Why Don't You Try

Album: Stronger (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is a bonus track from the iTunes Store edition of American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson's fifth album, Stronger. Taking to her fans on Facebook , the singer revealed that the song was inspired by Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder.
  • The American Singer-Songwriter Eric Hutchinson penned the song and Clarkson first heard it when he was opening for her in Australia. She recalled to AOL Music: "I was in my dressing room and all of a sudden I heard this song. I was like, what is he singing! And I ran out of the dressing room – I looked like a hot mess! I was in the middle of getting my hair and make-up done. He had just surprised the audience with a new song. He came off the stage and I was like, you need to write me a song like that! And instead, he gave me that song so I could have it on my album. It's a very relatable song to me."
  • Clarkson previewed the song the song during Muhammad Ali's "Celebrity Fight Night" charity event in Phoenix, Arizona on March 19, 2011.

Comments: 1

  • Chelsea from Phoenix , AzI commented on a youtube video for this song and said it had like a 60's/70's vibe to it and that it reminds me of Aretha Franklin, guess i know my music more than i thought, anyways this song is great!!
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