Album · Macy Gray
On How Life Is by Macy Gray
On How Life Is is an album by Macy Gray, released in 1999. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Try”, on 5 lists with a best position of #24.
On How Life Is, Macy Gray's debut studio album, arrived on July 1, 1999, through Epic and Clean Slate, with Andrew Slater producing. It sets that raspy, one-of-a-kind voice against warm, loose-limbed soul and R&B, a neo-soul record with a sound that feels secondhand in the best way, like it was dug out of a crate of old records rather than cooked up in a lab.
"I Try" was the second single and the one that broke her: a heartsick ballad that went to number one in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2001. The album still stands as her biggest seller, having moved 3.4 million in America alone and seven million around the globe.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from On How Life Is on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Try | 5 | #24 | – | 1999–2024 | |
| 2 | Sex-O-Matic Venus Freak | 1 | #92 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.