Released in March of that year as the only single from their album Modern Heart, this ballad peaked at number 23 on the Hot 100 in June and became a hit on the R&B chart, just missing the #1 spot because of a song that never charted on the Hot 100, “Atomic Dog” by George Clinton.
I been starin' at your photograph
Wondering where you're at today
And I've been hanging by the telephone
Hopin' that you'd call home and stay
You told me you needed
More walks, more talks
More feelin' close to me
I wanna be close to you
I didn't know you needed
Some roses, some romance
A little candlelight and slow dance
That's not how it's been
But maybe we can try again
Try, try, maybe we can try again
I remember all the days gone by
And I'm wonderin' why I couldn't see
I could search the whole world over
And never find what you were always giving me
I told you I needed
More time, more space, more freedom
(Free to do) free to do, girl
What you wanna do
I gave you no roses, no romance
No candlelight and no slow dance
But that's just how it's been
Maybe we can try again
Try, try, maybe we can try again
Try, try, maybe we can try again, yeah
[Instrumental Interlude]
Ooooooh, I remember when
You told me you needed
More walks, more talks
More feelin' close to me
I wanna be close to you, yeah
I'll give you some roses
Whole lot of romance
A little candlelight (slow dance)
Don't let this feeling end
Maybe we can try again
Try, try, maybe we can try again
Maybe we can try again
We can try again
Maybe we can try again
Maybe we can try again
Try Again was written by Michael Day & Rocky Maffitt & Dana Walden.
Try Again was produced by George Massenburg.