" Try Again " is a song by American recording artist Aaliyah. It was written by Static Major and Timothy Mosley, and produced by Timbaland. The song was released on February 22, 2000, as the lead single for the soundtrack for the film Romeo Must Die, and was later incorporated into the international emphasis of the singer's self-titled album. "Try Again" shows the intro where Timbaland pays homage to Eric B. & amp; Rakim by tapping the opening verse duo of "I Know You Got Soul".
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In 1999, Aaliyah landed her first film role on Romeo Must Die, released March 22, 2000. A loose adaptation of William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet , Aaliyah starred in a martial artist opposite Jet Li, playing a couple who fall in love in the middle of their rival family. It grossed US $ 18.6 million in its first weekend, ranking two at the box office. In addition to acting, Aaliyah served as executive producer of the movie soundtrack, in which she contributed four songs. Aaliyah revealed that the production team "actually talked about the soundtrack even before we filmed the movie". On February 18, 2000, it was announced that "Try Again" will be released as the main single of Romeo Must Die: The Album (2000), while the accompanying music video will be directed by Wayne Isham. It was physically released on February 22, 2000.
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Composition
"Try Again" is a song written by Stephen Garrett and Timothy Mosley, and produced by Timbaland. Timbaland's fuzzy, booming soundscape is influenced by acid house. Yahoo! The music officially known as "Launch" mentions that the sound of the song is associated with Detroit techno. The Aaliyah winding song consists of simple vocal riffs, which are repeated and refracted to echo the manipulated loop that produces digital song rhythms. The chorus line, "If at first you do not succeed, then clean yourself up and try again", is repeated hypnotically in a manner similar to the sampling and vocal manipulation found in house music.
According to Music Records, this song is composed in the C key? minor and arranged in a general timing mark with a tempo of 92 beats per minute, while the Aaliyah vowel range extends from G ? 3 to G ? 4 . In the intro song, Timbaland salute Eric B. & amp; Rakim by tapping the opening verse duo of "I Know You Got Soul".
Reception
Chuch Taylor of Billboard felt that Aaliyah had a big hit in his hands and he praised his vocal style of saying "Aaliyah's vocal voice that slid across the futuristic beat". When it comes to song production, he has a mixed response to it, though he thinks the sample synth and snare alternate meets expectations for the song he finally feels that the synth sample becomes a grid when the song develops.
Performance chart
"Try Again" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on Sunday 18 March 2000 at number fifty eight, reaching number one on the week of June 17, 2000. It also peaked at number one on the Hot Airplay 100 chart, number three on the Mainstream Top 40 chart and number four on Hot R & amp; B Singles & amp; Track chart. In the Year End graph for 2000, the song reached number twelve.
In the United Kingdom, "Try Again" debuted and peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart on July 16, 2000-for the week ending July 22, 2000-while at the top of seventy-five charts for twelve weeks selling more than 209,000 copies.
"Try Again" also achieved commercial success elsewhere in Europe, peaking in the top five on the charts in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. In Germany, the song peaked at number five on the German Singel Ladder.
In Australia, the song reached number eight on the ARIA Singles Chart. It became the country's 50th best-selling song of 2000.
Music video
The music video was filmed at Hollywood Center Studios on March 6, 2000. It started with Jet Li entering the mirror hall and Aaliyah stepped in, wearing a low-cut bra and low leather pants. Timbaland is also displayed. The room is dim with shallow pool and halos in the middle to resemble the moon shining above the ocean represented by the pool. The video and video creation itself is featured on the Romeo Must Die DVD. The video was directed by Wayne Isham, with Fatima Robinson creating choreography. The "Hall of Mirrors" room was inspired by Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon . The video was placed seventh at the end of the special year BET Notary: Top 100 Video 2000 , fifteen on Channel V's Retro Top 20: 2000, Aaliyah ranked 29th in Channel V Top 40: Ladies of the 2000s and -41 in 100 Women Channel Max Sexy.
Legacy
"Try Again" is the first to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 based on its radio broadcasting power. "Try Again" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R & amp; B Vocal Performance at the 43rd Grammy Awards, while his music video won two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Videos and Best Videos from Movies. The song was also nominated for the seventh Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards in the Song of the Year category; However, Aaliyah lost to Yolanda Adams's gospel artist.
"Try Again" is featured on Hot 100 Songs of the Decade's Hot 100 Songs of the Decade list at number eighty-six on Rolling Stone list of 100 Best Songs of the Decade. On January 31, 2005, Pitchfork Media ranked thirty seven on the Top 100 Singles of 2000-04 list. Complex magazine ranked 43rd in the 100 Best Songs list of the 2000s, while it ended in 60th on the Best of the Aughts: Singles list. In September 2011, VH1 included "Try Again" in the 100 Greatest Songs of the 2000s list, placing it at number 65. The Village Voice ' s Pazz & amp; Jop polls year-end annual ranking "Try Again" at number 10 to find the best music of 2000. British publication The Daily Telegraph ranked another try at number 42 on their 100 songs that define the Noughties list. Yahoo put "Try Again" on 15 Chart charts that did not suck (2000 edition)
George Michael took a "Try Again" sample in 2002 hit song "Freeek!".
Dr. Danny from The Mindy Project taught video choreography to Mindy in an episode of this series.
German NDH band Knorkator covered the song on their album Ich hasse Music .
Track list
Diagram
Certification
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See also
- List of Billboard Hot 100 single number 2000
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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