It was first recorded in 1983 by Michael Martin Murphey for his eleventh studio album The Heart Never Lies, released the same year.
[1][2][3] Filipino singer Sarah Geronimo released "Maybe This Time" through Star Music on May 1, 2014, as the main soundtrack to her film of the same name.
[4] In a statement relayed to the press by Sunita Kaur, managing director of Spotify for Asia dated August 26, 2014, it revealed its first-ever list of most-streamed artists and songs four months after the platform was launched in the Philippines.
[7] In July 2024, the song became a favorite sound among TikTok users making fan-made videos of celebrities.
The song also reached the top spot of United Kingdom-based online karaoke platform Sing King's August Hot Hits chart, outcharting Billie Eilish's "Birds of a Feather" and LISA's "Rockstar".