Reception
"Born to Try" was praised from certain music critics. Matthew Chisling from Allmusic said, along with "Longer" and "Innocent Eyes"; " are pop gems in purest form." The song was highlighted from the album as a standout. Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian said the song along with the albums lyrical content " are a bit la-la-floating-on-clouds, but that doesn't dilute their charm." The song received many accolades from many nominations. The song received an accolade for the ARIA No.1 Awards for Gaining the Number One position on the charts. The song won two awards at the ARIA Music Awards; both for Best Single and Best Breakthrough Artist. The song had won the International Viewers' Choice Award at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2003. The Video Hits show won the Video of the Year award.
Commercially, the song was successful and has been known as Goodrem's signature song. The song first debuted at number three on the Australian Singles Chart, and eventually peaked at number one for a sole week. The song spent a total of twenty-two weeks in the charts and was certified triple-platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), selling over 220,114 copies in that country. After the releases of her other singles off the album, which subsequently peaked at number one, it gave her a record for becoming the first ever artist to have five number-one singles from a debut album. It spent three months in the top five and went on to sell over 210,000 copies, making it the third highest selling single of 2002. The song debuted at number forty-nine on the New Zealand Singles Chart, and rose to number five. After fourteen weeks, it managed to peak at number one, making it her first and only number one in that country. It stayed in the charts for twenty-four weeks and was certified gold by Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), selling over 7,500 copies.
The song had less success in Europe, where it peaked at fifty-eight in Switzerland, where it stayed in the charts for six weeks. It also peaked at eighteen in The Netherlands, staying in the charts for twelve weeks. It was successful in the Uk Singles Chart, where it debuted at number three, a high peak for Goodrem and stayed in the charts for thirteen weeks.
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