Don't Try (Everything Everything song)

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"Don't Try"
Don't Try single cover.jpg
Single by Everything Everything
from the album Arc
B-side "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"
Released16 June 2013
Recorded2012 [1]
Genre Art rock, indie pop, indie rock, contemporary R&B
Length4:09
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Jonathan Higgs
Producer(s) David Kosten
Everything Everything
Everything Everything singles chronology
"Duet"
(2013)
"Don't Try"
(2013)
"Distant Past"
(2015)
Music video
"Don't Try" on YouTube

"Don't Try" is a song from British indie pop band Everything Everything. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2013 as the fourth single from the band's second studio album, Arc (2013). [2] The single's B-side is a live recording from the Maida Vale Studios of The Korgis' "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime". The recording comes from 17 October 2012, where the band covered the track for BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Digital download [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Try"4:02
Vinyl [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Try"4:02
2."Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Live from Maida Vale Studios)3:54

Credits and personnel

Recording and mixing
Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Arc, RCA Records, UMP. [1]

Release history

RegionDateFormat
United Kingdom16 June 2013 [5] Vinyl

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References

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