"Maybe" is the second single from

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's second album '' My Own Way''. It was originally scheduled to be released on 7 April 2008 but was postponed. The digital download was available on

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from 20 April 2008 and for wider release on 20 April 2008, the song physically came out on 28 April 2008. The song reached the top 20 on the

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, peaking at No. 19 on the week dated 4 May 2008. It was also Sean's most successful song in

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, where it reached No. 7 on the

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chart. It also reached #1 on the Japanese Airplay Charts. A

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version sung by Sean was released as part of ''My Own Way'' in India. A

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cover version by

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has also been released in China.

Background

Speaking in March 2008 to noted UK R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning

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, Jay Sean explained how the song first came about: "I'd been listening to some old skool R&B in my car when I first happened to come up with the melody! As soon as it came into my head, I went to the studio. And, once I got in there, I literally told the producer 'Don't speak to me! Let me just hum this melody to you quickly before I forget it!'... And, once I'd started singing, he straightaway began playing some guitar around it. So it was all very organically written, there was no 'Oh, what a cool beat - where's the sample from?'. Instead of being based on production, it was purely about the song, the melody and the lyrics."Jay Sean interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' April 2008
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History

"Maybe" was originally planned to be released in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2008 followed by the album ''My Own Way'' on 14 April 2008. However, due to unknown reasons both the single and album release dates were pushed back to 21 April 2008 and 12 May 2008 respectively. Later, a

version of the song was also released on YouTube. It's also known as ''Shayad''. On 14 August 2009,

album ''East to west'' contains a cover versions of Jay Sean's "Maybe", called "Love Right Now". Jay Sean has become #1.

Formats and track listings

Music video

On 22 February 2008, the video was exclusively available to watch on

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. On 7 March 2008 the music video premiered on the music channel The Box and

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Charts

References

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