Maybe Tomorrow (Stereophonics song)

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"Maybe Tomorrow"
Maybe Tomorrow Stereophonics.jpg
Single by Stereophonics
from the album You Gotta Go There to Come Back
B-side
  • "Have Wheels Will Travel"
  • "Change Changes Things"
  • "Sail Away" (demo)
WrittenJune 2002 (Number 23)
Released21 July 2003 (2003-07-21)
RecordedSeptember–December 2002
Studio Hook End Manor (Checkendon, England)
Genre
Length4:33
Label V2
Songwriter(s) Kelly Jones
Producer(s) Kelly Jones
Stereophonics singles chronology
"Madame Helga"
(2003)		"Maybe Tomorrow"
(2003)		"Since I Told You It's Over"
(2003)
Music video
"Maybe Tomorrow" on YouTube

"Maybe Tomorrow" is a song from Welsh rock band Stereophonics' fourth studio album, You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003). Written and produced by Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones, the song was released as a single on 21 July 2003 and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. It also charted in several other countries, including the United States, where it reached the top five of the Billboard Triple-A chart.

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Background

Written and produced by Kelly Jones, "Maybe Tomorrow" was used as the opening theme of the movie Wicker Park (2004) and was played during the credits at the end of the Academy Award-winning movie Crash (2004). The track has more of a jazz ambience than some of their other songs; this and the whole album were considered a departure from the classic rock sound of previous album Just Enough Education to Perform .

Reception and awards

The song became the band's second-highest chart position (alongside "The Bartender and the Thief"), peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart in July 2003; it was their highest-charting song until "Dakota" reached number one in 2005. [2] In January 2020 the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) awarded the song a platinum certification for sales and streams exceeding 600,000. [3] Outside the United Kingdom, the song reached number 17 in the Netherlands, number 18 in Ireland, and number 33 in Italy. [4] [5] [6] In the United States, the song became the second of three Stereophonics singles to appear on a Billboard chart, peaking at number five on the Adult Alternative Songs chart in January 2004. [7]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the You Gotta Go There to Come Back album booklet. [14]

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [3] Platinum600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom21 July 2003
  • CD
  • DVD
 V2 [21]
28 July 20037-inch vinyl [22]
United States13 October 2003 Triple A radio [23]

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