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{{Infobox singlesong

| Name = I'm Tryna

| Artistname = [[Omarion]]I'm Tryna

| Cover cover = Omarion - I'm Tryna.jpg

| fromalt Album = [[O (Omarion album)|O]] =

| Formattype = [[Music download]], [[CD single]]

| Releasedartist = April 6, 2005[[Omarion]]

| Writeralbum = [[O (Omarion album)|O]]

| released = {{Start date|2005|04|06}}

| Recorded recorded = 2004

| Genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]

| Length studio = 4:22

| venue =

| Label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]/[[Sony BMG|Sony]]

| Producergenre = The[[Contemporary UnderdogsR&B|R&B]]

| Writer length = J. Valentine{{Duration|m=4|s=22}}

| Label label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]/[[Sony BMG|Sony]]

| Last single = "[[Touch (Omarion song)|Touch]]"<br>(2004)

| writer = [[Harvey Mason, Jr.]]<br>[[Tank (American singer)|Durrell Babbs]]<br>Damon Thomas<br>[[J. Valentine]]<br>Antoine Dixon

| This single = "'''I'm Tryna'''"<br>(2005)

| producer = [[The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs]]

| Next single = "[[Let Me Hold You]]"<br>(2005)

| Last singleprev_title = "[[Touch (Omarion song)|Touch]]"<br>(2004)

| prev_year = 2005

| Next singlenext_title = "[[Let Me Hold You]]"<br>(2005)

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|GbNYKQuOxts|"I'm Tryna"}}}}

}}

"'''I'm Tryna'''" is thea thirdsong from American [[singleContemporary (music)R&B|singleR&B]] by [[singer]] [[Omarion]],. releasedIt exclusivelywas inreleased theon UnitedApril States.6, Produced2005 by The Underdogs,as the songthird wasand writtenfinal bysingle J.off Valentinehis and released from thedebut album ''[[O (Omarion album)|O]]''. It was [[Record producer|produced]] by production team [[The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs]] and written by R&B singer-songwriter [[J. Valentine]]. It also featured instrumentals by fellow American R&B singer [[Tank (American singer)|Tank]]. A music video for the single, directed by frequent collaborator [[Chris Stokes (director)|Chris Stokes]], was made and featured Omarion looking back on his relationship with his ex-girlfriend (played by [[Danielle Polanco]]).

==Music video==

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Directed by [[Chris Stokes (director)|Chris Stokes]] (who previously directed the video for "[[O (Omarion song)|O]]"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/person.php?id=C59|title=Chris Stokes|publisher=mvdbase.com|accessdate=August 23, 2014}}</ref> the video shows Omarion in his car waiting outside his ex-girlfriend's house. He reminisces about the times they spent together and how on two occasions of looking at another woman and answering his cell phone while making out irritated her and left him. He spots his ex-girlfriend with her new boyfriend (who resembles Omarion) as they enter her house. Omarion exits his car to enter her house and the video ends with "to be continued...". The ex-girlfriend is played by [[Danielle Polanco]], who previously appeared in his video for "[[Touch (Omarion song)|Touch]]".

!Chart (2005)

!Peak<ref>{{cite web

|title= I'm Tryna - Omarion

|work = Billboard.com

|publisher= Billboard

|url= {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=omarion|chart=all}}

|quote= This Song has never charted.

|accessdate= January 13, 2010

==Credits and personnel==

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Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''O''.<ref name="credits">{{cite AV media notes|year=2004|title=[[O (Omarion album)|O]]|publisher=[[Epic Records]]. [[Sony Urban Music]]|type=booklet|id=EK 92818}}</ref>

;Recording

* Recorded and mixed at The Underlab, [[Los Angeles]]

;Personnel

* [[The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs]] – producer

* Dave "Natural Love" Russell – recording, editing, mixer

* Dablin "Hobby Boy" Howard – recording, editing

* Eric Dawkins – background vocals

* [[Tank (American singer)|Durrell Babbs]] – background vocals

* Kevin Mahoney – assistant engineer

==Chart==

{| class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Chart (2005)

|!align="center"| 53Peak<br>position

|-

{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|53|artist=Omarion|song=I'm Tryna|artistid=312656|accessdate=August 23, 2014}}

|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]

|align="center"| 53

|}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* {{MetroLyrics song|omarion|im-tryna}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->

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[[Category:2004 songs]]

[[Category:2005 singles]]

[[Category:Epic Records singles]]

[[Category:Omarion songs]]

[[Category:Epic Records singles]]

[[Category:Song recordings produced by the Underdogs (production team)]]

[[Category:Songs written by Harvey Mason Jr.]]

[[Category:Songs written by J. Valentine]]

[[Category:Songs written by Damon Thomas (record producer)]]

[[Category:Songs written by Tank (American singer)]]