Maybe (Thom Pace song)

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Maybe
Thom Pace
publication May 4, 1979 (UK, Ireland)
July 1979 (Europe)
length 2:36
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) Thom Pace
Producer (s) Don Perry
album Maybe

Maybe is a song by Thom Pace that was released as a single in May 1979 and was also released on the album of the same name that same year. It was Thom Pace's only number one hit in Germany , but it also reached the top ten in Austria and Switzerland .

Origin and content

The song was written by Thom Pace himself in 1974 and produced by Don Perry . The pop - ballad is played with the acoustic guitar and strings. The protagonist, who speaks of himself or other living beings in the plural, praises the beauty of life in the woods. However, this life is threatened, so he longs for a world in which he does not have to flee and can live in harmony.

The song was originally intended for the film When the Northwind Blows , but was used that same year as the medley Wear the Sun in Your Heart / Maybe in the film The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams . In 1977 it became the theme song of the associated television series. However, it was not successful until 1979 after the series was published as The Man in the Mountains in Europe, including in German-speaking countries. In the series, James "Grizzly" Adams is accused of a crime he did not commit and is hiding in the mountains.

Publication and reception

The single was released in May 1979 on RSO Records in Great Britain and Ireland , and in July 1979 in the rest of Europe. On the B-side is the title Friends . Maybe reached number one in the German single charts and was placed there for nine weeks from November 19, 1979 to January 20, 1980, the title was listed for a total of 28 chart weeks. In Austria it reached number eight (14 chart weeks) and number two in Switzerland (twelve chart weeks). The song was also featured on numerous compilations .

On January 21, 1980 Thom Pace performed the song at disco on ZDF . He was presented with the gold record that was received in Germany .

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (28 weeks) 28
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 8th (14 weeks) 14th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 2 (9 weeks) 9
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 14th (15 weeks) 15th

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg gold 250,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg 1 × gold
 250,000

Cover versions

A German-language cover version from 1979 with the title colors comes from Siw Inger . On March 17, 1980 she sang the title in the ZDF hit parade , but could not place in the top three. Further versions were made by Declan , Siegfried Rauch ( Free to be - like the man who lives in the mountains ), Dieter Hallervorden ( Mausi ), Hot Banditoz ( Niños ), Ireen Sheer ( Sehnsucht ), MontAnya ( Do you believe ), The Spotnicks , the Disco Light Orchestra , Marco Bakker ( Free to be ) and Michael Hirte ( The Man in the Mountains ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thom Pace - Maybe , songtexte.com
  2. ↑ Thom Pace - Maybe , ndr.de
  3. ↑ a b Thom Pace - Maybe , hitparade.ch
  4. ↑ Thom Pace - Maybe, disco, January 21, 1980 on YouTube
  5. ↑ a b GOLD / PLATINUM database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on April 25, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Thom Pace - Maybe Chart Placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed April 25, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Thom Pace - Maybe chart placement Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed April 25, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Thom Pace - Maybe Chart Placement Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed April 25, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Thom Pace - Maybe Charthistory United Kingdom. Official Charts Company , accessed April 25, 2020 .