Maybe (The Chantels song)

"Maybe"
Single by the Chantels
from the album We Are the Chantels
B-side	"Come My Little Baby"
Released	December 1957
Recorded	October 16, 1957
Venue	a church in Midtown Manhattan
Length	2:54
Label	End
Songwriter(s)	George Goldner, Roger "Casey" Case (credited) Richard Barrett (later credited)
The Chantels singles chronology
"He's Gone" (1957) "Maybe" (1957) "Every Night (I Pray)" (1958)

"Maybe" is a song with words and music originally credited to End Records owner George Goldner and "Casey". The co-writing credit was later transferred to Richard Barrett. Arlene Smith, lead singer of the Chantels, is believed to be an uncredited co-writer.^[1] The song was first recorded by the Chantels on October 16, 1957, in a doo-wop style with Barrett playing piano, and released in December 1957. It climbed the charts in January 1958, reaching No. 15 in the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 in the Billboard R&B chart. It was subsequently described as "arguably, the first true glimmering of the girl group sound".^[2] Rolling Stone ranked it No. 199 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.^[1] It was also included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).^[3]

Billboard named the song No. 60 on its list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.^[4]

The song was also covered by The Three Degrees in 1966, Janis Joplin on her I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! album in 1969, and again by The Three Degrees in 1970.

Miguel Matute Project recorded a version in 2019 with Monica Mayen on vocals, included in the album "Desde Adentro y Otros Asuntos".