You Can Make It If You Try

~ Recording by Sly & the Family Stone

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly and the Family StoneStand!Sly and the Family StoneAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)BN 26456
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)BN 26456
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)SONP 50099
1.2You Can Make It If You Try?:??Sly & the Family StoneThe Best of TodayVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia Special ProductsCSS 1342
1.2You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneI Want to Take You HigherSly & the Family StoneSingle
  • GB1970-06-19
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)S 5054
1.6You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneGreatest HitsSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)KE 30325
1.6You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneGreatest Hits (SQ Quadraphonic)Sly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EQ-30325
1.5You Can Make It If You Try3:42Sly StoneTen Years Too SoonSly StoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US1979-10-19
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)JE 35974
1.5You Can Make It If You Try3:42Sly StoneTen Years Too SoonSly StoneAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 83640
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)PE 26456
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneStand! (CBS CD Rock Classics 100 Series)Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
  • JP1987-09-21
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)28·8P-1045
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:40Sly & the Family StoneThe Best of Sly and the Family StoneSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special ProductsBT-20745
1.10You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneAnthologySly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EGK 37071
1.6You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneGreatest HitsSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 30325
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 26456
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
  • FR1991-04-08
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)468032 2
1.6You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneGreatest HitsSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)471421 2
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:53Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
  • -1992
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)471419 2
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
  • US1993-05-11
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 53410
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneStand! (MasterSound gold disc)Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 64422
1.5You Can Make It If You Try3:42Sly & the Family StoneTen Years Too SoonSly StoneAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1995-04-13
Epic/Sony (logo of the Japanese company Epic/Sony Inc., Aug 1978–Mar 1988)ESCA-7586
1.15You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneThe Essential Sly & the Family StoneSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-03-11
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)E2K 86867
2.4You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneGhetto Funk SessionsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-06-12
Sessions (sublabel of Union Square Music)SESHDCD220
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:40Sly & the Family StoneHigher! (Starbucks exclusive)Sly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
Hear Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)A94397 LMM-376
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:40Sly & the Family StoneHigher!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:43Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
  • GB2007-04-09
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)82876 75912 2
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:43Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
  • US2007-04-24
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)82876 75912 2
1.6You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneGreatest HitsSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-08-28
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.6You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneGreatest HitsSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-08-28
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)82876759102
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
Sundazed MusicLP 5146
4.8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly and the Family StoneThe CollectionSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697 06434 2
1.8You Can Make It if You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneThe Woodstock ExperienceSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Live
  • US2009-06-30
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697 48241 2
3.8You Can Make It If You Try3:37Sly & the Family StoneThe Woodstock ExperienceVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)88697537592
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:43Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbum
  • US2010-07-13
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697 26952 2
4.8You Can Make It If You Try3:43Sly & the Family StoneOriginal Album ClassicsSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697770802
1.12You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneDynamite! The CollectionSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-10-24
Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)
17.8You Can Make It If You Try3:43Sly & the Family StoneLa Discothèque idéale : American LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697904142
1.13You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StonePlaylist: The Very Best of Sly & the Family StoneSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-09-03
1.13You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StonePlaylist: The Very Best of Sly & the Family StoneSly & the Family StoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-09-03
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88875151292
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:39Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly and the Family StoneAlbum
  • XE2017-01-20
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)00199, 88985367911
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbumEpic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 26456
1.8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbumEpic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.11You Can Make It If You Try (single version)3:38Sly & the Family StoneStand!Sly & the Family StoneAlbumEpic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
Promotion
1.7You Can Make It If You Try3:43Sly & the Family StoneSounds...Like Fun!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia Special ProductsCSPS-447

Relationships

bass guitar:Larry Graham (US bassist & singer)
drums (drum set):Greg Errico
guitar:Freddie Stone
guitar and keyboard:Sly Stone
keyboard:Rose Stone
saxophone:Jerry Martini
trumpet:Cynthia Robinson
vocals:Larry Graham (US bassist & singer)
Jerry Martini
Freddie Stone
Rose Stone
Sly Stone
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/5yb2pWoPheGZgDCO1c6yUx [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/7LndVNSh6zlbgVkZ9drx2b [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/534510 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/534513 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/us/song/216555304 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/216556270 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/1277477 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/1277480 [info]
recording of:You Can Make It If You Try (on 1968-09-23)

You Can Make It If You Try

lyricist and composer:Sylvester Stewart