"Try" is a song written by

Greg Keelor James Gregory Keelor, (born Francis McIntyre, August 29, 1954) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a member of the band Blue Rodeo, where he shares song writing and vocal duties with Jim Cuddy. Keelor has also rele ...

and

Jim Cuddy James Gordon Cuddy, (born December 2, 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter primarily associated with the band Blue Rodeo. Early life and education Cuddy was born in Toronto, Ontario. His Mother Jean Cuddy was an English teacher at Monarch Pa ...

, and recorded by Canadian country rock group

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. Released in October 1987, it was the second single from their debut album, ''

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''. The song peaked at number 1 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart, number 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 6 on the Top Singles chart. At the

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s, "Try" was named Single of the Year and Video of the Year.

Music video

Michelle McAdorey, a singer-songwriter who would later achieve prominence with her own band,

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, appears in the song's video as a woman walking barefoot through a variety of settings. McAdorey was the girlfriend of Blue Rodeo's

when the video was made."Reel Toronto: Music Videos of the 1980s"
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Chart performance

References

1987 singles Blue Rodeo songs Song recordings produced by Terry Brown (record producer) 1987 songs Songs written by Greg Keelor Songs written by Jim Cuddy Juno Award for Single of the Year singles Juno Award for Video of the Year videos {{1987-country-song-stub