Don't Try (Everything Everything song)

"Don't Try"
Single by Everything Everything
from the album Arc
B-side	"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"
Released	16 June 2013
Recorded	2012
Genre	Art rock, indie pop, indie rock, contemporary R&B
Length	4:09
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Jonathan Higgs
Producer(s)	David Kosten Everything Everything
Everything Everything singles chronology
"Duet" (2013) "Don't Try" (2013) "Distant Past" (2015)
Music video
"Don't Try" on YouTube

"Don't Try" is a song from British indie pop band Everything Everything. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2013 as the fourth single from the band's second studio album, Arc (2013). The single's B-side is a live recording from the Maida Vale Studios of The Korgis' "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime". The recording comes from 17 October 2012, where the band covered the track for BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe.

Track listing

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don't Try"	4:02

Vinyl

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don't Try"	4:02
2.	"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Live from Maida Vale Studios)	3:54

Credits and personnel

Recording and mixing

• Recorded at RAK Studios, London; Angelic Studios, Halse; Muttley Ranch, London; Jonathan's Flat, Manchester; The Garden, London; Crotch Int. Studios, Gilsland mixed at Muttley Ranch, London.

Personnel

• Songwriting - Jonathan Higgs
• Production - David Kosten, Everything Everything
• Recording - Mo Hauseler, Tom A.D. Fuller, David Kosten
• Assistant Engineering - Mike Horner, Pete Prokopiw
• Mixing - David Kosten
• Mastering - John Davis (at Metropolis Mastering)
• Instrumentation - Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Alex Robertshaw, Michael Spearman

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Arc, RCA Records, UMP.

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United Kingdom	16 June 2013	Vinyl