"To Try for the Sun" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.

Record World reviewed the single, calling it a "rebellious folk tune about youthful spirit" and "a pretty ballad from the English poetaster.

"[1] The song became the first Donovan single to fail to chart in the United States.

The song is about his early days in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, with his friend Gypsy Dave.

By early 1966, it was becoming clear that Epic Records maintained control of all new Donovan releases in the United States.