Try Again
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- This article is about the song by Aaliyah. For the single by the same title by Keane, see Try Again (Keane song).
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| Single by Aaliyah from the album Romeo Must Die: The Album |
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| Released | March 2000 | ||||
| Format | CD, 12-inch single | ||||
| Recorded | 1999 | ||||
| Genre | R&B/pop | ||||
| Length | 4:04 | ||||
| Label | Blackground/Virgin | ||||
| Writer(s) | Steve Garrett, Tim Mosley | ||||
| Producer | Timbaland | ||||
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"Try Again" is a Grammy-nominated single by American singer Aaliyah.
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[edit] Song History and release
The song was written by Stephen Garrett (Static Major) and Tim Mosley (Timbaland) and produced by Tim Mosley. It was the second single released from the Romeo Must Die soundtrack and written for the motion picture of the same name. The single was released to radio while "I Don't Wanna" was still at radio, "Try Again" had peaked by the time "I Don't Wanna" was phased out. "Try Again" was successful in both the American charts and the international charts. It became the first song in history to ever reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 based solely on the strength of its radio airplay, without any single sales factored. After the song fell from number one, there was a 12" vinyl record released. "Try Again" eventually became a world wide smash hit reaching the top 10 in over 9 countries.
The song was covered in 2003 by German metal band Knorkator for their album Ich hasse Musik, who turned the piece into a crushing orchestral industrial metal piece.
[edit] Promotion
While promoting the movie Romeo Must Die and the soundtrack of the film, Aaliyah sang this song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Total Request Live.
[edit] Music video
The video starts when Jet Li enters a hall of mirrors and Aaliyah steps in wearing a revealing low-cut bra and tight low-rise leather pants. It also shows Timbaland.
The making of the video and the video itself was featured Romeo Must Die DVD's Special Features.
The director of the video was Wayne Isham with the choreography by Fatima Robinson.
The Mirror Room was inspired by Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon.
[edit] Awards and nominations
"Try Again" was nominated in 43rd Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and two Soul Train awards for Best R&B/Soul Single and R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video. "Try Again" won two MTV awards for Best Female Video and Best Video For A Film.
[edit] Release dates
- March 2000 (United States/ Radio)
- April 24, 2000 (United Kingdom/ CD single)
- June 27, 2000 (United States/ 12" vinyl single)
- July 10, 2000 (United Kingdom/ Cassette)
- August 8, 2000 (Netherlands/ CD single)
- February 19, 2001 (United Kingdom/ 12" vinyl single)
[edit] Charts performance
"Try Again" entered the United World Chart at number thirty and on its second week it leaped to number 18, making it the "Largest Point Gainer" of that week. It peaked at number four on its eight week. It stayed in the chart for 19 weeks. At the 2000 year end chart of UWC, it placed at number thirty seven and gained 2,834,000 points, being one of the most successful singles of 2000 worldwide[1].
In the Billboard Hot 100, it debuted at number fifty-nine in mid-March 2000[2] and it managed to reach number one in its fourteenth week, becoming Aaliyah's one and only number one hit in the United States. It became the first song in history to ever reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 based solely on the strength of its radio airplay, without any single sales factored. It stayed in the top ten for a massive fifteen weeks and top one hundred for thirty-two weeks. It also peaked at number one Billboard Hot 100 Airplay for nine weeks. On the year-end chart of Billboard Hot 100, it was ranked twelve[3] and ranked eighteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs year-end chart[4].
In UK Singles Top 75, it debuted and peaked at number five, staying in the top seventy-five for only 12 weeks[5].
It peaked at number eight in Australia, becoming her only top ten hit single there. It ranked 51th on the year-end chart of ARIA Charts[6].
In New Zealand, it failed to reached the top ten; peaking only at number thirteen but despite of that, it became the 46th most successful song of 2000 there[7].
In Germany, the song peaked at number five. It stayed in the chart for eighteen weeks, six of them were in the top ten[8]. The song became the 24th most successful song of Germany in 2000[9].
In France, the song failed to reached the top twenty, peaking only at number twenty-six but stayed in the chart for a massive thirty weeks. The song became the 73rd most successful song of 2000 in France[10].
The song also charted on the country where Aaliyah's song didn't chart previously like in Austria, France, Norway and Australia.
Due to its success worldwide, the song is considered Aaliyah's most successful.
[edit] Peak positions
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart[11] | 8 |
| Austria Singles Chart[12] | 19 |
| Belgium Wallonia Ultratop 50 Singles Chart[13] | 5 |
| Belgium Flemish Ultratop 50 Singles Chart[14] | 6 |
| Canadian Singles Chart [15] | 21 |
| France Singles Chart[16] | 26 |
| German Singles Chart[17] | 5 |
| Italy Singles Chart | 12 |
| Netherlands Dutch Top 40 Singles[18] | 3 |
| New Zealand Top 40 Singles[19] | 13 |
| Norway Singles Chart[20] | 5 |
| Sweden Singles Chart [21] | 15 |
| Switzerland Singles Chart[22] | 8 |
| Tokyo Hot 100 [15] | 11 |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 5 |
| UK R&B Singles Chart[15] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay [15] | 1 (9) |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[15] | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[15] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks[15] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[15] | 1 |
| United World Chart[23] | 4 |
