Try (Nelly Furtado song)

"Try"
Single by Nelly Furtado
from the album Folklore
Released March 15, 2004 (2004-03-15)
Format CD single
Recorded 2003
Genre Folktronica, Acoustic Rock
Length 4:38 (Album Version)
4:09 (Video Version)
3:46 (Radio Version)
Label DreamWorks
Writer(s) Nelly Furtado, Brian West
Producer Track & Field
Nelly Furtado singles chronology
"Powerless (Say What You Want)"
(2003)		 "Try"
(2004)		 "Força"
(2004)
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"Try" is a pop ballad written by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado and Brian West for Furtado's second album, Folklore. Produced by Track & Field, it was released as the second single from the album in February 2004. Furtado said the song "is about the reality of love. My energy used to just go everywhere, but now I'm more grounded because I've found true love. The idea here is that, yeah, sometimes life sucks. But life is only so long, and somebody can come along who makes you want to be a better person. You just have to roll with the punches. So "Try" is not a happy-go-lucky song. It has a strange arrangement because the chorus happens only twice, and the end is improvisational. It's like one of those epic power ballads." The Los Angeles Times said of "Try", "Her unfettered enthusiasm wins out as she sings of passion for life".

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Commercial release

Although the single was a big success in countries such as Mexico and Portugal (where it peaked at number one), it did not chart in the United States. "Try" was the last single released from Folklore in the U.S.; the subsequent singles were released only in Canada, Europe and Latin America. Two versions of the song exist; the original with the chorus only occurring twice, and a different version in which the improv is taken out at the end and an extra chorus is added. A Spanish version, "Dar", was released in 2007 in the album of Loose (Summer Edition) only available in latin america.

Music video

The music video was directed by Sophie Muller. The music video features Nelly and a male actor (who is assumed to be her husband) in traditional Portuguese dress, around the Settler time period. It shows their various hardships, and in one scene Nelly is seen tying lover's knots to the underside of the couple's bedsprings, which is assumed to be an infertility cure from folklore. There is an alternate version of the video, that shows Nelly singing the song with a guitar near the sea.[1]

Tracklisting

UK CD Single
  1. "Try" (Radio Edit)
  2. "I'm Like A Bird" (Acoustic Version)
  3. "Powerless (Say What You Want)" (Video)
German 2-Track Single
  1. "Try" (Radio Edit)
  2. "I'm Like A Bird" (Live & Acoustic)
German 4-Track Single[2]
  1. "Try" (Radio Edit)
  2. "I'm Like A Bird" (Acoustic Version)
  3. "Try" (Acoustic Version)
  4. "Try" (Video)

Remixes

Charts

Chart (2004)[3] Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[4] 27
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 9
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[6] 21
Germany (Media Control AG)[7] 31
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 42
Italy (FIMI)[9] 19
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 22
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[11] 15
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[12] 25

References

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC3cjyj14hw&feature=related
  2. ^ Try [Australia CD] | Album Track Listing | MTV
  3. ^ "International Chart Performance". Swisscharts. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=6073&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-07-26. 
  4. ^ "Nelly Furtado – Try – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  5. ^ "Nelly Furtado Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Nelly Furtado. Prometheus Global Media.
  6. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Nelly Furtado – Try" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  7. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  8. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
  9. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Nelly Furtado – Try". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien.
  10. ^ "Nelly Furtado – Try – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  11. ^ "Chart Stats – Nelly Furtado – Try" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
  12. ^ "Nelly Furtado Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Nelly Furtado. Prometheus Global Media.
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