybe Not"
Maybe Maybe Not.jpg
Mindy McCready cover
Single by Mindy McCready
from the album Mindy McCready
ReleasedJanuary 14, 2002 (2002-01-14)
Recorded2001
Studio
Genre Country pop
Length3:38
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mike Clute
  • Bobby Huff
Mindy McCready singles chronology
"Scream"
(2000)
"Maybe, Maybe Not"
(2002)
"Lips Like Yours"
(2002)

"Maybe, Maybe Not" is a song by American country music artist Mindy McCready, taken from her eponymous fourth studio album (2002). The track was written by Mila Mason and Jim Collins and produced by Mike Clute and Bobby Huff, one of two tracks on the album not produced by Billy Joe Walker Jr. It was released on January 14, 2002, as the second single from the album and became a minor hit upon its release. Mason would record a version of her own and released it as a single in 2003 from her album Stained Glass Window, [1] although hers did not chart.

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Critical reception

Ray Waddell of Billboard magazine, in his review of the album, gave it a mixed review, calling it "sonically busy yet remain[s] interchangeable and [a] vaporous girly anthem(s)." [2]

Music video

A music video for "Maybe, Maybe Not" was filmed in 2001. [3] It began airing in February 2002 to Great American Country. [4] The video takes place entirely in a laundromat as McCready is shown sitting on top of washing machines and being soaked in bubbles.

Chart performance

"Maybe, Maybe Not" debuted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of February 2, 2002 at number 56. The track reached a peak position of number 49 in its fourth week on the chart. It spent 9 weeks in total on the chart and as of 2024, remains McCready's final single to chart on the country charts. [5]

On Radio & Records's country chart, the track debuted at number 50 on February 1, 2002. [6] It rose to number 49 the following week while simultaneously debuting at number 48 on the Country Indicator chart. It peaked at number 45 in its third week on February 15, 2002. [7] Its final week was on February 22, 2002, at number 49.

Personnel

Taken from the album booklet. [8]

Charts

Mindy McCready version

Chart (2002)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 49

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Maybe, Maybe Not"
RegionDateVersionFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJanuary 14, 2002 Mindy McCready Country radio Capitol Nashville [10]
August 25, 2003 Mila Mason
  • Twinbeat
  • Quarterback
[11]

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