I Tried (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)

"I Tried"
Single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Akon
from the album Strength & Loyalty
B-side "Bump in the Trunk"
Released February 12, 2007
Format Digital download
Genre hip hop, Midwest Rap,R&B
Length 4:47
Label Interscope, Full Surface
Writer(s) Anthony Henderson/Steven Howse/Charles Scruggs/Aliaune Thiam/Giorgio Tuinfort
Producer(s) 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 recorded by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Akon. It was released in February 2007 as the first single from their album Strength & Loyalty. This particular song features Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone. Akon produced and is featured on the song.

Content

The song is about the struggles that the members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon went through on the streets.

Chart performance

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 reached number six, making it the highest charting Bone Thugs-N-Harmony single in ten years.

Music video

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. The video shows the group and Akon performing as well as tells the story of a young man in Cleveland where the group was first formed. The man walks into a grocery store, but at the entrance, he collides with a man running out of the store. The man drops what he had in his hand, revealing money. The money is inferred to be stolen from the store. The other man runs away, while the young man picks up his bag. Consequently, a police officer catches him picking up the bag where the money had been dropped. He runs from the police officer, but the officer eventually arrests him. The officer goes to the store to check with the owner if he had arrested the suspect. The store owner says the young man did not rob the store, and then the officer lets the young man go. The video ends with the man walking away from the store.

The music video was directed by Rich Newey.

Track listing

A-side

B-side

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position[1]
Canadian Hot 100 45
New Zealand Singles Chart 4
UK Singles Chart 69
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 6
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 45
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks 6
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs 15

Sales

The single was certified platinum by the RIAA,[2] and also became a platinum-selling ringtone.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon's 'I Tried': Chart Positions". Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  2. ↑ "RIAA Search results".
  3. ↑ "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: News: "I Tried" Certified Platinum Ringtone".

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