Maybe He'll Know

{{More citations|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox song | name = Maybe He'll Know | cover = Cyndi-Lauper-Maybe-Hell-Know-340092.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Cyndi Lauper]] | album = [[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)|True Colors]] | B-side = [[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]] | released = May 12, 1987 | recorded = [[1986 in music|1986]] | studio = * [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]] (New York, NY)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)|True Colors]] |year=1986 |type=LP, Vinyl, CD |publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=R 40313 }}</ref> * [[The Hit Factory]] (New York, NY)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)|True Colors]] |year=1986 |type=LP, Vinyl, CD |publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=R 40313 }}</ref> | venue = | genre = [[Doo-wop]]<ref name="Molanphy 2021">{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2021/11/hit-parade-takes-on-80s-pop-acts-cyndi-lauper-the-bangles-and-aimee-mann|title= Be the One to Walk in the Sun Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date= November 20, 2021|access-date= March 5, 2024}}</ref><ref name="O' Brien 2025">{{cite web|last= O' Brien|first=Jon|title= Album By Album - Cyndi Lauper|website= [[Classic Pop]]|date= 28 May 2025|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/features/album-by-album/album-by-album-cyndi-lauper/|accessdate= 23 December 2025|quote=...Maybe He’ll Know", an old Blue Angel number given the doo-wop treatment.}}</ref> | length = 4:25 | label = [[Epic Records|Epic]] | writer = {{flatlist| *Cyndi Lauper *[[John Turi]] }} | producer = {{flatlist| *Cyndi Lauper *Lennie Petze }} | prev_title = [[Boy Blue (Cyndi Lauper song)|Boy Blue]] | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = [[Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)]] | next_year = 1988 }}

"'''Maybe He'll Know'''" is a song by American singer [[Cyndi Lauper]] from her 1986 album, ''[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper 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 (band)|Blue Angel]]. It appeared on their [[Blue Angel (Blue Angel album)|1980 self-titled album]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duquette |first=Mike |date=30 October 2023 |title=I'm Gonna Be Strong: Blue Angel's Album, Featuring Cyndi Lauper, Gets Reissued |url=https://theseconddisc.com/2023/10/30/blue-angel-cyndi-lauper-reissue/ |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=The Second Disc |language=en-US}}</ref> The two versions are slightly different lyrically in a few lines. [[Billy Joel]] joins Lauper in 'doo wop' style back-up vocal duties.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Daw|first=Stephen |date=15 October 2021|title='True Colors' at 35: How Cyndi Lauper Reimagined Her Career With Her Sophomore Album|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/cyndi-lauper-interview-true-colors-35th-anniversary-9645206/|access-date=2 December 2023|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[Blue Angel (band)|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.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|date=September 19, 1987|volume=4|number=37|title=Station Reports|page=27|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-09-19.pdf|accessdate=December 24, 2024}}</ref>

==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== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:1980 songs]] [[Category:1987 singles]] [[Category:Cyndi Lauper songs]] [[Category:Doo-wop songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Cyndi Lauper]] [[Category:Songs written by John Turi]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Roy Halee]] [[Category:Blue Angel (band) songs]] [[Category:Epic Records singles]]