I Tried (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)

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“I Tried”
“I Tried” cover
Single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Akon
from the album Strength & Loyalty
B-side "Bumps in the Trunk"
Released February 16, 2007
Format Digital download
Genre Hip hop, R&B, Ballad
Length 4:49
Label Interscope, Full Surface
Producer Akon
Certification Platinum (RIAA)
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony singles chronology
"Don't Stop" / "Fire"
(2006)
"I Tried"
(2007)
"Lil L.O.V.E."
(2007)
Akon singles chronology
"Don't Matter"
(2007)
"I Tried"
(2007)
"We Takin' Over"
(2007)

"I Tried" (also known as "I Tried (So Hard)") is a song by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Akon, released as the first single from their album Strength & Loyalty. Akon produced and is featured on the song. The song is about the struggles that the members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon went through on the streets. There is also an arranged remix that features Tupac Shakur. (There are different arranged remixes with different verses of Tupac and his verses and place of the verse depends on the remix)

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[edit] Chart performance and music video

The song entered the Billboard charts in the issue dated April 7, 2007. It debuted at number eighty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue date April 14 2007 and has so far reached number six.

On March 7 2007, the music video officially debuted on Yahoo! and other websites. On December 31 of the same year, the video appeared at number 89 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 countdown.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] A-side

  • "I Tried" (featuring Akon)
    1. Clean –4:51
    2. Dirty –4:51
    3. Instrumental –4:51
    4. A capella –4:33

[edit] B-side

  • "Bumps in the Trunk" (featuring Swizz Beatz)
    1. Dirty –4:25
    2. Instrumental –4:24
    3. A capella –4:26


[edit] Remixes

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position[1]
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 4
Brazil Hot 100 16
Portugal Singles Chart 22
United World Chart 24
UK Singles Chart 69
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 6
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks 6
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 8

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon's 'I Tried': Chart Positions. Retrieved on May 7, 2007.

[edit] External links

[edit] Remixes

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