Born to Try

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“Born to Try”
“Born to Try” cover
Single by Delta Goodrem
from the album Innocent Eyes
Released November 8, 2002 (Australia)
March 10, 2003 (UK)
Format CD
Recorded Cove City Sound Studios, New York, 2002
Genre Pop
Length 4:13
Label Epic
Writer(s) Delta Goodrem, Audius Mtawarira
Producer Ric Wake
Certification 3x platinum (ARIA)
Gold (RIANZ)
Delta Goodrem singles chronology
"I Don't Care"
(2001)		 "Born to Try"
(2002)		 "Lost Without You"
(2003)

"Born to Try" is a piano-based pop ballad written by Delta Goodrem and Audius Mtawarira, produced by Ric Wake for Goodrem's debut album Innocent Eyes (2003).

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[edit] History

Goodrem, who was starring as Nina Tucker in Neighbours at the time, performed the track on the show, as her character was also trying to launch a music career. The piano ballad proved to be successful, debuting at number three before reaching number one on the Australian Singles chart, becoming Goodrem's first number one single. It spent three months in the top five and went on to sell over 210,000 copies, making it the third highest selling single of 2002.[citation needed] In the UK, "Born to Try" debuted and peaked the charts at number three, spending eleven weeks in the top forty. The single was also a number one hit for Goodrem in New Zealand.

Goodrem co-wrote the song with producer and songwriter Audius Mtawarira (who had worked with Selwyn) at her home in Sydney. The two met in 2001 and Goodrem states "Audius and I got on really well and someone at the record company suggested we write together. He came out to our house, mum made some lunch and we wrote four songs. 'Born To Try' was the last one. We just naturally clicked and there was no pressure so it was just music for music's sake"[1].

"Born to Try" was not Delta's debut single. In 2001, she released "I Don't Care", but the single was unsuccessful and barely noticed by the general public.

[edit] Formats and track listings

Australian CD single
  1. "Born to Try" — 4:13
  2. "Born to Try" (Graham Stack remix) — 4:14
  3. "Born to Try" (original demo) — 4:14
UK CD single 1
  1. "Born to Try"
  2. "Born to Try" (demo version)
  3. "In My Own Time"
UK CD single 2
  1. "Born to Try" (radio edit)
  2. "Born to Try" (Mash Master mix)
  3. "Longer"
  4. "Born to Try" (music video)
Official mixes
  1. "Born to Try" (demo version)
  2. "Born to Try" (Graham Stack remix)
  3. "Born to Try" (Mash club mix)
  4. "Born to Try" (Mash Master mix)
  5. "Born to Try" (Mash radio edit)
  6. "Born to Try" (U.S. mix)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 1
Chart (2003) Peak
Position
Ireland Singles Chart 13
Netherlands Singles Chart 19
New Zealand Singles Chart[3] 1
Swiss Singles Chart 58
UK Singles Chart 3
Year-End Chart
(2002)		 Peak
position		 Certification
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 34 3x Platinum (210,000+)
Australian ARIA Australian Artist Chart 5
Year-End Chart
(2003)		 Peak
position		 Certification
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 4 3x Platinum (210,000+)
Australian ARIA Australian Artist Chart 1

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Delta's Single Out Monday". Deltagoodrem.com.au. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  2. ^ "Born to Try - Australian Chart Run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved July 17, 2007.
  3. ^ "Born to Try - New Zealand Chart Run". charts.org.nz. Retrieved July 17, 2007.

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