"Try It on My Own" is a 2003 single released by American R&B/pop singer Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...

. The song is about overcoming doubts or fears so a person can reach the point in their life where they can "try it on their own". It was the third single released off Houston's platinum album Just Whitney

Just Whitney

Just Whitney is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Whitney Houston, released on December 10, 2002 in North America by Arista Records...

and, like "Whatchulookinat

Whatchulookinat

"Whatchulookinat" is a 2002 single released by American R&B/pop singer Whitney Houston. The song serves as the initial single from Houston's U.S. platinum selling fifth studio album, Just Whitney. The single peaked at #96 on the Billboard Hot 100, but fared much better on the Billboard Hot Dance...

" and "One of Those Days

One of Those Days

"One of Those Days" is a song by American recording artist Whitney Houston, from her fifth studio album Just Whitney . Written by Kevin Briggs, Dwight Renolds, Patrice Stewart, Ernest Isley, Marvin Isley, Christopher Jasper, Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, and Rudolph Isley, and produced by Briggs, the...

" before it, was a modest hit on the Hot 100. It became a hit on the U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 adult contemporary singles chart reaching number ten, and the remixed version became a number-one U.S.