Maybe Tomorrow is the fifth
studio album by
the Jackson 5, released on April 12, 1971 by
Motown. Released after the success of the hit ballad "
I'll Be There", most of the tracks on the album are ballads, with few dance numbers. The album includes the hit singles "
Never Can Say Goodbye" and "
Maybe Tomorrow". While not as financially successful as the Jackson 5's first three outings, Maybe Tomorrow contains some of the most often-
sampled and
covered material in the group's catalogue. The album also spent six weeks at No. 1 on the US
Soul Albums chart and has sold 3.5 million copies worldwide. [4]
In 2001, Motown remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Third Album. The bonus tracks were "
Sugar Daddy", the only new track on their 1971
greatest hits set, and "I'm So Happy", the B-side of that single.