I Try
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| Single by Macy Gray | ||||
| from the album On How Life Is | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Come Around", "Rather Hazy" | |||
| Released | September 27, 1999 See release history) | |||
| Format | Digital download, CD single, 12" maxi single | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 3:59 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, Jinsoo Lim, David Wilder | |||
| Producer | Andrew Slater | |||
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"I Try" is the second single from Macy Gray's debut album On How Life Is, released in North American in January 2000 (See release history). 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 Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.
At the 2001 Grammy Awards, "I Try" won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, the first to be awarded to a American artist winner in the category, since Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart" in 1997, and was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It remains Gray's biggest hit single in the USA to date, and her only one to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. In 2010, the song was featured in an episode of The Office.
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[edit] Music video
The video for the song, directed by Mark Romanek, depicts Gray waking up in a hotel room, 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.
At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, the video won Best New Artist and was nominated for Best Female Video.
Due to the 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.
It was featured in the 1997 film Love Jones and later Picture Perfect starring Jennifer Aniston; two years before its official release.
The song was featured in the pilot of the WB show Gilmore Girls.
Andy Bernard (portrayed by Ed Helms sings a cover of the song in The Office episode Andy's Play
[edit] Track listing
- UK CD 1
- "I Try" (Album Version)
- "I Try" (Full Crew Mix)
- "Don't Come Around"
- UK CD 2
- "I Try" (Album Version)
- "I Try" (JayDee Remix)
- "I Try" (Bob Power Remix)
- European CD single
- "I Try"
- "Rather Hazy"
- "I Try" (Full Crew Mix - Extended 2 - No Vocoder)
[edit] Charts
[edit] Peak positions
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[edit] Release history
[edit] End of year charts
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[edit] References
- ^ "The Irish Charts". IRMA. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Chart Stats – Macy Gray – I Try". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=27685. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Macy Gray – I Try – swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Macy+Gray&titel=I+Try&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ a b c d "On How Life Is > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r425324. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 1 – 2000" (in Dutch). Top 40. http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=52&jaar=1999. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Musicline.de – Macy Gray – I Try" (in German). Musicline.de. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Gray%2C+Macy/I+Try/single. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ "Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=345&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Singles&ci=3037522&cdi=7568860&cid=04%2F29%2F2000. Retrieved 2008-03-18.[dead link]
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2000. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
| 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 "Mascara"/"Leave Me Alone" by Killing Heidi |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single January 16, 2000 – January 23, 2000 (first run) February 20, 2000 (second run) |
Succeeded by "Mascara"/"Leave Me Alone" by Killing Heidi "Bloke" by Chris Franklin |
| Preceded by "S Club Party" by S Club 7 |
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single January 30, 2000 |
Succeeded by "What a Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera |
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