"Maybe" is the third
single
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from
Sick Puppies' third album ''
Tri-Polar
''Tri-Polar'' is the third studio album by Australian rock band Sick Puppies, released on 14 July 2009.
The album debuted at number 31 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, selling around 16,500 copies. ''Tri-Polar'' has sold over 379,000 co ...
'', which impacted rock radio on 22 June
2010
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. A remix version was made for pop radio stations, and the official music video.
The song features a bright sound characteristic of
post-grunge.
The song was featured as
iTunes
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' single of the week on the week of December 18–25, 2010.
Music video
The music video was released on 12 October 2010 on Yahoo music and the official website of Sick Puppies.
It shows two people who had had enough of their respective jobs in the middle of nowhere, and they separately move to
Venice Beach to improve their lives, and by the end of the video, they meet up. Actors
Tanner Novlan
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and
Kayla Ewell play the two people who met each other (coincidentally, they would be married in real life five years later). 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
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
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chart, as well as their first international charting single.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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Sick Puppies songs
2010 singles
2009 songs
Songs written by Shimon Moore
Song recordings produced by Rock Mafia
Virgin Records singles
Songs written by Marti Frederiksen
Songs written by Emma Anzai