"Trying to Love You" is a song written by singer-songwriters Beth Nielsen Chapman and Bill Lloyd.
The same year, American country artist Trisha Yearwood included a version on her 2005 studio album, Jasper County.
[2] "Trying to Love You" was released on Chapman's studio album Look, which was issued on April 5, 2005, on Compass Records.
In his review of Look, Thom Jurek of Allmusic called the track "an awesome testament to the graininess of love's stages in the everyday life of a committed couple.
Her previous studio effort, Inside Out, was released in 2001 and produced the hit single "I Would've Loved You Anyway."
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic praised the song when reviewing Yearwood's 2005 album and compared it to that of her other 2005 hit: "...even those sweeping slow tunes are offset by such excellent ballads as the heartbroken "Trying to Love You" and the epic "Georgia Rain," which are pure country and lend the overall album a sweet, reflective quality.