Macy Gray video performing ''I Try''.. In air at ''Countdown'', This week #15, last week #18. Copyright, 1999 Epic/Sony. "I Try" is the second single from Macy Gray’s debut album On How Life Is, released in 1999 internationally, but not becoming a hit in the United States until 2000. It was Gray's biggest hit to date. It peaked at number six in the United Kingdom, number five in the United States, and number one in both Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. At the 2000 Grammy Awards, "I Try ...