"One More Try" is a song recorded by Timothy Torres, known professionally as Timmy T

Timmy T

Timmy T is a Freestyle performer and musician. He is best known for his 1991 Billboard Hot 100 #1 single "One More Try."...

. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 chart on March 23, 1991. The song was both written and produced by Torres, who was inspired to create the song after breaking up with a girlfriend.

A Cantopop

Cantopop

Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...

 version of this song was made by Hacken Lee

Hacken Lee

Hacken Lee Hak Kan is an award winning Hong Kong based Cantopop singer and lyricist, actor, Master of Ceremonies and Association football sportscaster.-Early years: 1985-1995:...

. A Cajun

Cajun music

Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based, Cajun-influenced zydeco form, both of Acadiana origin...

 version was made by Jamie Bergeron and the Kickin Cajuns. The music video was directed by Alan Calzatti.

Track listing

US 12" single
US Cassette single
US CD Maxi single

Peak positions

Chart (1991)	Peak Position
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	36
Austria Top 40 Charts Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	12
German Singles Chart	8
Netherlands Singles Charts Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	1
New Zealand Singles Chart	32
Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	5
Swiss Singles Chart	16
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	97
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1991)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
U.S.	Platinum	April 12, 1991	1,000,000