Try Again (Champaign song)

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"Try Again"
Single by Champaign
from the album Modern Heart
B-side "International Feel"
ReleasedFebruary 1983
Genre R&B
Length3:42
Label Columbia/CBS Records
Songwriter(s) Dana Walden, Rocky Maffitt, Michael Day
Champaign singles chronology
"Can You Find the Time?" / "Whiplash"
(1981)
"Try Again"
(1983)
"Off and On Love"
(1984)

"Try Again" is a song by American contemporary R&B group Champaign. Released in February 1983 [1] as the only single from their album Modern Heart , this ballad rose through the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April and May, peaking at number 23 in mid-June. [2]

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Chart history

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 23
US Billboard R&B 2
US Billboard Adult Contemporary [4] 6
Year-end chart (1983)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard) [5] 85

Personnel

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