Maybe He'll Know

"Maybe He'll Know"
"Maybe He'll Know"
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album True Colors
B-side	"Time After Time"
Released	May 12, 1987
Recorded	1986
Genre	Doo-wop
Length	4:25
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Cyndi Lauper; John Turi;
Producer(s)	Cyndi Lauper; Lennie Petze;
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology

"Maybe He'll Know" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper from her 1986 album, True Colors. It served as the fifth and final single of the album, released only in Europe in 1987. It is a remake of a song that Lauper recorded with her former band, Blue Angel.^[2] The two versions are slightly different lyrically in a few lines. Billy Joel joins Lauper in 'doo wop' style back-up vocal duties.^[3]

The Blue Angel version of the song appears in the 1999 film 200 Cigarettes after a quarter when Kate Hudson's character is in the restaurant's restroom composing herself. A remix of "Maybe He'll Know"—presumably created with the intention of single release in the U.S.—surfaced as the B-side to Lauper's "I Drove All Night".

The single received radio adds in France in September 1987.^[4]

Track listing

7"

A. "Maybe He'll Know" (Remix) – 3:44
B. "Time After Time" – 3:59

12"

A. "Maybe He'll Know" (Album Version) - 4:24
B1. "One Track Mind" - 3:39
B2. "Calm Inside The Storm" - 3:54

References

^ Molanphy, Chris (November 20, 2021). "Be the One to Walk in the Sun Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
^ Duquette, Mike (30 October 2023). "I'm Gonna Be Strong: Blue Angel's Album, Featuring Cyndi Lauper, Gets Reissued". The Second Disc. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
^ Daw, Stephen (15 October 2021). "'True Colors' at 35: How Cyndi Lauper Reimagined Her Career With Her Sophomore Album". Billboard. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
^ "Station Reports" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 37. September 19, 1987. p. 27. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

[Molanphy_2021-1] Molanphy, Chris (November 20, 2021). "Be the One to Walk in the Sun Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[2] Duquette, Mike (30 October 2023). "I'm Gonna Be Strong: Blue Angel's Album, Featuring Cyndi Lauper, Gets Reissued". The Second Disc. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

[3] Daw, Stephen (15 October 2021). "'True Colors' at 35: How Cyndi Lauper Reimagined Her Career With Her Sophomore Album". Billboard. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

[4] "Station Reports" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 37. September 19, 1987. p. 27. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

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v t e Cyndi Lauper singles
She's So Unusual	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" "Time After Time" "She Bop" "All Through the Night" "Money Changes Everything" "When You Were Mine"
True Colors	"True Colors" "Change of Heart" "What's Going On" "Boy Blue" "Maybe He'll Know"
A Night to Remember	"I Drove All Night" "My First Night Without You" "Heading West" "A Night to Remember"
Hat Full of Stars	"Who Let In the Rain" "That's What I Think" "Sally's Pigeons"
Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some	"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" "I'm Gonna Be Strong" "Come on Home"
Sisters of Avalon	"You Don't Know" "Sisters of Avalon" "Ballad of Cleo and Joe"
Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life	"Early Christmas Morning"
Shine	"Shine"
At Last	"At Last" "Walk On By"
The Body Acoustic	"Time After Time"
Bring Ya to the Brink	"Set Your Heart" "Same Ol' Story" "Into the Nightlife"
Memphis Blues	"Just Your Fool"
Detour	"Hard Candy Christmas" "Funnel of Love"
Other singles	"You Make Loving Fun" "We Are the World" "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" "Another Brick in the Wall" "The World Is Stone" "Disco Inferno" "A Christmas Duel" "Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart"

v t e Blue Angel
Cyndi Lauper John Turi Arthur "Rockin' A" Neilson Lee Brovitz Johnny Morelli
Studio albums	Blue Angel
Singles	"I'm Gonna Be Strong" "I Had a Love" "Fade" "Maybe He'll Know"