One of the best recorded male voices of all time. So sad he's gone.

Damn this song still hits me in the feels after almost 35 years. Timeless!

God I love this man's voice 😍 miss george 😥 R.I.P.🙏

In the new book about the ''Faith'' era (written by Matthew Horton), Chris Cameron (who he played the keyboard in this song and in few tracks of that album) talk about how the song was written in studios. George working from a another song of the album this day in the studios and it's wasn't well this day. When george take a break this day, George and Chris heard few 70's souls songs and George have a idea for a song when he heard a soul song with organ like you hear in the final product. Chris recording a demo of the organ for george and starting to write while he listen the demo. Only eight hours later, he write the lyrics of ''One More Try'' and he asked his musicians to came in the studios to recording this song. When the instrumentation was recording, after the instrumentals was finished, he recording his voice in one take. The instrumentals was also in one take and he wanted to keep this song very minimalist and simple in the arrangements. It's a one take song and this is what you heard in the final product, in the album and the video. While in the others he take many months to write a song (for example, he write the essence of ''Kissing a Fool'' in japan in 1984, but finished to written the song during the sessions of the album), ''One more Try'' was very fast and easy to write for him compared to the others songs of the album.

George Michael was a genius. His music touched the soul. His vocal range, just masterful and beautiful. Great reaction. Please react to "Father Figure " or "Kissing a Fool".

I could cry just thinking about losing him on Xmas, he was beloved. Such a sweet guy and so talented.

Every time he hits the that high note ahhh, gets me all the time.

I love Last Christmas my favorite Wham song. This is my favorite George Michael song. Teacher was someone that he loved and told him goodbye. He sings about being tired of strangers & people off the streets (one night stands). He is apprehensive about his current love working because past loves hurt him.

You’re right it’s one of GM’s more soulful moments, I believe it hit number one on both the Hot 100 and the R&B charts in the US.

There were four number 1 singles and one number 2 single from the Faith album. This is one of the number 1s 👍🏻

George Michael!! *sigh! he is just a legend and I absolutely love his music. beautiful review! ! thank you Empress!! ❤️😘

This is one of four #1 singles off the album.

BTW this track was a number one hit on the hot 100 for George and the"Faith" album broke Janet's record of having six top five singles from a album to she regained her record with"Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814" got seven top five songs from one album.

'A Different Corner' got even better Vo-cals! I love 80's cheese WHAM but this the real George Michael.

Total goosebumps! Every time he hits that note

I’ve been DYING to see your reaction to this and you did not disappoint! ❤️ This is one of my favorite songs of all time. The “teacher” is a metaphor for a more experienced (and yes probably older) lover. The sparseness of the video matches the minimalist arrangement of the song so you can focus on the emotion on his gorgeous face and in his beautiful voice. BTW you sounded good singing that lyric! 😉

Great song - it hit #1 on both the pop and R&B charts

In the 80s, he was definitely part of what I call the "Fantastic Four of Pop". Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and George Michael. These four not only had enormous commercial success, but were also creatively on another level and thus had a great influence on subsequent generations and I dare say that the pop music scene will probably never see such mega stars again.

Another George's great ballad ❤️

This song cibled more the adult public to the three first singles of the ''Faith'' album and was a intense ballad. Wait unti you heard ''Father Figure'' (My favorite song of the ''Faith'' album), you are hypnotised by her strange mood and her sensual vibe and vocal also. THis song was the fourth single of the album and the third n.1 single in US of the ''Faith'' album. Because after he released the sexual funky ''I Want Your Sex'', the rock influenced ''Faith'' and the sensual ballad ''Father Figure'', this balad was a welcome peace for the radios for soul and pop music and attires more adult public to the three first singles.

George was so hot during this era!

Def Goosebumps too :) He is one of those singers who knows how to sing with emotion and he nails it here

A different corner is even better than this one. Miss George so much 😢

This and Faith are 2 of my favorites by him

People probably don't remember this one as much as they do other George or Wham songs, but this DID go to #1 in 1988 for 3 weeks. It was the 4th single from the album Faith. I Want Your Sex was the first (#2), then Faith (classic, #1 for 4 weeks), then Father Figure (#1 for 2 weeks), and then this one. I actually don't remember this one as much as a kid, but it's great. He followed it with the awesome Monkey (his other forgotten #1 hit) and the jazz ballad Kissing A Fool (#5). He was so untouchable then!

Awesomeness 😎 you kept your promise and did more George!!! Thank you!!! Now we need so excited by Janet or should've known better by Janet ( the pulse nightclub victims video version) and made for now. 😂 I need to stop harassing you 😂

The best version I feel that George did of this song was at Princess Diana’s concert of Hope. He did it in gospel version. His back up singers and band were tremendous and of course as always so was George. The whole concert was.

🎼🎤that look in your eyes…

Ditto on the goosebumps! George can easily do that to us with his beautiful, soulful voice. 💯💯. Thanks for another great reaction Empress! ✌🏻🙂✌🏻

His song "Freedom '90" and when he was in Wham! "Freedom" is good too. This one was a great hit for him. You see a different side.

such a great song

Gospel ! 💕

This was such a great song!!

Legend !

IT GIVES ME YOUR BEST FRIEND JUST DIED AND ME GOING TO THE FUNERAL HOME TO VIEW THEIR BODY JUST SAID ALL AROUND THAT TYPE OF VIBE

My fav song from him and I still get emotional listening to it. It hits home really hard. ❤

Subscribe to the EMPRESS! She's cute and happy!

I was singing it for sure lol

"He looks good in a suit." George *hated* the leather-jacket "bad boy" look, and he deeply resented the record company for forcing him to go with that look. Later on when he got a new contract, the first music video he did ("Freedom '90") showed the jacket burning in a fire. And he didn't appear in the video at all...he was sick of his career being about his image rather than his performance. "Freedom' 90" is my favorite George Michael song, but "One More Try" is my favorite ballad of his. So much feeling in this one.

Absolute masterpiece of a performance from George on this one ☝

The trilogy of albums Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Part 1 (there's no part 2 by the way) and Older - amazing stuff.

Oh Empress... THANK YOU for this! This was my first Patreon pick and I am honored and overjoyed with the reaction! And so happy to be an official Empressionist! 🥰 While I love so many songs and artists for many different reasons, there are only a handful that stop me in me my tracks when I hear it, no matter where I'm at or what I'm doing. "One More Try" is one of those. I could hear it once in a day or one hundred times in a day and it would never get old. I was 13 years old when I first heard this song and it did something to me. When you're 13, you're in the midst of letting childhood interests go while collecting new interests that you may not even understand at the time. This was one of those songs that made me PAY ATTENTION. And I know you understand what I mean. His conviction as he delivers these lyrics with That. Voice. 🙌 I've inquired much research and have watched every vintage GM interview you could think of, and I have yet to find anything that confirms who this song is about, specifically. Who is "the teacher?" I can only echo the speculation of many fellow GM fans that this song was written to a prospective love interest that wanted to "teach" him things that he is not "willing to try." On the surface, this may appear to be sexual, though I interpret it as to be profoundly spiritual. Keep in mind he was still closeted and in a relationship with a woman during this "Faith" era, and in his later years had revealed that he had already been in love with a man years before "Faith." One More Try to fully realize his true self was his conclusion, thus sung as the final line of the song. Epic, timeless, and brilliant... While looking amazing in a suit, I agree. 😉 ❤

Hello Empress, I found a interview of this era when the album came out in 1987. He talk about this song. This song concept was very rapid and have all the step of the concept in a very fast time. He writing, recording and mixing this song in only eight hours and this was recording only in one take (instruments and voice). Crazy how so much fast this song was conceived.

Fun fact: All GM ballads only mention the song title once in the song.

He won his first Grammy for the entire album.George was playing on white and black radio alike.I keep George in my rotation.And he was sooo easy on the eyes

Teacher refers to the person that came into his life and taught him things about himself . This song is heart breaking, because this person really taught him how to love, but he was afraid to be vulnerable and give his heart for fear of being hurt. :(. George was a soul signer. He wrote and produced all of his music!

Teacher he's referring too his older lover 😏

You’re right about being a kid back then and loving to sing along to this song. It was fun and emotional at the same time. We had a lot of those super slow soulful hits playing on the radio like Stop by Sam Brown, Vision Of Love by Mariah Carey, Nothing Compares To You…

I believe you asked this question in a previous George Michael you posted that I watched back to back this morning. Anyway, I'm sure you remember asking even if I posted under a different video. QUESTION: Why the loss of accents when singing: In a nutshell, it has a lot to do with phonetics, the pace at which they sing and speak, and the air pressure from one’s vocal chords. I often wondered why then does it end up sounding very "American". It’s simply because the generic “American” accent is fairly neutral. Even American singers, if they have, for instance, a strong “New Yorker” or perhaps a “Hillbilly” accent, will also tend to lose their specific accent, gravitating more towards neutral English, unless they are actively trying not to, as many country singers might.

Check out the Beverly knight version. Wonderful

Great job Empress! 🙌🏼 We’re just scratching the surface on the G.M. journey!😎

Mariah Carey did a cover of this song on one of her albums. She’s a massive George Michael fan

#FREEEMPRESS... 🤣🤣

I actually have that 'Faith' Album and this is also My Favorite Solo Song of His. It's so Heart Felt the Way He describes the Everyday Feeling of Life. Searching & Searching Until You Find Good People to be around that gives You Positive Energy and Positive Vibes.

This is my #1 favorite song from him. The opening notes remind me of another song I recommend - Can’t Let Go by Mariah Carey.

TEACHER AS IN SCHOOL TEACHER BUT CAN BE USED THE OTHER WAY TOO I THINK DEPENDS ON WHO LISTENING NOW WITH THAT SAID LET GET BACK INTO IT WITH SIR GEORGE

Yeah, you should also do A Different Corner before moving ahead on his discography.

The album Faith included the credits 'Written, arranged and produced by George Michael'. What a powerhouse. His flash of brilliance, or lightning in a bottle, struck hard with that album. I believe it had six #1 tracks in the States. Father Figure, Monkey, Kissing A Fool, Faith, I Want Your Sex, and One More Try. Unreal. Great video Empress!!!

He got them break up songs

I think I was probably one of the little kids in the back seat singing along. Looking back, it's not my favorite GM song ("Father Figure" is still my favorite from this album - talk about not knowing what you're singing along to as a kid haha). GM was very influenced by Motown and soul music in general. "Kissing a Fool" is even more retro and was apparently a big hit as well but I oddly don't remember hearing it on the radio at the time, only on my cassette tape which I played incessantly. Anyone here remember hearing "Kissing a Fool" on the radio?

Good lord u sound almost as good as George u use to sing baby

Sorry Ladies George was mine he just didn't know it hahaha! Sadly just like George too many angelic voices from my young adult days are no longer here giving their talents and love to us all. His loss hit hard and still does. Mad respect for this old soul's voice, beauty, and charm ❤️... Sis I love your reactions! You definitely got that old soul in you too! Peace and love!!

I don't know if it's someone who's older so much as has more experience, but no, not a literal teacher. :)

Faith, Father Figure, I Want Your Sex, One More Try, Monkey. 5 very different tunes from one album.

Very very very Slow!