Try Try Try (Julian Cope song)

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"Try Try Try"
Julian Cope - Try Try Try.jpg
Single by Julian Cope
from the album 20 Mothers
B-side
  • "Baby, Let's Play Vet"
  • "W.E.S.S.E.X.Y"
  • "Don't Jump Me, Mother"
Released31 July 1995 (1995-07-31) [1]
Length3:28
Label Echo
Songwriter(s) Julian Cope
Producer(s) Julian Cope
Julian Cope singles chronology
"Fear Loves This Place"
(1992)
"Try Try Try"
(1995)
"I Come from Another Planet, Baby"
(1996)

"Try Try Try" is a song by English singer-songwriter Julian Cope. It was the only single released in support of his 12th solo album, 20 Mothers , and reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart.

Chart

Chart (1995)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 24

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References

  1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 29 July 1995. p. 43.
  2. "Julian Cope - Try Try Try". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 6 October 2012.