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Try (Nelly Furtado song)

2004 single by Nelly Furtado

Summary

2004 single by Nelly Furtado

Field	Value
name	Try
cover	Nelly Furtado - Try.jpg
border	yes
type	single
artist	Nelly Furtado
album	Folklore
B-side	I'm Like a Bird
released
studio	4th Street Recording (Santa Monica, California)
length
label	DreamWorks
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prev_year	2003
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| B-side = I'm Like a Bird

Nelly Furtado
Brian West
Track & Field
Nelly Furtado "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 was moderately successful in several European countries, including Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, where it reached the top 20. It did not 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 success in some European countries, 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 Furtado and the actor Ben Ciaramello in traditional Portuguese dress, around the Settler time period. It shows their various hardships, and in one scene, Furtado 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 Furtado singing the song with a guitar near the sea. The video uses a different mix of the song instead of the Radio Edit version.

Track listings

UK CD maxi-single

European CD single and German mini-CD single

Australian CD maxi-single

European premium CD maxi-single

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Folklore album booklet.

Studios

Recorded at 4th Street Recording (Santa Monica, California)
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)

Personnel

Nelly Furtado – writing, lead and background vocals, production
Brian West – writing, engineering
Track & Field – production, programming
- Field – intro guitar
James Bryan – acoustic and electric guitars
Mike Elizondo – bass
Alex Alessandroni – piano, echo harmonium
Joey Waronker – drums
Russ Miller – drums
Bob Leatherbarrow – vibraphone
Lil' Jaz – scratching
Brad Haehnel – mixing, engineering
Joe Labatto – engineering
Neil Couser – engineering assistance
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak
position	Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS)	Canada CHR/Pop Top 30 (Radio & Records)	Canada Hot AC Top 30 (Radio & Records)
15
16
7

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position	Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	Netherlands (Single Top 100)	US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)
55
98
94

Certifications

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)
February 23, 2004		DreamWorks
March 15, 2004	CD single
Digital download
March 29, 2004	CD single

References

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC3cjyj14hw YouTube]
(2004). "Try". [[DreamWorks Records]].
(2004). "Try". DreamWorks Records.
(2004). "Try". DreamWorks Records.
(2004). "Try". DreamWorks Records.
(2004). "Try". DreamWorks Records.
(2003). "Folklore". DreamWorks Records.
"Canadian Top 20 in 2004".
(May 14, 2004). "R&R Canada CHR/Pop Top 30".
(May 14, 2004). "R&R Canada Hot AC Top 30".
"Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2004". [[Dutch Top 40]].
"Jaaroverzichten – Single 2004". [[Dutch Charts.
(December 17, 2004). "2004 The Year in Charts: Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs".
(February 20, 2004). "Going for Adds".
(March 13, 2004). "New Releases: Singles".
(March 15, 2004). "Try – Single". [[Apple Music]].
(March 29, 2004). "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 29th March 2004". [[Australian Recording Industry Association.

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