Try Me, I Know We Can Make It

"Try Me, I Know We Can Make It"
U.S. 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Donna Summer
from the album A Love Trilogy
B-side"Wasted"
ReleasedMarch 30, 1976
Recorded1975
StudioMusicland Studios
(Munich, Germany)
GenreDisco
Length17:57 (Full-length version)
LabelOasis (United States)
Atlantic (France/Germany)
Groovy (The Netherlands)
Durium (Italy)
Ariola (Spain)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Giorgio Moroder
  • Pete Bellotte
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Could It Be Magic"
(1976) 		"Try Me, I Know We Can Make It"
(1976) 		"Spring Affair"
(1976)

"Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her third studio album A Love Trilogy (1976).

Background

Summer's breakthrough had come in the form of the disco song "Love to Love You Baby" which in its entirety lasted almost seventeen minutes and took up the entire first side of the 1975 album of the same name. Due to its success (and also its success as a 12-inch single) the format was repeated with the next album and with this song which was longer than "Love to Love You Baby", clocking in at eighteen minutes. Edited versions were also released on the 7-inch single format.

Track listing

  1. "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" (4:14)
  2. "Wasted" (3:58)

Charts

"Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" peaked at number 80 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 35 on the R&B singles chart.[1] It was more popular in nightclubs, however, becoming Summer's second number-one single on the Dance Club Songs chart in May 1976 and remaining atop that chart for three weeks.[2] It also peaked at number six in Spain singles charts and number 22 in Spain Radio chart.[3]

Weekly charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 68
Germany (GfK)[5] 42
Italy (Musica e dischi)[6] 12
Mexico (Radio Mil)[7] 12
Portugal (Musica & Som)[8] 12
Spain (Promusicae)[3] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 80
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[10] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 35

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Philippines⁠[12] Gold 60,000[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 556.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 249.
  3. ^ a b Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4289." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "Donna Summer – Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  6. ^ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). ISBN 9781093264906.
  7. ^ "Billboard Magazine - 19 February 1977 issue". 19 February 1977. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). 4.bp.blogspot.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  9. ^ "Donna Summer Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  10. ^ "Donna Summer Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  11. ^ "Donna Summer Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Donna Summer A Hit In Philippines" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. 39, no. 18. September 24, 1977. p. 57 – via American Radio History.