I Try

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"I Try"
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Template:Infobox song/link by Macy Gray
from the album On How Life Is
B-side
  • "Don't Come Around"
  • "Rather Hazy"
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StudioParamount, Sunset Sound, A&M (Hollywood, California)
GenreNeo soul[1]
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Label
[[Composer|ComposerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]
  • Macy Gray
  • Jeremy Ruzumna
  • Jinsoo Lim
  • David Wilder
[[Lyricist|LyricistTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Macy Gray
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Andrew Slater
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"Do Something"
(1999) 		"I Try"
(589) 		"Still"
(2000)
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"I Try" is a song co-written and performed by American musician Macy Gray. Issued as the second single from her debut album, On How Life Is (1999), the song was first released in Japan as a double A-side with "Do Something" on July 23, 1999. Later that year, on September 27, it received its first solo release in the United Kingdom. "I Try" peaked at number six in the United Kingdom, number five in the United States, number two in Canada, and number one in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. At the 2001 Grammy Awards, "I Try" won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Critical reception

Daily Record called the song "soulful", noting that Macy Gray "has one of the most distinctive singing voices around."[2]

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by American filmmaker Mark Romanek (who had previously directed the video for Gray's "Do Something"),[3] depicts Gray waking up in a hotel room, buying flowers, and traveling through New York City, traveled through by bus and train to meet a man in a park. At the end of the video, Gray is shown to still be in her hotel room.[4]

At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, the video won Best New Artist in a Video and was also nominated for Best Female Video. Gray presented the award for Best Pop Video alongside LL Cool J.[5]

Track listings

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Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the On How Life Is album booklet.[13]

Studios

Personnel

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  • Krystof Zizka - engineer, producer

Charts

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Certifications

Certifications for "I Try"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[35] Platinum 70,000 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[36] Gold 0 
Spain (Promusicae)[37] Gold 0 
United Kingdom (BPI)[38] 2× Platinum 1,200,000 

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for "I Try"
Region Version Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Japan "I Try" / "Do Something" July 23, 1999 CD Epic [39]
United Kingdom "I Try" September 27, 1999 Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.
  • Epic
  • Clean Slate
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October 18, 1999 Hot adult contemporary radio [42]
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References

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  5. ^ 2000 MTV Video Music Awards Award Ceremony
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  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.I Try (UK cassette single sleeve). Epic Records, Clean Slate. 1999. 668183 4.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.I Try (European CD1 liner notes). Epic Records, Clean Slate. 1999. EPC 667770 1.
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