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{{Short description|1991 single by Holly Dunn}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Maybe I Mean Yes
| name = Maybe I Mean Yes
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| artist = [[Holly Dunn]]
| artist = [[Holly Dunn]]
| album = [[Milestones: Greatest Hits]]
| album = [[Milestones: Greatest Hits]]
| B-side = "[[Daddy's Hands]]"<ref name="whitburn"/>
| B-side = "[[Daddy's Hands]]"<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2012|pages=107–108|isbn=978-0-89820-203-8}}</ref>
| released = {{start date|1991|7}}
| released = {{start date|1991|7}}
| format = [[7" single]]<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2012|pages=107-108|isbn=978-0-89820-203-8}}</ref>
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio =
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| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = {{duration|m=2|s=59}}
| length = {{duration|m=2|s=59}}
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville]]
| writer = {{hlist|Dunn|[[Chris Waters]]|[[Tom Shapiro]]}}<ref name="whitburn"/>
| writer = {{hlist|Dunn|[[Chris Waters]]|[[Tom Shapiro]]}}<ref name="whitburn"/>
| producer = {{hlist|Dunn|Waters}}<ref name="wix">{{cite journal|last=Wix|first=Kimmy|date=July 6, 1991|title=Reviews: Singles|journal=Cash Box|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/90s/1991/CB-1991-07-06.pdf}}</ref>
| producer = {{hlist|Dunn|Waters}}<ref name="wix">{{cite journal|last=Wix|first=Kimmy|date=July 6, 1991|title=Reviews: Singles|journal=Cash Box|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/90s/1991/CB-1991-07-06.pdf}}</ref>
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| next_year = 1991
| next_year = 1991
}}
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'''"Maybe I Mean Yes"''' is a song by American [[country music]] singer [[Holly Dunn]]. It was a new song from her 1991 compilation ''[[Milestones: Greatest Hits]]'', from which it was released as a single in 1991. Dunn wrote and produced the song with her brother [[Chris Waters]]. The song was withdrawn at Dunn's request, due to controversy over the song's lyrics.
'''"Maybe I Mean Yes"''' is a song by American [[country music]] singer [[Holly Dunn]]. It was a new song from her 1991 compilation ''[[Milestones: Greatest Hits]]'', from which it was released as a single in 1991. Dunn wrote and produced the song with her brother [[Chris Waters]]. The song was withdrawn from airplay at Dunn's request, just weeks after its release and while climbing the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Hot Country Songs]] chart, due to controversy over the song's lyrics.


==Content==
==Content==
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==Controversy==
==Controversy==
The song was the subject of controversy at the time of its release, due to the line "''When I say 'no' I mean 'maybe', or maybe I mean 'yes'''." Due to negative feedback from listeners who perceived this lyric as condoning [[date rape]], Dunn sent letters to radio stations and television stations, asking for the single to be withdrawn from rotation.<ref name="press">{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/1991/08/16/holly-dunns-controversial-single/|title=Holly Dunn's controversial single|last=Meyers|first=Kate|date=August 16, 1991|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate=May 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Morris|first=Edward|date=August 10, 1991|title=Dunn's No Means `Yes' To Press But Radio Starts To Ease Off Single|journal=Billboard|pages=8, 71|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-08-10.pdf}}</ref> Dunn also stated that "My co-writers and I stand by our original intent 100%."<ref name="edward">{{cite journal|last=Morris|first=Edward|date=August 10, 1991|title=Dunn Says No To Her `Maybe I Mean Yes' Urges Radio /TV To Stop Playing Controversial Song|journal=Billboard|page=31}}</ref> Dunn also agreed to stop performing the song in concert.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-07-27/entertainment/ca-246_1_country-singer|title=cordings Just Say No to 'Maybe,' Dunn Asks : Broadcasting: Don't play my new single, country singer requests. Critics says 'Maybe I Mean Yes' invites rape.|last=Phillips|first=Chuck|date=July 27, 1991|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=22 May 2017}}</ref>
The song was the subject of controversy at the time of its release concerning the lyric "''When I say 'no' I mean 'maybe', or maybe I mean 'yes'''." Due to negative feedback from listeners who perceived this lyric as condoning [[date rape]], Dunn sent letters to radio stations and television stations, asking for the single to be withdrawn from rotation.<ref name="press">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/08/16/holly-dunns-controversial-single/|title=Holly Dunn's controversial single|last=Meyers|first=Kate|date=August 16, 1991|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Morris|first=Edward|date=August 10, 1991|title=Dunn's No Means 'Yes' To Press But Radio Starts To Ease Off Single|magazine=Billboard|pages=8, 71|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-08-10.pdf}}</ref> Dunn also stated that "My co-writers and I stand by our original intent 100%."<ref name="edward">{{cite magazine|last=Morris|first=Edward|date=August 10, 1991|title=Dunn Says No To Her 'Maybe I Mean Yes' Urges Radio /TV To Stop Playing Controversial Song|magazine=Billboard|page=31}}</ref> Dunn also agreed to stop performing the song in concert.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-07-27-ca-246-story.html |title=Just Say No to 'Maybe,' Dunn Asks : Broadcasting: Don't play my new single, country singer requests. Critics says 'Maybe I Mean Yes' invites rape. |last=Philips |first=Chuck |date=July 27, 1991 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
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[[Category:Songs written by Chris Waters]]
[[Category:Songs written by Chris Waters]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tom Shapiro]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tom Shapiro]]
[[Category:Warner Bros. Records singles]]
[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
[[Category:Obscenity controversies in music]]
[[Category:Obscenity controversies in music]]

Latest revision as of 07:53, 15 August 2024

"Maybe I Mean Yes"
Single by Holly Dunn
from the album Milestones: Greatest Hits
B-side"Daddy's Hands"[1]
ReleasedJuly 1991 (1991-07)
GenreCountry
Length2:59
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)
[1]
Producer(s)
  • Dunn
  • Waters
[2]
Holly Dunn singles chronology
"Heart Full of Love"
(1991) 		"Maybe I Mean Yes"
(1991) 		"No One Takes the Train Anymore"
(1991)

"Maybe I Mean Yes" is a song by American country music singer Holly Dunn. It was a new song from her 1991 compilation Milestones: Greatest Hits, from which it was released as a single in 1991. Dunn wrote and produced the song with her brother Chris Waters. The song was withdrawn from airplay at Dunn's request, just weeks after its release and while climbing the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, due to controversy over the song's lyrics.

Content

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Written by Dunn along with her brother Chris Waters and songwriter Tom Shapiro, the song is about a flirtatious woman. Dunn herself described the song as a "lighthearted look at one couple's attempt at dating, handled in an innocent, nonsexual, flirtatious way."[3]

Critical reception

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Kimmy Wix of Cash Box wrote that the song "drives her scorching vocals to an all-time-high performance" and that it "also ranks high on the list with commanding lyrics, spicy instrumentation and a barreling tempo that conjures up a musical storm."[2]

Controversy

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The song was the subject of controversy at the time of its release concerning the lyric "When I say 'no' I mean 'maybe', or maybe I mean 'yes'." Due to negative feedback from listeners who perceived this lyric as condoning date rape, Dunn sent letters to radio stations and television stations, asking for the single to be withdrawn from rotation.[4][5] Dunn also stated that "My co-writers and I stand by our original intent 100%."[3] Dunn also agreed to stop performing the song in concert.[6]

Chart performance

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The song peaked at No. 48 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated August 10, 1991, after only five weeks on the charts. Despite Dunn's decision to withdraw the song having already been enacted, it increased in airplay for that week, rising from the No. 53 position.[4]

Chart (1991) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 48

References

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  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2012). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. pp. 107–108. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
  2. ^ a b Wix, Kimmy (July 6, 1991). "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Cash Box.
  3. ^ a b Morris, Edward (August 10, 1991). "Dunn Says No To Her 'Maybe I Mean Yes' Urges Radio /TV To Stop Playing Controversial Song". Billboard. p. 31.
  4. ^ a b Meyers, Kate (August 16, 1991). "Holly Dunn's controversial single". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  5. ^ Morris, Edward (August 10, 1991). "Dunn's No Means 'Yes' To Press But Radio Starts To Ease Off Single" (PDF). Billboard. pp. 8, 71.
  6. ^ Philips, Chuck (July 27, 1991). "Just Say No to 'Maybe,' Dunn Asks : Broadcasting: Don't play my new single, country singer requests. Critics says 'Maybe I Mean Yes' invites rape". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Holly Dunn Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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