Title: Maybe This Time (song) - Wikipedia
Headings: Maybe This Time (song)
Maybe This Time (song)
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Synopsis
Analysis
Critical reception
Cover versions
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Content: The singer (Sally) sings of her hope that, against all odds, this time her love affair is going to last." Analysis
The Telegraph explained that the song should have an air of "desperate hope" and that Bowles should feel like "someone teetering on the edge of despair." Talkin' Broadway said " 'Maybe this Time' serving as Sally's internal monologue in response to Cliff's plea", adding that the song "is the only time we see the real person beneath the frivolous girl for whom life is a neverending party (cabaret, whatever). As we're privy to Sally's unspoken thoughts here". What's On in Cape Town described Sally Bowles as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, writing "Her iconic solo, 'Maybe This Time', can be considered the MPDG theme song." Bowles "believ [es] she may be in love for the first time". Critical reception
The song has been described as a "tearjerker", "wistful", and "heartbreaking". Lincolnshire Review described the song as a "soaring ballad", and Peterborough Telegraph deemed it "hopeful". Cover versions
In 1983, Norma Lewis recorded a disco/Hi-NRG version of the song on the ERC Records label. An extended, remixed version was released as a 12" single.