Try (Nelly Furtado song)

"Try"
Single by Nelly Furtado
from the album Folklore
B-side "I'm Like a Bird"
Released 15 March 2004 (2004-03-15)
Format
Recorded 2003
Studio Metalworks, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Length 4:38
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Track & Field
  • Furtado
Nelly Furtado singles chronology
"Powerless (Say What You Want)"
(2003)		 "Try"
(2004)		 "Força"
(2004)

"Powerless (Say What You Want)"
(2003)		 "Try"
(2004)		 "Força"
(2004)
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Music video
"Try" on YouTube

"Try" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, taken from her second studio album, Folklore (2003). The song, written by Furtado herself, and Brian West, was released as the second single from the album in February 2004. The song reached number one in Portugal and was moderately successful in several European countries, including Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, where it reached the top 20. It didn't chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, but it did peak at number 29 on the Adult Top 40 chart.

Lyrically, 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".

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 US; 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 radio edit 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]

Track listing

UK 2-track single

No.TitleLength
1."Try" (Radio Edit)3:49
2."Try" (Album Version)4:38

UK 4-track single

No.TitleLength
1."Try" (Radio Edit)3:49
2."Try" (Album Version)4:38
3."I'm Like a Bird" (Acoustic Version)3:58
4."Powerless (Say What You Want)" (Video)3:59

German 2-track single

No.TitleLength
1."Try" (Radio Edit)3:49
2."I'm Like a Bird" (Acoustic Version)3:58

German 4-track single[2]

No.TitleLength
1."Try" (Radio Edit)3:49
2."I'm Like a Bird" (Acoustic Version)3:58
3."Try" (Acoustic Version)4:43
4."Try" (Video)4:05

Remixes

  • "Try" (Kronos Quartet Remix)
  • "Try" (Sweetwesty Remix) – 4:39
  • "Try" (radio edit) – 3:49
  • "Try" (video edit) – 4:02
  • "Try" (radio version) – 3:46
  • "Try" (acoustic version) – 4:35
  • "Try" (instrumental version) – 4:13
  • "Try" (karaoke version)
  • "Try" (Dreamin cover)
  • "Dar" (Spanish version)

Credits and personnel

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 27
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 31
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 42
Italy (FIMI)[6] 19
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 21
Portugal (AFP)[9] 1
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[10] 17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 22
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12] 15
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[13] 29

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
United Kingdom 15 March 2004 Maxi single Polydor
Germany 22 March 2004 CD single Universal
Maxi single
Canada 30 April 2004
United Kingdom 14 July 2004 Digital download Polydor

References

  1. ↑ YouTube
  2. ↑ Try [Australia CD] | Album Track Listing | MTV
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Nelly Furtado – Try" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Nelly Furtado – Try". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  5. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 13, 2004". Irish Singles Chart.
  6. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Nelly Furtado – Try". Top Digital Download.
  7. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 16, 2004" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Nelly Furtado – Try" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. ↑ "Top40-charts.com". Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Nelly Furtado – Try". Swiss Singles Chart.
  12. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Nelly Furtado Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
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