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Revision as of 10:26, 8 April 2017

"I Try"
Song
B-side"Don't Come Around"
"Rather Hazy"

"I Try" is a hit song co-written and recorded by American musician Macy Gray. It was released in September 27, 1999, outside of United States, and later released in North America on January 25, 2000 (See below) , it was the second single from her debut album, On How Life Is. It is 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. Due to its success, the song was featured on the 2000 compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 4

At the 2001 Grammy Awards, "I Try" won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and was 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 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. The song was used in the TV sitcom Spin City, when Michael J Fox's character, Michael Flaherty was leaving his job and moving from NYC; the actor was also leaving the series after he had announced that he had Parkinson's. In 2010, the song was featured in an episode of The Office. It was also featured in the series 2 finale of Mrs. Brown's Boys during which it was sung by Brendan O'Carroll and Pat "Pepsi" Shields.

Music video

The video for the song, directed by Mark Romanek (who had previously directed the video for Gray's "Do Something"),[1] depicts Gray waking up in a hotel room, buying flowers, and traveling through New York City, traveled through by bus and train to meet a man in a park. At the end of the video, Gray is shown to still be in her hotel room. It is implied that she may have been dreaming the entire time and that none of the events in the video actually occurred.[2]

At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, the video won Best New Artist and was nominated for Best Female Video and Best New Artist in a Video. Gray presented the award for "Best Pop Video" alongside LL Cool J.[3]

Track listing

UK CD 1
  1. "I Try" (Album Version)
  2. "I Try" (Full Crew Mix)
  3. "Don't Come Around"
UK CD 2
  1. "I Try" (Album Version)
  2. "I Try" (JayDee Remix)
  3. "I Try" (Bob Power Remix)
European CD single
  1. "I Try"
  2. "Rather Hazy"
  3. "I Try" (Full Crew Mix - Extended 2 - No Vocoder)

Charts

Release history

Format Release date
Worldwide September 27, 1999
North America January 25, 2000

References

  1. ^ "Macy Gray - I Try (1999)". IMVDb. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Official Music Video". YouTube. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. ^ 2000 MTV Video Music Awards Award Ceremony
  4. ^ "Macy Gray – I Try". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  5. ^ "Macy Gray – I Try" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  6. ^ "Macy Gray – I Try" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. ^ "Brazil" (PDF). ABPD. October 6, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  8. ^ Canadian peak
  9. ^ "Macy Gray – I Try" (in French). Les classement single.
  10. ^ "The Irish Charts". IRMA. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2008-03-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Macy Gray" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  12. ^ "Macy Gray – I Try". Top 40 Singles.
  13. ^ "Macy Gray – I Try". VG-lista.
  14. ^ "Macy Gray – I Try". Singles Top 100.
  15. ^ "Macy Gray – I Try". Swiss Singles Chart.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ a b c d "On How Life Is > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  18. ^ "Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved 2008-03-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2010-08-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
Preceded by Irish Singles Chart number-one single
December 11, 1999 		Succeeded by
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 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single
January 30, 2000 		Succeeded by
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