{{Infobox song | name = Let's Try It Again | cover = Let's Try It Again.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = New Kids on the Block | album = Step by Step | A-side = {{ubl|"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)"|<small>(double A-side in the UK and Ireland)</small>}} | released = September 20, 1990 | recorded = 1989 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop, R&B | length = 3:51 | label = Columbia | writer = Maurice Starr | producer = Maurice Starr | prev_title = Tonight | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Games | next_year = 1990 }}
"'''Let's Try It Again'''" is a song performed by New Kids on the Block. Written and produced by Maurice Starr, it was the fourth and final single from the group's third album, ''Step by Step'', released in the fall of 1990. It contains shared lead vocals by Danny Wood and Jordan Knight.
==Reception== After having scored another big hit with the title track and its well-received top 10 follow-up "Tonight" from their number one album ''Step by Step'', the group's momentum subsequently slowed down in the fall of 1990. Largely blamed on overwhelming media saturation, which included an animated cartoon series during the same period, a growing public and industry backlash against the group ensued. Upon the release of "Let's Try It Again", many radio stations rejected the song, while others quickly dropped it from their playlist after a few weeks. As a result, it became group's first single since 1986's "Stop It Girl" that failed to peak within the top 40 in the United States; peaking instead at number fifty-three.
==Track listings== ;7" single # "Let's Try It Again" – 3:51 # "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)" – 4:24
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for "Let's Try It Again" !align="left"|Chart (1990–1991) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=201}}</ref> |align="center"|51 |- {{single chart|Flanders|32|artist=New Kids on the Block|song=Let's Try It Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 6, 2016}} |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|60|artist=New Kids on the Block|song=Let's Try It Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 28, 2013|chartid=7749}} |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-10-27.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|date=October 27, 1990|page=|accessdate=June 20, 2021|magazine=Music & Media}}</ref> |align="center"|29 |- ! scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=182|author=Pennanen, Timo (2021)|title="New Kids On The Block". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960-30.6.21 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 182|access-date=July 2, 2024}}</ref> |align="center"|28 |- !scope="row"|France (SNEP)<ref name="Lescharts"/> |align="center"|15 |- !scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>German Singles Chart [http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php Charts-surfer.de] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108013622/http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php |date=January 8, 2009 }} (Retrieved February 26, 2008)</ref> |align="center"|68 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|6|artist=New Kids on the Block|song=Let's Try It Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 6, 2016}} |- !scope="row"|Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg)<ref>[http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=F&ChDate=19901014&ChMode=N Radio Luxembourg Singles. October 21, 1990.]</ref> |align="center"|3 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/new-kids-on-the-block/new-kids-on-the-block-let-s-try-it-again-4577|title=New Kids On The Block – Let's Try It Again|accessdate=June 22, 2021|publisher=top40.nl}}</ref> |align="center"|25 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref name="Lescharts">"Let's Try It Again", in various singles charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=51989&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved April 13, 2009)</ref> |align="center"|17 |- {{single chart|New Zealand|31|artist=New Kids on the Block|song=Let's Try It Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 6, 2016}} |- {{single chart|UK|8|date=19901013|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 6, 2016}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|53|artist=New Kids on the Block|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 6, 2016}} |}
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