"Maybe This Time" is a song written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, popularized by Liza Minnelli in the 1972 film Cabaret.
While first recorded by Kaye Ballard,[1][2] Minnelli included the song on her debut studio album Liza!
Though originally written as a single in 1964, the song was interpolated into the 1972 film adaptation of Kander and Ebb's stage musical Cabaret.
[4] 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.
[6] 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.