Oh yes, it's really bad. However, I remember that I tought the song was good when I bought the record in 1985 - my very first Church record, so there was not very much for comparison, just these 10 songs. It was obviously the worst song on the album, but it was also the mid 80s - the time when The Bad Keyboard Sound was HYPE Therefore I still have some strange kind of affection for this song.

I think Steve once said or wrote that he doesn't know how to compose a hit intentionally but would do so if he knew, and that Maybe These Boys was an (obviously failed) attempt to do so. No idea anymore where I got this info from.