One More Try (George Michael song)
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| "One More Try" | ||
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| Single by George Michael | ||
| from the album Faith | ||
| Released | 1988 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 5:52 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Writer(s) | George Michael | |
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| George Michael singles chronology | ||
| Father Figure (1988) |
One More Try (1988) |
Monkey (1988) |
"One More Try" is a song written and performed by George Michael and released by Epic Records in 1988.
A ballad at six minutes in length, the song lyrically explored Michael's unwillingness to return to a new relationship because he had been emotionally hurt so many times previously. The song concludes with temptation taking over, and Michael ends by singing the title for the first and only time.
[edit] Chart Performance
The song was the fourth of six singles to be released from George's debut solo album Faith. It reached #8 in the UK singles chart but became his seventh #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA. Four of the six singles issued from Faith went to number one in America, while by comparison, none managed to do so in the UK.
"One More Try" was the third consecutive #1 single from the Faith album. "One More Try" debuted at an impressive #40 the week of April 16, 1988, and matching the speed of "Father Figure", reached #1 by its seventh week, May 28, 1988, this time staying there for three consecutive weeks. "One More Try" was the second-longest running #1 of 1988, tied with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison, and behind the four-week run of Steve Winwood's "Roll With It".
In total, "One More Try" spent 7 weeks in the Top 10 and 14 weeks in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.
"One More Try" remained a live favourite at Michael's concerts in the years which followed, although its radio airplay tends to be restricted to specific "Love Songs"-esque features because of both the tempo and the length.
| Preceded by "Anything for You" by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single May 28, 1988- June 11, 1988 |
Succeeded by "Together Forever" by Rick Astley |
