Macy Gray - I Try (Official Video)

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  • Опубліковано 27 лис 2024

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  • @UnreleasedUnderratedRnBgrooves
    @UnreleasedUnderratedRnBgrooves 8 місяців тому +411

    This song is officially a quarter century (25) years old. Let that sink in. 1999 doesn’t feel like it was that long ago. This & TLC’s “No Scrubs” got so much airplay back then.

    • @deeyablo
      @deeyablo 8 місяців тому +10

      Jesus, I feel old

    • @jaimecooper747
      @jaimecooper747 8 місяців тому +7

      Geez don't remind me. Just enjoy it...

    • @jaimecooper747
      @jaimecooper747 8 місяців тому +15

      After all life is shorter once you reach maturity. So dream while yr young

    • @lindsay33333
      @lindsay33333 8 місяців тому +3

      I was 11 in 99 😂

    • @danwood_uk
      @danwood_uk 8 місяців тому +2

      Time flies

  • @marcussmith3934
    @marcussmith3934 2 місяці тому +311

    Happy 57th Birthday Macy Gray!(Born September 6, 1967)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂🤎🎀🌷🌹💐👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾

    • @Ovlllc-e3z
      @Ovlllc-e3z 2 місяці тому +9

      I’ve been watching her on the Surreal Life and makes sense she’s a Virgo 😂 Love her!

    • @derrickbraithwaite-mais8469
      @derrickbraithwaite-mais8469 Місяць тому +3

      Virgo ♍ zodiac signs is the best zodiac sign.🇧🇧🇯🇲🇨🇦🥳🎉💥🔥💥♍♍♍

    • @gloriatucker6158
      @gloriatucker6158 Місяць тому +1

      Speak for yourself....

    • @Jimbo_Conn
      @Jimbo_Conn Місяць тому

      Hmmm...so she didn't make it big till she was 32? ...she got lucky

    • @tomaszzasada7913
      @tomaszzasada7913 Місяць тому

      :O/)*

  • @SH0493
    @SH0493 3 роки тому +5534

    I discovered this song when Andy sang this on The Office. Such a lovely song.

  • @danvee3928
    @danvee3928 4 місяці тому +90

    If you are destined to come to this world with a mission, Macy Gray’s I TRY has accomplished it.

  • @DuzieTheHunter
    @DuzieTheHunter 11 місяців тому +222

    This is the last song my father let me listen to the night before his massive heart attack in 2000. He lived another 12 years, despite doctors expectations. Always will have a place in my heart.

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 6 місяців тому +8

      That's wonderful that you got to spend another twelve years with him after the heart attack. Almost like a gift. May he rest in peace.

    • @bernadetteeldert2237
      @bernadetteeldert2237 2 місяці тому +1

      May he RIP...God bless 🙏

    • @andresescudero5150
      @andresescudero5150 6 днів тому

      💪💪lo que me toca trabajar.
      Sácale provecho,

  • @maxfulmer3193
    @maxfulmer3193 10 місяців тому +1179

    Today my daughter would’ve turned 45. She passed of a long battle with brain cancer. She picked her music for her funeral. And this was the first song on her track. I saw this today on my UA-cam. And had to listen to it. I know what the song means, but she used it as a way to say how said she was to die.

    • @refilwetlhotlhologolo439
      @refilwetlhotlhologolo439 9 місяців тому +50

      I'm so touched

    • @creed426
      @creed426 9 місяців тому +54

      I’m so sorry for your loss and pain, she’ll always be there next to you every step you take.

    • @keishacastellano8766
      @keishacastellano8766 9 місяців тому +11

      🫂

    • @caleyhook4091
      @caleyhook4091 9 місяців тому +24

      much love. an amazing song to hold close.

    • @caleyhook4091
      @caleyhook4091 9 місяців тому +34

      Special parents are chosen for special children. I feel your pain. Love to you xxx

  • @nebulae87
    @nebulae87 4 роки тому +4083

    Macy Gray was ahead of her time. The world wasn’t ready for her, and yet her jams are timeless.

    • @lewicindabaker7636
      @lewicindabaker7636 4 роки тому +31

      AMEN

    • @joshbrucks
      @joshbrucks 4 роки тому +84

      You say that like she wasn't hugely famous

    • @ionaramsay525
      @ionaramsay525 4 роки тому +15

      @Ictus
      Probs not in UK... think she went under radar - THEIR LOSS! ... not mine ( Scot in Oz )

    • @joshbrucks
      @joshbrucks 4 роки тому +30

      @@ionaramsay525 she's in several movies for instance Spiderman. She wasn't under the radar unless you were under a rock.

    • @ionaramsay525
      @ionaramsay525 4 роки тому +7

      Ictus
      Not a movie buff - so glad t hear it!

  • @BuckBuccio
    @BuckBuccio 7 місяців тому +334

    Macy gray being on of the most underrated musicians of this century, LOVE HER.

  • @Aphrodezecat
    @Aphrodezecat 3 роки тому +773

    My dad loved this song way back when. I remember him playing it on CD in his truck when we'd drive around. It hits that nostalgia for me and takes me back to the good ole days. He's been gone since August 2021. Love and miss him so much.

    • @therealbaglady
      @therealbaglady 3 роки тому +29

      May your dad's love be with you forever and ever. He's gone but right there in your heart. RIP your dad...Gods bless his soul and yours.

    • @tenpenthouse
      @tenpenthouse 3 роки тому +13

      My condolences; I'm glad you have the happy memories, and I hope you'll be OK.

    • @Audentity
      @Audentity 3 роки тому +1

    • @gamedjinni9543
      @gamedjinni9543 3 роки тому +8

      Haha my dad's ''favorite song'' ((despite having made a good living in a 60's R&B band)) was a comparable 90's song. He died a few years ago. My sister played Amazing Grace on her Ipod instead of his favorite song, when he died. That's gonna haunt me forever. I hope you honor your father! I hope you receive all the lessons he taught you from now until the day you die! I hope that one day you rock out and feel at peace at the sound of his name.

    • @JordanKidd2323
      @JordanKidd2323 3 роки тому +6

      We miss him for you too. God bless 🙌 🙏🏾 he's in a better place till you meet again.

  • @michellemcdonald9564
    @michellemcdonald9564 10 місяців тому +141

    That delicious raspiness of her voice gives the lyrics a life all its own. Truly GREAT.

  • @julesbeliever5144
    @julesbeliever5144 4 роки тому +816

    When my son was 2 we listened to this in the car and he loved it! He would ask to hear it often and we would both sing to it as loud as we could. October 2020 we will be dancing to this song at his wedding because of our beautiful memories together while singing this beautiful song...together. Thank you Macy! 💞

  • @FFfgh-p4q
    @FFfgh-p4q 2 місяці тому +31

    This song used to play on the radio when my mum used to travel together as a child, haven’t seen her in 5 years. Lord please heal our pain and reunite us, because this pain is heavy.

    • @rubendiaz3482
      @rubendiaz3482 2 місяці тому

      Have you seen your mom yet ?

    • @FFfgh-p4q
      @FFfgh-p4q Місяць тому

      @@rubendiaz3482 nope sadly

    • @tsimu100
      @tsimu100 Місяць тому

      😢

  • @cameronfiege5547
    @cameronfiege5547 10 місяців тому +187

    My mom loves macy gray and this song takes me right back to being a little kid. It’s 2024 and I’m a 31 year old grown up now. Crazy how a song can place you right back to a place and time all while bringing you to happy tears. Cheers to music for being so great ❤

    • @indieroc4life
      @indieroc4life 10 місяців тому +7

      Same age and this takes me back to me and my mom getting ready in the morning 24 years ago haha

    • @caleyhook4091
      @caleyhook4091 9 місяців тому +3

      Keep that close x

    • @Cameraguy_sa
      @Cameraguy_sa 9 місяців тому

      Please stay safe in the year of 2024, if you born in 1994

    • @smp6565
      @smp6565 9 місяців тому +3

      I'm 31 too and love this song cos it reminds me of my mum singing to this when I was little 🥰🥰🥰

    • @amberkay2387
      @amberkay2387 9 місяців тому +1

      Here in 2024 an I'm 31in April 😂😂

  • @donaldchesser157
    @donaldchesser157 2 роки тому +605

    There is a refreshing honesty and humility in this song

    • @kitoTacWard1521
      @kitoTacWard1521 2 роки тому +8

      The real reason guys dig this song very much. Modern women tends to be stronger than the men, to what end I can't really tell, doesn't really work with guys, but what do I know

    • @elvisnegron1410
      @elvisnegron1410 2 роки тому +11

      Maybe what you meant is that she was humble enough to show a man effort. Women are so strong these days that they’re too proud to meet us halfway.

    • @777johnp
      @777johnp 2 роки тому

      @@kitoTacWard1521 What a stupid comment.

    • @SlavicGirl.
      @SlavicGirl. 2 роки тому +6

      @@elvisnegron1410 I am not proud, I can meet halfway.
      It’s not a sex ( gender) issue people in general became self centered

    • @evaburnz
      @evaburnz 2 роки тому +3

      @@SlavicGirl. 100%

  • @alanawilson6104
    @alanawilson6104 4 роки тому +258

    I love how Macy Gray embraced her natural beauty

    • @franksmith7889
      @franksmith7889 3 роки тому +1

      Just like a new pair of shoes or sneakers. # 👸😇🤧

    • @franksmith7889
      @franksmith7889 3 роки тому +4

      Great video. Love Jones and Bronx botanical garden.

  • @MarianRenta
    @MarianRenta 6 місяців тому +47

    Sometimes I hate my generation. We were in high school/college when this came out and many of us mocked her voice and unusual style, too stupid and immature to understand and appreciate excellence. It’s just now, with experiences in the world and wisdoms, that we revert back to this golden time and capture the brilliance of Macy Gray that we should’ve captured back then. ❤

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 6 місяців тому +5

      I was 30 when this came out. I'm 54 now. I sure miss those y2k days. 1999 and 2000 were great years. Time goes by way too fast.

    • @casapaterna8696
      @casapaterna8696 5 місяців тому +1

      But at least you came back …😉

    • @zaidamaganda
      @zaidamaganda 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@josebro352 It was the last time society felt optimism, or at least it seems that way.

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 5 місяців тому +2

      @@zaidamaganda You're 💯 % correct in thinking that because it's true. The world(and life in general) changed and began a downward spiral in 2001. The mid 90s and the year 2000 were such fun, optimistic times. When Al Gore lost to George W. Bush in the 2000 election everything went sour and it's never recovered.

    • @bobbydarker1959
      @bobbydarker1959 5 місяців тому +3

      I've got a time machine and I'm leaving for 1989.

  • @KristininCanada
    @KristininCanada 2 роки тому +49

    Crying like hell listening to this right now after a very long time, .................. oooooooooh this nostalgia!!!!! 😭😭💔😭💔💔😭 Please take me back to these times when there was no war, no pandemic and don`t know what else, ....... 😔😔😔

    • @sakeenarock3937
      @sakeenarock3937 3 місяці тому

      I thought it was me just boo hoo crying … I sing this song to my dog and I had to check him into day care cus I am a truck driver and I am missing my baby

  • @sarahluetkenhaus1278
    @sarahluetkenhaus1278 11 місяців тому +53

    I've been a Macy Gray fan since the beginning, can't believe it's been 25 years 😳 this song still hits in 2023 ♥️

  • @redeyedbuggers
    @redeyedbuggers 4 роки тому +332

    Sometimes you don’t realize how great a song is until you hear it years later & it hits you in a different way. I don’t even necessarily like this type of music or this genre, but this song really speaks to me. That’s the true mark of any great art. Love & peace 💚✌️

    • @whatever5922
      @whatever5922 4 роки тому +8

      I was born in 98 so I was 2 when this song came out but somehow I remember it, I listened to it for the first time earlier this year and it hit different, beautiful track

    • @miyutakahada5691
      @miyutakahada5691 4 роки тому +4

      Same, I brushed it off when I was young, thought it sounded funny. Now when I hear the lyrics I'm thinkin' "Dayum this song speaks to me. It's sung but it speaks!" Suddenly all the stuff from that era is all making sense to me. Huh.

    • @scarlet8078
      @scarlet8078 4 роки тому +3

      100%. Tbh I'm not even sure what this genre would be, but this song speaks to every, i think. It's written in the same format as standards from the early 20th century & even classic hits from the 1950s & 60s etc.

    • @alluneedislove7005
      @alluneedislove7005 4 роки тому +3

      Sooo true

    • @barahng
      @barahng 3 роки тому +2

      So true man. So much of the music from this era I hated as a teen because it was "mainstream trash" and I was an edgelord. Coming back and comparing to current music, one realizes there was a lot of good shit from back then.

  • @loriqua6134
    @loriqua6134 7 днів тому +5

    Macy Gray has a unique singing voice, I love it. She is also a very good actress (Training Day!).

  • @c.williamskyle2721
    @c.williamskyle2721 4 роки тому +370

    Never have I ever heard a voice like her. She is truly unique in the music industry. Love her!
    This song is 20 years old, we getting old 90s kids

    • @timcleall6302
      @timcleall6302 4 роки тому +16

      Look at us though. Still living. Kids now days will never have what we had, a life 😎

    • @squareheadbaggins5043
      @squareheadbaggins5043 4 роки тому +4

      @@timcleall6302 okay millennial

    • @couchpotato2128
      @couchpotato2128 4 роки тому +4

      @@timcleall6302 that was a very boomer thing to say
      boomer

    • @parkeranimations3671
      @parkeranimations3671 4 роки тому +1

      Tim Cleall what? A lot of gen z like me had a life. It was amazing. Your comment made no sense.

    • @christinelusose1638
      @christinelusose1638 4 роки тому +3

      Very similar voice to the one & only Tina Turner!!!

  • @joeyllambert5686
    @joeyllambert5686 5 років тому +2865

    Its 2019 and I'm at work. Macy gray walks in and tries to conceal her identity when asked for ID for a pack of smokes. she calls a friend over and immediately when she spoke it was a dead give away. I then sing a line from this song and she burst out laughing. Beautiful woman. My night has been made 5/5/2019❤.

    • @lukecraft5774
      @lukecraft5774 5 років тому +20

      Did you meet her bro ?

    • @MarioNiebles
      @MarioNiebles 5 років тому +12

      Do you have a selfie for support?

    • @joeyllambert5686
      @joeyllambert5686 5 років тому +44

      @@lukecraft5774 yes about a week ago.

    • @joeyllambert5686
      @joeyllambert5686 5 років тому +161

      @@MarioNiebles I didnt take one. I didnt wanna make her feel uncomfortable

    • @Phantomlyne
      @Phantomlyne 5 років тому +86

      Joeyl Lambert good thinking for not taking the photo or asking. But that’s so cool that you met her. Good luck to you in life .

  • @chloedemalmanche6021
    @chloedemalmanche6021 3 роки тому +72

    This song reminds me of a girl I used to work with in a supermarket deli dept back in 1999. It was always on the radio we had out the back. We had some great fun as 17/18 year olds, a lot of laughs and memories, youth, not a care in the world, our first ever job and living life. All the full time staff always went home at 5pm and us ''young ones'' (most of us had been there since age 16 from highschool) used to start at 4pm til closing. I remember the day she left, the supermarket closed at 9pm and her and I had to clean down and do everything we needed to do and try and get out as soon as possible - usually 9.15pm. Just before we were about to turn the lights off and walk to go get changed and go home...this came on the radio, and I vividly remember her singing and miming to this song in front of me. Was almost as if she was saying goodbye through this song. Like, it was her way of saying it. I stood there and said ''So.....'' We hugged and she said ''Will see ya round one day, but just in case we don't..... remember me by that song''. I remember walking out through the aisles with her and I said ''Hey, do you want a ride home?'' as knew she didn't have a car, and she said ''No, it's cool'' By the time I got in my car and drove out of the parking lot, she had vanished. I've never ever seen her again. Over the years I've tried looking her up on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, nothing. Maybe one day.

    • @moretti-pierobsas5368
      @moretti-pierobsas5368 3 роки тому +7

      that happened to me with my really good friend Leonora! like... one day she just disappears on me somewhere around... back in 05/06 n haven't heard from her ever since. even went to the bakery she owned once, they said all they know is she moved to Houston Texas. n the two times I went to Houston I'd even be driving around with eyes wide open to see if maybe I can spot her somewhere out there with no luck. but hey! who knows... this is a small world really! maybe one day we'll bump into our friends again.
      ps: i know it has nothing to do with this song, just thought ur story was cute!

    • @pwelti
      @pwelti 3 роки тому +5

      Thank you so much for sharing your story. You made me cry and will add to my memory of this song 🤗 Life would be meaningless without such songs and stories - I sincerely hope you'll find her one day

    • @chloedemalmanche6021
      @chloedemalmanche6021 3 роки тому +9

      @@pwelti Thank you. I hope so too one day. I sometimes think she knew we never would see each other again, but couldn't actually say ''goodbye''. Almost like it was planned or she had thought about it. It's still very vivid to me now, almost 22 years later (will be in October). I hope she has had a happy life.

    • @Frankie343
      @Frankie343 3 роки тому +3

      @@chloedemalmanche6021 good luck 👍🏻

    • @hlobisilehlophe694
      @hlobisilehlophe694 3 роки тому +4

      WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST IN FINDING HER ,MAYBE SHE'S ALSO LOOKING 4 YOU

  • @Fedupnow.
    @Fedupnow. Місяць тому +7

    I am also 57, in April of this year. Happy birthday Macy. Great voice!

  • @kenyaralipscomb6615
    @kenyaralipscomb6615 10 місяців тому +422

    It's 2024 and I wish they still made music like this.

    • @markbernard7314
      @markbernard7314 9 місяців тому +11

      I endorse this comment

    • @KJ-nd6jl
      @KJ-nd6jl 8 місяців тому +2

      Me too

    • @ste118
      @ste118 8 місяців тому +3

      I wish the world were still like it was

    • @basiabasia3387
      @basiabasia3387 8 місяців тому +5

      That kind of music IS still "made" ...

    • @kettymartire7660
      @kettymartire7660 8 місяців тому +1

      Lo vorrei anche io....purtroppo non esiste più l amore per la musica e per le parole esiste solo il business..i giovani non sanno più cosa sia la vera musica😢

  • @jbreeze161
    @jbreeze161 5 років тому +3109

    This song is 20 years old, we getting old 90s kids

  • @dgabrielhopkins7866
    @dgabrielhopkins7866 2 роки тому +155

    People really don’t understand how unique her voice is . Give her credit !

    • @zandrokos
      @zandrokos Рік тому +2

      she has other amazing songs as well but this is my favorite.

    • @AndreaJONES-y3w
      @AndreaJONES-y3w Рік тому +2

      I was just saying this! Her voice is extremely unique

    • @JohnwillPetersen
      @JohnwillPetersen Рік тому +1

      🎉❤

    • @cindyc598
      @cindyc598 2 місяці тому +1

      I love her voice

  • @chancereed5930
    @chancereed5930 2 місяці тому +35

    Happy Birthday Queen☀️🌍

  • @gpeddino
    @gpeddino 8 років тому +3159

    There's something so emotional about this song. I can't really explain why. It sounds very sincere, I guess.

    • @julieburton9855
      @julieburton9855 7 років тому +2

      Library

    • @markfrederick77
      @markfrederick77 7 років тому +4

      Agreed

    • @Nanancay
      @Nanancay 7 років тому +40

      I think it's the tune, the chords are beautiful omg

    • @mallory5872
      @mallory5872 7 років тому +46

      Gui Porto melody sounds like what lyrics are saying. The best songs do that. Melody has regret and longing in it.

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 7 років тому +18

      Ikr? That park scene gets me every time!😍

  • @margaretdasilva5493
    @margaretdasilva5493 3 роки тому +88

    This song reminds me of my 22 year old son who died in 2007. I thank Macy for this. Some say we just need to cry and those days are farther and farther apart..

    • @maleisac4727
      @maleisac4727 3 роки тому +13

      So sorry. May God receive him in Heaven 🙏🏿. Prayers for you from AFRICA- Uganda 🇺🇬

    • @margaretdasilva5493
      @margaretdasilva5493 3 місяці тому

      @@maleisac4727 Here I am back listening again 2 years later. Thank you for your reply, I hope you get this. I do know where my son is because he believed in Jesus. This has comforted me more than I can ever say.

  • @Smil3y7021
    @Smil3y7021 Рік тому +707

    It's 2023 and I still love her voice. This jam just hits differently ❤

  • @OlamideAladetoyinbo
    @OlamideAladetoyinbo 6 місяців тому +56

    Am in here all by myself enjoying the best of tunes. it still gives me goosebumps in 2024. Thank you Macy,we love you from here

    • @ErwinRommel171
      @ErwinRommel171 3 місяці тому

      Music is the key to the soul my friend. I've been by myself for 5 years and music always pulls me through everything even if it takes some time.

  • @KayCo1
    @KayCo1 8 років тому +1734

    Never have I ever heard a voice like her. She is truly unique in the music industry. Love her!

    • @RhaegarTargaryen1st
      @RhaegarTargaryen1st 8 років тому +20

      She does sound just a little bit like Billie Holiday.

    • @cherylbaker4290
      @cherylbaker4290 8 років тому +50

      Sounds a bit like daffy duck

    • @KayCo1
      @KayCo1 8 років тому +12

      jason charalambous lol not in any way.

    • @gisellediaz7503
      @gisellediaz7503 8 років тому +26

      Childish Gambino

    • @philquin
      @philquin 7 років тому +19

      Kayley Lindley her voice always reminded me of Ella Fitzgerald.

  • @FranBriggs
    @FranBriggs 4 роки тому +505

    One of the most underrated artists, ever.

    • @rickyolivarez
      @rickyolivarez 4 роки тому +1

      Ever. The azealia Banks of her time.

    • @breezyvibe
      @breezyvibe 4 роки тому +1

      True that.

    • @hjthhhufnj8680
      @hjthhhufnj8680 4 роки тому

      Say it with ya chest 🗣

    • @nicelyput299
      @nicelyput299 4 роки тому +2

      I don't think she was. If anything she was overrated. She was everywhere and just ...meh. She was okay but people started comparing her to Aretha and Etta. Nah!
      Plus its good she vanished. Seemed like fame diodn't suit her, she was off her nut at the Brits and no one from her label seemed to be doing anything about it. Maybe it was a blessing that saved her from being another discarded victim of the music business

    • @arxdeath773
      @arxdeath773 4 роки тому +4

      She won a Grammy against Christina Aguilera. How could she be underrated ?

  • @laurenlondt5171
    @laurenlondt5171 4 роки тому +170

    This song takes me back to a time when the world just seemed so simple and easy

    • @reaceness
      @reaceness 3 роки тому +5

      That is just because we were too young to know any better

    • @livvlife
      @livvlife 3 роки тому +5

      Sense when was the world easy? We were just all innocent and didn’t know much about the world.

    • @timweedon2785
      @timweedon2785 3 роки тому

      Obama ruined america. This was the beginning of the end times

    • @livvlife
      @livvlife 3 роки тому +4

      @@timweedon2785 you had to make it political?

    • @astrolillo
      @astrolillo 3 роки тому +1

      It never was, you just were young and naive

  • @kelishabuckley-henry1899
    @kelishabuckley-henry1899 2 місяці тому +1

    This song reminds me of my husband who passed away 4 months ago. The pain is very real when someone you love suddenly dies and you have no choice but to wake up everyday without them. You are forced to move on knowing that person was your rock.

  • @IK_4
    @IK_4 2 роки тому +35

    I'm came here after her recent interview 💖💖💖 thank you Macy!😘😘😘

  • @Monaliza4218
    @Monaliza4218 2 роки тому +114

    Here after the All Star National Anthem! Loved it, love your unique voice & style!!! And after listening this song came to mind & now I can’t stop listening to it!!!!!!!

    • @jaydag24
      @jaydag24 2 роки тому +1

      Nah. It ain't Macy's fault, but the NBA needs to stop trying to chase unique voices for the all star game national anthem.

    • @marquethagod1769
      @marquethagod1769 2 роки тому +2

      Same I seen her performance and remembered how soothing Macy voice is. This specific song came to me

    • @markmiller602
      @markmiller602 2 роки тому

      Love the song beauty in the world

    • @jtrillguzman9641
      @jtrillguzman9641 2 роки тому

      @@markmiller602
      ua-cam.com/video/KIslk7CFrl8/v-deo.html

  • @goddz6145
    @goddz6145 2 роки тому +39

    Have always been a huge fan but saw all the drama and hope you know women stand by you. !!
    Can’t wait for your new album

  • @thomasb9799
    @thomasb9799 2 місяці тому +7

    That's my girl, she has a unique voice. And was a decent actress!! Much love🌹❤️

    • @CarlySmith001
      @CarlySmith001 29 днів тому

      Was the voice of Seeiah in either SSX 3 or SSX Tricky too

  • @zoehowes5674
    @zoehowes5674 Рік тому +1163

    My mom and I used to sing this song together when I was younger, she took her own life last month and I just started going through home movies & found a clip of us singing this 😭

    • @chocolateprincess5612
      @chocolateprincess5612 Рік тому +77

      😯😢😭 I extend my sincerest heartfelt condolences to you and your family, I've lost my mom as well( heart attack in her sleep) and I know how deep and painful the void is...

    • @marisanorth5554
      @marisanorth5554 Рік тому +29

      Sorry

    • @innertee1885
      @innertee1885 Рік тому +18

      Sorry to hear that

    • @Nottoday-e7q
      @Nottoday-e7q Рік тому +16

      I'm so so sorry.

    • @royal-aloha4046
      @royal-aloha4046 Рік тому +35

      So sorry. Those memories are going to keep her close the rest of your life. Like something Noone can steal. Love is eternal

  • @Jon_from_LI
    @Jon_from_LI Рік тому +42

    "My world crumbles while you are not there". I'll be honest, I've heard this song so much, and this is the first time it actually dawned on me that that's how the lyrics go in the chorus.

    • @billyaitken7461
      @billyaitken7461 Рік тому +3

      It’s one of the famous misheard lyrics, the same line is, “I wore goggles when you’re not there”🥹😯, give it a listen again.

    • @Hank_SchraderCat
      @Hank_SchraderCat Рік тому +4

      “I blow bubbles when you are not there” what the fuck?

    • @fernando1mod
      @fernando1mod Рік тому +1

      Hey guys?!
      I'm looking for another singer of this song along with "the cooltrane quartet".
      Would you happen to be able to tell me?
      I thank the answer.

    • @CaseySchmidt-ww7nc
      @CaseySchmidt-ww7nc 8 місяців тому +1

      I probably heard this song for the first time about 13+ years ago and it wasn't until just today that I came to the same realization. Crazy how we can go our entire lives absentmindedly filling in the blanks like this.

  • @chestersopczak9568
    @chestersopczak9568 2 роки тому +718

    Truly a real woman, with an incredibly unique and gifted voice.

    • @laurensmith485
      @laurensmith485 2 роки тому

      Women are stronger than men more so today!

    • @chestersopczak9568
      @chestersopczak9568 2 роки тому +4

      @@laurensmith485 especially Lia Thomas. That's one strong "woman". 😂

    • @VikingsQueen84
      @VikingsQueen84 2 роки тому +10

      Unique voice....haha the voice of a hardcore stoner 💨💨💨💨

    • @masnilahyusof6875
      @masnilahyusof6875 2 роки тому +4

      Totally agreed with you, She's different from the others

    • @enricovankeeken1624
      @enricovankeeken1624 Рік тому

      @@masnilahyusof6875 *💌she´s Also SEXY **#as**❗"hEll" 💖❤‍🔥*

  • @sherrimaggio5473
    @sherrimaggio5473 2 місяці тому +2

    My mum loved this song as well as I…..I miss you mum, thank you for leaving me a very cool song to listen to when I need you near♥️

  • @thelonelyghosts9004
    @thelonelyghosts9004 3 роки тому +304

    Ya know, it’s been probably 20 years since I’ve heard this song (or even thought about it). For some reason today, totally out of the blue, I started singing the chorus as I unloaded the dishwasher. An hour later I’m sitting in my living room watching this and crying like a baby and I have NO CLUE WHY

    • @TheKnobGoblins
      @TheKnobGoblins 3 роки тому +5

      Lol

    • @destin3942
      @destin3942 3 роки тому +24

      Maybe because you remember 20 years ago like it was yesterday and it makes you feel like time is flying by and you all have left are distant memories

    • @thelonelyghosts9004
      @thelonelyghosts9004 3 роки тому +1

      Wow… that’s very …. encouraging (?) of you…

    • @sammiex3851
      @sammiex3851 2 роки тому +3

      Actually same thing happened to me

    • @MissKrystalKnight
      @MissKrystalKnight 2 роки тому +14

      You're tapped in babes! its a message from the universe..although their voice mails can be confusing. 💙 BE WELL. 🕯️

  • @wineberry6
    @wineberry6 2 роки тому +59

    I'm so glad I hear her name for the first time recently... That voice!! I've been missing out (and plan to make up for it ❤️)

  • @wendygayle04
    @wendygayle04 4 роки тому +340

    This song will never get old or go out of style. It's beautiful, just like she is.

  • @Mia12533
    @Mia12533 Місяць тому +2

    I love this woman, and this song always gives me chills...beautiful

  • @maxpower2850
    @maxpower2850 4 роки тому +3909

    Its now 2020, who else loves this beautiful classic?

  • @sogallant
    @sogallant 3 роки тому +4363

    we need these vibes back in 2021.

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller 3 роки тому +18

      Yes, please! :D

    • @Johnthemanc22
      @Johnthemanc22 3 роки тому +8

      I concur gallant. Stay safe.

    • @Smiirffable
      @Smiirffable 3 роки тому +18

      Dude i woke up and this song was playing in my head for some reason. It's probably been over 10 years since i last heard it too it's amazing...

    • @RayMilano
      @RayMilano 3 роки тому +4

      I think so too (ciao dall'Italia)

    • @la_petiteMarce
      @la_petiteMarce 3 роки тому +3

      Yessss, please.

  • @BadAssSykO
    @BadAssSykO 8 років тому +270

    Man memories. I was addicted to this song for many many years. I always thought it would have been epic if Macy Gray and Cee Lo Green would have did a duet.

    • @therealaustinpowers1967
      @therealaustinpowers1967 8 років тому +19

      BadAssSykO Yes, that needs to happen

    • @stevec1409
      @stevec1409 7 років тому +2

      Sia

    • @carolan9740
      @carolan9740 7 років тому

      BadAssSykO yes a duet oh my epic thought!!!

    • @donnarawiri1204
      @donnarawiri1204 7 років тому +2

      BadAssSykO I used to play this on repeat in my car and my grandson would whinge and moan all the way to school about it...lol he loathes this song but I still love it...and yep the dude in it is a babe..

    • @normasanchezimatrix
      @normasanchezimatrix 7 років тому

      What happened to cee lo

  • @shirelleharris9729
    @shirelleharris9729 7 місяців тому +3

    Damn, I love me some Macy Gray ❤❤ That raspiness in her voice resonates within my soul and spirit 💜 🔥 🔥
    I love love love this Song. Pure Masterpiece ❤❤❤❤ They Just don't make music 🎶 like they used to. There's no feeling in today's music. Everything is so commercial.

  • @Flo3241
    @Flo3241 7 років тому +28

    I was in a cab earlier with a friend and this came on BBC radio 2. Couldn't help but sing along. The elderly cab driver was singing along too. Great moment.

  • @fileminokilicho3159
    @fileminokilicho3159 2 роки тому +158

    WOW. I'm f***kin' blown away right now. I've never heard this woman before. Thank you Macy. I'm sorry, I am from a tiny pacific island... this is just too much. Macy, you have such a unique voice that's beyond explanation. whew!!

    • @luminousraven4970
      @luminousraven4970 2 роки тому +8

      SURE; Macy has MAGIC running to her fingertips. You may be from a tiny Pacific island but you have brought this woman to your island!

    • @legran25
      @legran25 2 роки тому

      Many people
      Haven’t heard of her , so you not alone!

    • @richardgoodson8922
      @richardgoodson8922 2 роки тому

      Welcome to the time of great music there were lots of good songs win this one was made but this is one of the greats

    • @ter1413
      @ter1413 2 роки тому +2

      Check out her song "Still". Powerful!
      Then "Sugar Daddy"! What range!

  • @brentcrabtree9334
    @brentcrabtree9334 3 роки тому +197

    I love this woman! Her music takes me to a higher level....I turn it up and sing like I'm singing a duet with Macy...Macy music all day!!!!

    • @SoleyeRaye
      @SoleyeRaye 3 роки тому +6

      Amy Winehouse reminds me of her

    • @user-yx7dp2pl8t
      @user-yx7dp2pl8t 2 роки тому +2

      you rock Brent!

    • @josspatel9179
      @josspatel9179 2 роки тому +1

      I did In fact rename Titan to MACY! What the fire truck?

    • @ElsDaughter
      @ElsDaughter 2 роки тому +1

      Really! I consider her a one hit wonder unless you count the best theme song of my childhood (As Told By Ginger).

    • @fernando1mod
      @fernando1mod Рік тому

      Hey guys?!
      I'm looking for another singer of this song along with "the cooltrane quartet".
      Would you happen to be able to tell me?
      I thank the answer.

  • @AliciaWeatherholt
    @AliciaWeatherholt 8 місяців тому +5

    When I heard this song on the radio I was struggling with substance abuse and the lyrics were really hitting me when I would be craving getting high and i just couldn’t break the cycle. I hear it now as a love song and I think even though someone relationships end, I think it’s so much better to controlled by love for another person than to be addicted to a chemical high.

  • @sadietravels6213
    @sadietravels6213 4 роки тому +25

    0:12 “When will they go for me, when will they stop. “. My cry as a teen. Great lyrics.

  • @tally1604
    @tally1604 9 років тому +356

    this song is 16 years old in now in 2015, and it's not dated at all, still fresh

    • @lovelyfluffyducky1380
      @lovelyfluffyducky1380 9 років тому +2

      +Tal Mamatov Is it really that old? Jeez where has the time gone?

    • @arycosta9655
      @arycosta9655 9 років тому +4

      Me Too

    • @kaitlin123abc
      @kaitlin123abc 9 років тому +8

      yah great things never date

    • @PhileCool01
      @PhileCool01 9 років тому +10

      +Tal Mamatov 16 years wow time goes by too fast

    • @doxipunk
      @doxipunk 9 років тому +1

      +Tal Mamatov this was once my fave song ,... i was 12 x.x lol

  • @ninosimone
    @ninosimone 2 роки тому +52

    Her singing the national anthem bought me here ... I didn’t know how much I missed hearing her voice 🥰

  • @alainsanchez8381
    @alainsanchez8381 Місяць тому +1

    Quelle voix , un véritable petit bijou, que du bonheur.

  • @spunkymonkey8449
    @spunkymonkey8449 4 роки тому +161

    "I may appear to be free, but I'm just a prisoner. Of your love."
    Literally the best and most true lyric of all time :(

    • @benkuehn7469
      @benkuehn7469 4 роки тому +5

      Especially if the person doesn’t love you back

    • @rebekah518
      @rebekah518 3 роки тому +2

      Sounds like a victim of domestic violence song

    • @thatssoaden9523
      @thatssoaden9523 3 роки тому

      @@rebekah518 , listen to her song Still! That's domestic violence

  • @allipat401
    @allipat401 Рік тому +51

    One of the best songs in the world. I loved it when it first came out and still love it now. Macy Gray has such an awesome voice and is one talented lady!

  • @jtarantula3390
    @jtarantula3390 3 роки тому +34

    Whenever I listen to this song, that image comes to mind and I cry...
    she’s running to see him and he’s not there, ooooh right in the feels.

  • @sashaj.rogers8155
    @sashaj.rogers8155 5 місяців тому +90

    Her voice is smooth as satin. So, to answer the question, "who's still listening?" the answer, who isn't?

    • @lesleyblandy5731
      @lesleyblandy5731 4 місяці тому +5

      Good description; however, I would say velvet.

  • @MarieEvaVolmar
    @MarieEvaVolmar 3 роки тому +105

    That teal outfit with the orange underarms will forever remain a 90's staple who we all remember as being Macy Gray.

    • @guystark2589
      @guystark2589 3 роки тому

      erm....................nah

    • @bitchette
      @bitchette 3 роки тому +2

      @@guystark2589 you said no, but didn't say why.

    • @guystark2589
      @guystark2589 3 роки тому

      @@bitchette teal and orange outfits never were a staple of 90s fashion, and "we all" won't remember gray; most people have never even heard of her

    • @wesleygama968
      @wesleygama968 3 роки тому +2

      @@guystark2589 you have never heard of an hyperbole, right?

    • @saintniccage2818
      @saintniccage2818 3 роки тому

      Soooo 90s

  • @lwandlematima5935
    @lwandlematima5935 2 роки тому +33

    This was a special time for music. So much nostalgia. Simpler times ❤

  • @mementomori8685
    @mementomori8685 9 років тому +35

    It was around the year two thousand when this song 'I try' received grammy awards. great song.. I loved this song. Only Macy Grey can sing this song..

    • @sethkodikara5147
      @sethkodikara5147 9 років тому +5

      +DongRyul Kim Macy Gray and Andy Bernard

    • @awesomejasonsel1
      @awesomejasonsel1 9 років тому +10

      +Seth Kodikara Andy Bernard brought me here…

    • @atlasdreamer
      @atlasdreamer 9 років тому

      +DongRyul Kim Listen to George Ezra's cover :)

  • @jorrd123
    @jorrd123 3 місяці тому +4

    i remember being maybe 6/7 years old and i was at the grocery store with my mom and this song was on. i danced up and down the aisles making up the choreography to match the lyrics 😂🥺 i loved this song so much, and still do. thank you macy 🙏🏼 ❤ core memory

  • @kathh_1467
    @kathh_1467 4 роки тому +348

    **LYRICS**
    Games, changes and fears
    When will they go from here
    When will they stop
    I believe that fate has brought us here
    And we should be together babe
    But we're not
    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    And I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'
    I try to say goodbye and I choke
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not here
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not here
    I may appear to be free
    But I'm just a prisoner of your love
    And I may seem all right and smile when you leave
    But my smiles are just a front
    Just a front, hey
    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    And I'll try to keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'
    I try to say goodbye and I choke
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not here
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not here
    Here is my confession
    May I be your possession
    Boy, I need your touch
    Your love, kisses and such
    With all my might I try
    But this I can't deny
    Deny
    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    (but I'm dreaming of you babe)
    And I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'
    I try to say goodbye and I choke
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not here
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not here

    • @talesfromtheleashbernieamy1960
      @talesfromtheleashbernieamy1960 4 роки тому +3

      Kebo ...the night before

    • @Rin-xx4vj
      @Rin-xx4vj 4 роки тому +4

      Some of the lyrics are wrong

    • @wallstreettrader1
      @wallstreettrader1 4 роки тому +2

      @Just A Builder Watch the elevator scene at about 0:53, she is clearly saying "My world..."

    • @aliciamesa5382
      @aliciamesa5382 4 роки тому +3

      199 like, here!!!!!😀

    • @Jay25521
      @Jay25521 4 роки тому +2

      No body needed your lyrics, why you making yourself busy for?

  • @vastamountofred
    @vastamountofred 2 роки тому +33

    God bless you, ma’am ♥️

  • @pblpblool9746
    @pblpblool9746 3 роки тому +248

    Games, changes and fears
    When will they go from here
    When will they stop?
    I believe that fate has brought us here
    And we should be together babe
    But we're not
    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    And I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'
    I try to say goodbye and I choke
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    I may appear to be free
    But I'm just a prisoner of your love
    And I may seem all right and smile when you leave
    But my smiles are just a front
    Just a front, hey
    And I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    And I'll try to keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'
    I try to say goodbye and I choke (yeah)
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke (yeah)
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Here is my confession
    May I be your possession?
    Boy, I need your touch
    Your love, kisses and such
    With all my might I try
    But this I can't deny
    Deny
    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    (but I'm dreaming of you babe)
    And I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'
    I try to say goodbye and I choke (yeah)
    Try to walk away and (oh) I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near

    • @aygulcalm3540
      @aygulcalm3540 2 роки тому

      Şarkı sözü için thank you 🤗😊

    • @aricifu1703
      @aricifu1703 2 роки тому

      Muchísimas gracias por la letra 🙏🏻
      Amo esta canción 💖

    • @skullscope
      @skullscope 2 роки тому

      This is in description.

    • @enzocastino5805
      @enzocastino5805 2 роки тому +1

      Juegos, cambios y miedos
      ¿Cuándo se irán de aquí?
      ¿Cuándo se detendrán?
      Yo creo que el destino nos ha traído aquí
      Y deberíamos estar juntos nena
      pero no estamos
      Lo juego, pero estoy soñando contigo
      Y mantendré la calma, pero soy diabólico
      Intento despedirme y me ahogo
      Trato de alejarme y tropiezo
      Aunque trato de ocultarlo, está claro
      Mi mundo se derrumba cuando no estás cerca
      Adiós y me ahogo
      Intento alejarme y tropiezo
      Aunque trato de ocultarlo, está claro
      Mi mundo se derrumba cuando no estás cerca
      Puedo parecer libre
      Pero solo soy un prisionero de tu amor
      Y puedo parecer bien y sonreír cuando te vayas
      Pero mis sonrisas son solo un frente
      Solo un frente, hey
      Y lo juego, pero estoy soñando contigo
      Y trataré de mantener la calma, pero estoy loco
      Intento despedirme y me ahogo (yeah)
      Trato de alejarme y tropiezo
      Aunque trato de ocultarlo, está claro
      Mi mundo se derrumba cuando no estás cerca
      Adiós y me ahogo (yeah)
      Intento alejarme y tropiezo
      Aunque trato de ocultarlo, está claro
      Mi mundo se derrumba cuando no estás cerca
      Aquí está mi confesión
      ¿Puedo ser tu posesión?
      Chico, necesito tu toque
      Tu amor, besos y tal
      Con todas mis fuerzas lo intento
      Pero esto no lo puedo negar
      Negar
      Lo juego, pero estoy soñando contigo
      (pero estoy soñando contigo nena)
      Y mantendré la calma, pero soy diabólico
      Intento despedirme y me ahogo (yeah)
      Trato de alejarme y (oh) tropiezo
      Aunque trato de ocultarlo, está claro
      Mi mundo se derrumba cuando no estás cerca
      Adiós y me ahogo
      Intento alejarme y tropiezo
      Aunque trato de ocultarlo, está claro
      Mi mundo se derrumba cuando no estás cerca

  • @susanbright7075
    @susanbright7075 3 місяці тому +5

    There is no one who has that voice, AMAZING she is funny, caring, giving and loving

  • @zimzimzalabim
    @zimzimzalabim 3 роки тому +564

    "it could be a love song, but it's really a heartbreaker with a very personal story behind it. Macy Gray was signed to Atlantic Records in the mid-'90s as part of a rock band, but the album they made never got released. With her music career kaput, Gray became a secretary and married her boyfriend, a mortgage broker named Tracy Hinds. They had three children together but split up just as Gray got a solo deal with Epic Records. Many of the songs Gray wrote for her first album were about Hinds, including "I Try," where she explains that she wants to be strong and leave his memory behind, but can't bring herself to do so"

    • @gourmetwaters6916
      @gourmetwaters6916 3 роки тому +53

      Real emotions too complicated to fake. It shows.
      Bittersweet no doubt. Leaving behind everything you've loved for everything you've ever wanted.
      This isn't my kinda music, but it's one of my favourite songs. Realness transcends taste.

    • @zimzimzalabim
      @zimzimzalabim 3 роки тому +16

      @@gourmetwaters6916 well said.

    • @jamaicafox
      @jamaicafox 3 роки тому +8

      thank you

    • @mirosuni
      @mirosuni 3 роки тому +10

      Truth --- my guy produced it -- true -- what a sad mess people can make of something. Sad. :(

    • @mirosuni
      @mirosuni 3 роки тому +8

      Sadly then OMG for album 2 -- so horrible 9-11 happened and ya know -- our poor world and the music biz just went who knows where. :(

  • @ausitrudi769
    @ausitrudi769 3 роки тому +79

    I am living in Australia and I just saw you on the Mask Singer. Your such an icon and a inspiration to me and many. This is still one of my favorite song from you. MACY YOUR AN LEGEND. Your voice is so unique and authentic 💛❤💚🖤 who listening in 2021

    • @endaime26_52
      @endaime26_52 3 роки тому +1

      there's so many grammar lapses. i can't help myself but to correct those two "your" into "you're" and "AN" into "A" before the word LEGEND

    • @ausitrudi769
      @ausitrudi769 3 роки тому +10

      @@endaime26_52 I see you need validation so much. You have issues man, woman or animal😆 whatever you are🙄 listen!!! I am not writing a English essay or doing a English paper. It's just a short comment weirdo🙄 go point out the grammar out your sad life kmft🤫

    • @endaime26_52
      @endaime26_52 3 роки тому +1

      @@ausitrudi769 don't cry

    • @sherylmac40
      @sherylmac40 3 роки тому +5

      @@endaime26_52 YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE SAID. AND WE ARE HERE CUS WE LIKE THE SONG. WHO ARE YOU THE GRAMMER POLICE🤫

    • @sherylmac40
      @sherylmac40 3 роки тому +4

      @@ausitrudi769 spot on I understood your post perfectly. Some ppl just love to find a negative. Out of any situation. Even listening to a great song. 🎶

  • @Rickab-rg8eq
    @Rickab-rg8eq 6 років тому +64

    Got to see her in Vancouver, opening for Bowie in 2004. She almost stole the show. Bowie didn't care. Great show IMHO

  • @kodjoborisagbeti7613
    @kodjoborisagbeti7613 Місяць тому +3

    J'adore cette chanson, j'ignorais le titre et même le nom de l'auteur.je viens de tomber dessus par hasard. J'en suis vraiment heureux

  • @liaiglesias6630
    @liaiglesias6630 5 років тому +878

    Who's still listening to this song in 2019 !!!!!
    2019 anyone?
    Macy Gray was very underrated. 🔥🔥🔥

    • @michaelortt9514
      @michaelortt9514 5 років тому +2

      Me

    • @davidwestwater3028
      @davidwestwater3028 5 років тому +5

      Yes she was i remember when i first heard of it she was better then the others

    • @harleentouchstone9596
      @harleentouchstone9596 5 років тому +3

      I found this through a list of forgotten songs. I remembered it when I listened to it with my sister as a kid.

    • @keilatempleton479
      @keilatempleton479 5 років тому +1

      I was born when she start singing

    • @lisadean619
      @lisadean619 5 років тому +1

      I enjoyed Macy's acting in Training Day. I love this song. Great job Macy.

  • @lemmecheck01
    @lemmecheck01 4 роки тому +167

    "I Try" - lyrics
    Games, changes, and fears
    When will they go from here?
    When will they stop?
    I believe that fate has brought us here
    And we should be together, babe
    But we're not
    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin
    I try to say goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    I may appear to be free
    But I'm just a prisoner of your love
    I may seem alright and smile when you leave
    But my smiles are just a front, just a front
    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin
    I try to say goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Here is my confession
    May I be your possession
    Boy, I need your touch
    Your love kisses, and such
    With all my might I try
    But this I can't deny, deny
    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin
    I try to say goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near

    • @dhruvsbeloved
      @dhruvsbeloved 4 роки тому +1

      thanks!

    • @PatriciaMoreno-ff8pr
      @PatriciaMoreno-ff8pr 4 роки тому +2

      Okay, looking at these great lyrics from this great song, I just have a question...what the heck does "fiendin" mean ? ? If someone can please explain. It must be a word to cool for me to be familiar with ! But I really want to know !

    • @YoungMetreaux
      @YoungMetreaux 4 роки тому +1

      @@PatriciaMoreno-ff8pr fiending could mean craving or wanting. So she "plays it cool" but really, she wants the said person bad.

    • @davidlax5067
      @davidlax5067 4 роки тому

      Either your the fiender or you're the supplier

  • @copescale9599
    @copescale9599 2 роки тому +107

    You're such a underappreciated artist you have made some of the greatest music ever.

  • @Dylanhennessy
    @Dylanhennessy 5 місяців тому +1

    My mom played this song again for me yesterday (im 32). We used to listen to this album when she'd drive me around when I was a kid.
    Over 20 years later I've taken to a career in live music performance, and looking back at this album all those years later...My god, the writing, production, instrumental arrangement, the feel, all immaculate. What an incredible artist, and what a record this was. This is the peak of pop R&B and soul working in unison, timeless stuff. The Anderson Paaks of today owe it to artists like Macy Gray.

  • @minervaloves
    @minervaloves 6 років тому +137

    Makes you cry and think about that someone that you love with all your heart but can't be with

    • @Absoluteytfnot
      @Absoluteytfnot 6 років тому

      Mazinger and Minerva mannnnn 💔

    • @earthsoul4206
      @earthsoul4206 6 років тому +4

      It physically hurts :(

    • @coreywood8964
      @coreywood8964 6 років тому

      Ang

    • @INFGamer28
      @INFGamer28 3 роки тому +1

      Why the cakes Earth did u remind me of that I was laughing here because of stevie Ts reaction to this but now I’m gonna cry because of u

  • @DearJuliaaa
    @DearJuliaaa 8 років тому +358

    I absolutely fell in love with this song and also her unique voice!

    • @geminiwoman0
      @geminiwoman0 8 років тому +10

      +Breaking Julia I think that's why i like the song, because of her uniqueness of voice

    • @larryyelen8295
      @larryyelen8295 8 років тому +2

      +Breaking Julia I also have a unique voice.

    • @noni44
      @noni44 8 років тому

      +gemini Carolyn Love her

    • @IRSmurfz92
      @IRSmurfz92 8 років тому

      agreed! :)

    • @buzz1196
      @buzz1196 8 років тому +8

      +Breaking Julia The voice reeled me in also. The song is great too! I heard this on the radio and thought, Who is that? Never heard who, for a long time. Finally heard the name behind this great song. Macy Gray. I'm white, She's black. Our blood is the same color. Red. Goes for all races. We all bleed red. Many read the bible. And yet do not get it. Life is in the blood it states. I know you just were talking about this great song. Sorry. Can't help it sometimes. Racism makes me sick. It's stupid. We all come from one source. I just want all to realize that and love one another. But hard times are ahead for all of us before that happens. People just don't want to hear it. Thank you. I'll go away now.

  • @wickedcrone3636
    @wickedcrone3636 2 роки тому +29

    Thanks Macy! We need more artists with integrity x

  • @karravarney1092
    @karravarney1092 2 місяці тому +1

    My first CD was this album and I'll forever be grateful for the lessons it taught me and the hard times it helped me survive. Thank you for existing Madam Macy Gray. ❤

  • @konakromah2912
    @konakromah2912 Рік тому +146

    It's 2023 and I'm still mesmerized by her voice. This song doesn't get old.❤

  • @derrickH007
    @derrickH007 4 роки тому +24

    This song is one of the purest classic songs ever, and brings back memories for me. God bless the queen Macy Gray!!👍🙏❤️

  • @Monaco-pc6tm
    @Monaco-pc6tm Місяць тому +2

    Magnifique 😊😊!! P'tit souvenir quand je l'entendait passer à la radio..

  • @LilyIglesias
    @LilyIglesias Рік тому +482

    She has one of the most unique voices in the world ❤️

    • @1980LynLyn
      @1980LynLyn Рік тому +11

      I know it has that relaxed sound to it!!

    • @JamieWex
      @JamieWex Рік тому +13

      Smoke a million cigarettes and you could sound like her too. Never knew why she was popular.

    • @rosegold2383
      @rosegold2383 Рік тому +18

      ​@@JamieWex tf you doing here then? 😂

    • @JamieWex
      @JamieWex Рік тому +6

      @@rosegold2383 the UA-cam algorithm. It has a nasty habit of suggesting old 90s songs that I can’t stand. Probably that’s why you’re here too

    • @rosegold2383
      @rosegold2383 Рік тому +16

      @@JamieWexKey word "suggested". So UA-cam put a gun to yo head and made you listen to it? 😩

  • @sladegood3424
    @sladegood3424 8 років тому +63

    I have always heard this song growing up but have never truly understood it until my very first girlfriend left. It makes me remember that sort of love that seemed as if it would outlast time. Everyday with her was like a daydream. I am truly greatful to have had these experiences with her.

    • @ryanclarke5621
      @ryanclarke5621 8 років тому +1

      ^^^ Omg this is my life story lol

    • @jhuztein1125
      @jhuztein1125 8 років тому +5

      I do sincerely hope you find another soul who will make you feel the same way and this time never leave you.

    • @ryanclarke5621
      @ryanclarke5621 8 років тому

      Thanks

    • @sladegood3424
      @sladegood3424 8 років тому +1

      Yeah, thank you. I'll try.

    • @aaronphiri372
      @aaronphiri372 7 років тому

      The way you described the morning makes me feel like i was that third person sleeping it off.

  • @iKETOURAGE
    @iKETOURAGE 3 роки тому +28

    I remember when I was younger I never understood why she was wailing at 3:05.... but as an adult and living life, I get it Ms. Gray... I get it🙌🏾🙌🏾

    • @danieldostermanntv
      @danieldostermanntv 3 роки тому +4

      Facts !!!!! This is a whole different Vibe listening as an Adult

  • @Random-qo4xn
    @Random-qo4xn 8 місяців тому +1

    My god, that voice. And on top of that, it sends you right back to the 90's. I miss watching this on the TV, in the night. Now I have youtube, and my temples are gray...

  • @rogersbrown3497
    @rogersbrown3497 5 років тому +386

    Macy Gray was very underrated. 🔥🔥🔥

    • @SorrySuckYou
      @SorrySuckYou 5 років тому +16

      No, she was very popular when this song came out. Fame is fleeting.

    • @Honeycomblife
      @Honeycomblife 5 років тому +4

      Yeah she was real popular when this came out

    • @ZeloticMemes
      @ZeloticMemes 5 років тому

      40 million views now? and really famous then

    • @pamwolcott3802
      @pamwolcott3802 5 років тому

      For sure, fortunate I discovered her. She is amazing.

    • @petrh.3645
      @petrh.3645 5 років тому

      Nah, she's a legend.

  • @gregdavidl647
    @gregdavidl647 6 років тому +141

    Saying goodbye to love is never easy, especially if you never wanted to say goodbye to it in the first place.

  • @sarahbrinnsmith
    @sarahbrinnsmith 4 роки тому +572

    this song makes me want to go back to the early 2000's

  • @verawiedzy
    @verawiedzy 11 днів тому

    Such a chic combination of assertiveness and sincerity. both in broad music and in a hoarse voice. A unique combination.

  • @perpetuallybodean4522
    @perpetuallybodean4522 6 років тому +963

    I'm 24 and I remember this song from my childhood. It's still just as good!💚

    • @kitz3008
      @kitz3008 6 років тому +3

      BreeInRealLife same!!! Shes amazing

    • @shipaudas
      @shipaudas 6 років тому +8

      BreeInRealLife totally relate, I'm 25... cheers 90s sister ✌🏼

    • @riverfrontland
      @riverfrontland 6 років тому +7

      sang this to my first love seinor year 1999.👍👍. cool to keep the memory alive.

    • @ivymatos5742
      @ivymatos5742 6 років тому +2

      Forever (SEMPRE)pra sempre jovem,for ever Young 😉SAUDADES( Hope )

    • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou
      @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou 6 років тому +8

      I remember this song from your childhood, too. (Puts down binoculars, adjusts tree branch)

  • @Kryptospotted
    @Kryptospotted 8 років тому +44

    I was 9. Woke up at 6:30-7ish that morning to an unexpected TV alarm blaring this song with no remote in sight. And I mean blaring. I tried to manually turn off the 23 inch wide Macy Gray that was pretending to sniff flowers on my living room. We had no choice but to listen to the rest before unplugging the damn thing. Three of us in the room. One slept through it.

    • @imperialfaith5883
      @imperialfaith5883 8 років тому +4

      Lol I love it!!! It's alwYs that one person still sleeping during hard times. 😂

    • @BrianMurphySmile121
      @BrianMurphySmile121 8 років тому

      9question) :- You want to be a singer? "Write a Song!", simpe! I

  • @spygineer1076
    @spygineer1076 5 років тому +44

    3 years, i've been looking for this song for 3 YEARS and now i finally found it, y'all don't know how happy i am

    • @Cody70858
      @Cody70858 5 років тому +2

      Dude tell me about it about once every 2 years the song will pop my head in the only thing I can think of is she looks like the actress Wanda Sykes and that gives me nothing

    • @LuisRamirez-iv3qk
      @LuisRamirez-iv3qk 4 роки тому +1

      imagine I that grew up with this artist s

    • @sangr6587
      @sangr6587 4 роки тому

      🤣

    • @TheLunarBear
      @TheLunarBear 4 роки тому +1

      I know that feeling

  • @MichaelMisiurak
    @MichaelMisiurak Місяць тому +1

    This song has been a favorite of mine since I bought this CD in high school, I think about 1998. My (grand)mum passed away in 2016. This song is ❤

  • @petrolhead88uk71
    @petrolhead88uk71 5 років тому +34

    This song came into my head today out of absolutly nowhere. I didnt realise how old it is, nice vibes.