Try Me (Jasmine Guy song)

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"Try Me"
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Single by Jasmine Guy
from the album Jasmine Guy
B-side "Just Want to Hold You"
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1990
RecordedJune 1990
Genre New jack swing
Length4:56
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriters Curt Bedeau, Gerry Charles, Hugh L Clarke, Brian George, Lucien George, Paul George
Producer Full Force
Jasmine Guy singles chronology
"Try Me"
(1990)		"Another Like My Lover"
(1991)

"Try Me" is a song by American singer and actress Jasmine Guy, released on September 28, 1990. The song was written and produced by Full Force, and features background vocals by female group Ex Girlfriend. The song is the first single from her debut studio album, Jasmine Guy released on Warner Bros. Records. The song was a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart in December 1990. [1]

Contents

Guy performed the song on an episode of Soul Train which aired on November 17, 1990. [2] The extended version is heard in the background of the party on the episode "Good Help is So Hard to Fire" of A Different World . [3]

Music video

To date, there are two versions known. One has a party scene where there is a dance-off between her and her rival over a guy at the party. The other version is a photo shoot scene, and a scene where Guy is dancing behind background dancers.

Track listings and formats

A. "Try Me" (Edit) – 3:58
B. "Just Want to Hold You" (Album Version) – 4:09
A1. "Try Me" (Special Slammin' Remix) – 6:01
B1. "Try Me" (Special Slammin' Remix Edit) – 4:20
B2. "Try Me" (Extended Version) – 6:01
A. "Try Me" (Edit) – 3:59
B. "Try Me" (Album Version) – 4:56
  1. "Try Me" – 4:56
  2. "Another Like My Lover" – 4:24

Credits

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 14

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2006). Joel Whitburn’s Top 40 R&B Hits,1st Edition: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 288.
  2. ↑ "SideReel - Soul Train Nov. 17, 1990". Sidereel.com. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ↑ [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ Try Me (7" Single). Jasmine Guy. United States: Warner Bros. 1990. 7-18892.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Try Me (12" Single). Jasmine Guy. United States: Warner Bros. 1990. 921597-0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Try Me (CD Single). Jasmine Guy. Japan: Warner Bros. 1991. WPDP-6266.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ "Jasmine Guy Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
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