"Maybe I Know" | ||||
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Single by Lesley Gore | ||||
from the album Girl Talk | ||||
B-side | "Wonder Boy" | |||
Released | July 9, 1964 | |||
Recorded | early July 1964 [1] | |||
Genre | Brill Building [2] | |||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Mercury Records 72309 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich | |||
Producer(s) | Quincy Jones | |||
Lesley Gore singles chronology | ||||
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"Maybe I Know" is an early 1960s pop song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and performed by Lesley Gore. The song was produced by Quincy Jones and arranged by Claus Ogerman. [3] It was featured on her 1964 album, Girl Talk. [4]
The song was one in a long line of successful "Brill Building Sound" hits [2] created by composers and arrangers working in New York City's Brill Building at 1619 Broadway. Pop songwriting stars Barry and Greenwich had previously scored hits with songs such as " Be My Baby" and " Baby, I Love You" performed by The Ronettes, as well as " Then He Kissed Me" and " Da Doo Ron Ron" by The Crystals.
Billboard described the song as a "medium tempo rocker with fine dance beat." [5] Cash Box described it as "a handclappin' thumper geared for easy dancing and listening approval" and a "tuneful teen-angled vocal romp." [6]
"Maybe I Know" reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, #16 in Canada, [7] #20 in the United Kingdom, and #37 in Australia in 1964. [8]
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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Australia | 37 |
Canada RPM Top Singles [9] | 16 |
UK | 20 |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 14 |
US Cash Box Top 100 | 10 |
The song was featured in the musicals Leader of the Pack and The Marvelous Wonderettes.