"Maybe Tomorrow" is a song composed and sung by guitarist Tom Evans of

The Iveys Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea, who were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (vocals, guitar), Mike Gibbins (drums), Tom Evans (musician), Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland (gu ...

, which was released as the group's first worldwide single on

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. It also served as the title track for the album '' Maybe Tomorrow'', and it was also included on the

Badfinger Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea, who were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (vocals, guitar), Mike Gibbins (drums), Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland (guitar). They are rec ...

album ''

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'' released in 1970.

History

The Iveys were seen as a promising young Beatle-esque band by

, and the first single was chosen carefully. Ultimately, "Maybe Tomorrow" was chosen, in part because of the lush string orchestration added by producer

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

, and it was designated as Apple 5—the first single released by Apple after its initial, much-publicized release of four nearly-simultaneous singles at its launch.

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

personally assured The Iveys that the song would be a hit. However, the song flopped in the UK and only reached number 67 in the '' Billboard'' US charts. Despite that, it surprisingly reached number 1 in the

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and was a major hit in much of continental Europe and in Japan. Apple had planned for this song to be the title song of The Iveys' debut album because of its regional success. However, before the album was released,

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took over as head of

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. Klein promptly blocked release of the album except in places where "Maybe Tomorrow" had been a hit. When Apple decided to include older songs on the "first" Badfinger release, the pseudo-soundtrack ''

'', both of The Iveys' singles were included. Thus, "Maybe Tomorrow" is also included as a Badfinger song, and it appears on both greatest hits albums of Badfinger that were released by Apple.

Personnel

* Tom Evans - lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

Pete Ham Peter William Ham (27 April 1947 – 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a lead vocalist of and composer for the 1970s rock band Badfinger, whose hit songs include " No Matter What", " Day After Day" and " ...

- backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars *Ron Griffiths - bass guitar *

Mike Gibbins Michael George Gibbins (12 March 1949 – 4 October 2005) was a Welsh musician, most notable for being the drummer of Badfinger. Early life Mike Gibbins was born on 12 March 1949 in Swansea, Wales. He began playing drums at age 14, and joine ...

- drums

Covers

In 1971 the Mexican band "El Amor" covered the song in its self-titled debut album.

References

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