ONE
MORE TRY
GEORGE MICHAEL
SONGWRITER: GEORGE MICHAEL
COUNTRY: U.K.
ALBUM: FAITH
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1987
George Michael(born Georgios
Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer,
songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of
the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. Michael sold over 80
million records worldwide making him one of the best-selling music artists of
all time. He achieved seven number one songs on the UK Singles Chart and eight
number one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100. He was widely known for his
success in the 1980s and 1990s, including Wham! singles such as "Wake Me
Up Before You Go-Go" and "Last Christmas" and solo singles such
as "Careless Whisper" and "Faith".
Michael formed the duo Wham! With Andrew
Ridgeley in 1981. The band's first two albums, Fantastic(1983) and Make It Big(1984),
reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. Michael's
first solo single "Careless Whisper" reached number one in over 20
countries, including the UK and US. Michael's debut solo album, Faith, was
released in 1987, topping the UK Albums Chart and staying at number one on
the Billboard 200 for 12 weeks. Four singles from the
album--"Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try",
and "Monkey"—reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Faith was
named Album of the Year at the 31st Grammy Awards. Three years after the
release of Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1(1990) was released; that
album included the Billboard Hot 100 number one "Praying for Time".
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", a 1991 duet with Elton John, was
also a transatlantic number one.
Michael, Who came out as gay
in 1998, was an active LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser. Michael's personal life and legal
troubles made headlines during the late 1990s and 2000s, as he was arrested for
public lewdness in 1998 and was arrested for multiple drug-related offenses
after that time. The 2005 documentary A Different Story covered
his career and personal life. Michael's first tour since 1991, the 25 Live tour,
spanned three tours over the course of three years; 2006, 2007, and 2008. Four
years later, he performed his final concert at London's Earls Court in 2012. In
the early hours of 25 December 2016, Michael was found dead at his home in Goring-on-Thames,
Oxfordshire aged 53. A coroner's report attributed his death to natural causes.
Michael won various music
awards including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three American Music
Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards and six Ivor Novello Awards. In 2004, the Radio
Academy named Michael the most played artist on British radio during the period
1984–2004. In 2008, he was ranked 40th on Billboard's list of the Greatest Hot
100 Artists of All Time.
"One More Try"
is a song recorded by the British Singer George Michael from his debut solo
studio album, Faith(1987). It was released on 11 April 1988 as the album's
fourth single by Columbia Records. The song hit number one on both the Billboard
Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
The song was the fourth of
seven singles to be released from Michael's debut solo álbum Faith. A ballad at
almost six minutes in length, the song lyrically explores a young man's
hesitancy to enter/revisit a new relationship because he had been emotionally
hurt so many times previously. The song concludes with temptation taking over, and Michael ends by
singing the title for the only time.
"One More Try"
remained a live favourite at Michael's concerts in the years which followed,
although its radio airplay tends to be restricted to specific "Love Songs"–esque
features because of both the tempo and the length.
I've had enough of danger
And people on the streets
I'm looking out for angels
Just trying to find some peace
Now I think it's time
That you let me know
So if you love me
Say you love me
But if you don't
Just let me go
Cause teacher
There are things that I don't want to learn
And the last one I had
Made me cry
So I don't want to learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because there ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Whose teacher has told him goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
When you were just a stranger
And I was at your feet
I didn't feel the danger
Now I feel the heat
That look in your eyes
Telling me no
So you think that you love me
Know that you need me
I wrote the song, I know it's wrong
Just let me go
And teacher
There are things
That I don't want to learn
Oh the last one I had
Made me cry
So I don't want to learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because there ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Whose teacher has told him goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
So when you say that you need me
That you'll never leave me
I know you're wrong, you're not that strong
Let me go
And teacher
There are things
That I still have to learn
But the one thing I have is my pride
Oh so I don't want to learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because there ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Who just isn't willing to try
I'm so cold
Inside
Maybe just one more try.
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