# a boring thread in which I ask you to please identify a song for me

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 24, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boring-thread-in-which-i-ask-you-to-please-identify-a-song-for-me/20417 "2000-05-24T16:17:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![tipiwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@tipiwoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tipiwoo)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boring-thread-in-which-i-ask-you-to-please-identify-a-song-for-me/20417/1 "2000-05-24T16:17:36Z")

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Okay- it’s the preview of spin city’s season finale (the show)- the last one with michael j fox. the song is playing : “I try to say goodbye and I choke, try to walk away and I stumble…” I have never heard this song before. Does anyone know who sings it?

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**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boring-thread-in-which-i-ask-you-to-please-identify-a-song-for-me/20417/2 "2000-05-24T16:30:21Z")

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Macy Gray.

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**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boring-thread-in-which-i-ask-you-to-please-identify-a-song-for-me/20417/3 "2000-05-24T16:32:00Z")

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The song is called “I Try,” and it’s on her album “On How Life Is.”

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**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boring-thread-in-which-i-ask-you-to-please-identify-a-song-for-me/20417/4 "2000-05-24T16:38:44Z")

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Macy Gray. Her CD is called “On How Life Is”.