I Try

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“I Try”
Single by Macy Gray from the album On How Life Is
Released	September 27, 1999 (Int'l release) February 29, 2000 (United States)
Format	Digital download, CD single, 12" maxi single
Recorded	1999
Genre	Soul
Length	3:59
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, Jinsoo Lim, David Wilder
Producer	Andrew Slater
Macy Gray singles chronology
"Do Something" (1999) "I Try" (1999) "Still" (2000)

"I Try" is the second single from Macy Gray's debut album On How Life Is, released in 1999 internationally, but not becoming a hit in the United States until 2000. It was Gray's biggest hit to date. It peaked at number six in the United Kingdom, number five in the United States, and number one in both Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.

At the 2000 Grammy Awards, "I Try" won "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance", and was also nominated for "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year".

"I Try" was released in the UK on two CD singles including remixes and the B-side "Don't Come Around".

Contents 1 Music video 2 Track listing 3 Charts 4 References

[edit] Music video

The video for the song, directed by Mark Romanek, depicts Gray waking up, buying flowers, and traveling through New York City to meet a man in a park. At one point she is seen entering a Lexington Avenue subway entrance, which at the time served the 6, E and F lines. The platform which her train arrives on, however, is the 63rd Street Connector which would indeed become the Lexington Avenue F line stop one year later.

On the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, the video was nominated on the "Best Female Video" and "Best Art Direction" fields.

Due to the touching lyrics and melody of "I Try", the song was eventually used in the "Goodbye (2)" episode of the American sitcom Spin City, originally aired on May 24, 2000. It was played as the background music in the final bar scene where Michael J. Fox's character Michael Patrick Flaherty leaves the show.

[edit] Track listing

CD 1

1. "I Try" (Album Version)
2. "I Try" (Full Crew Mix)
3. "Don't Come Around"

CD 2

1. "I Try" (Album Version)
2. "I Try" (JayDee Remix)
3. "I Try" (Bob Power Remix)

Import CD single

1. "I Try"
2. "Rather Hazy"
3. "I Try" (Full Crew Mix - Extended 2 - No Vocoder)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Irish Singles Chart[1]	1
UK Singles Chart[2]	6
Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3]	1
Ö3 Austria Top 40[3]	3
Belgian Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders)[3]	23
Canadian Singles Chart[4]	19
Dutch Top 40[5]	39
French Singles Chart[3]	29
German Singles Chart[6]	16
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[3]	1
Norwegian VG-lista[3]	5
Swedish Singles Chart[3]	52
Swiss Singles Chart[3]	13
United World Chart[7]	16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4]	5
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles[8]	21
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[4]	21

[edit] References

Preceded by "Everyday I Love You" by Boyzone	Irish Singles Chart number-one single December 11, 1999	Succeeded by "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" by Westlife
Preceded by "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65	ARIA (Australia) number-one single (first run) January 16, 2000 – January 23, 2000	Succeeded by "Mascara"/"Leave Me Alone" by Killing Heidi
Preceded by "S Club Party" by S Club 7	RIANZ (New Zealand) number-one single January 30, 2000	Succeeded by "What a Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera
Preceded by "Mascara"/"Leave Me Alone" by Killing Heidi	ARIA (Australia) number-one single (second run) February 20, 2000	Succeeded by "Bloke" by Chris Franklin

v • d • e Macy Gray Studio albums On How Life Is · The Id · The Trouble with Being Myself · Big Other albums The Very Best of Macy Gray · Live in Las Vegas Singles "Do Something" · "I Try" · "Still" · "Why Didn't You Call Me" · "Sweet Baby" · "Sexual Revolution" · "When I See You" · "She Ain't Right for You" · "Love Is Gonna Get You" · "Finally Made Me Happy" · "Shoo Be Doo" Other singles "Demons" · "Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)" · "Request Line"