Can't Blame a Girl for Trying (song)

"Can't Blame a Girl for Trying"
Single by Sabrina Carpenter
from the EP Can't Blame a Girl for Trying
ReleasedMarch 14, 2014 (2014-03-14)
Recorded2013
Genre
Length2:49
LabelHollywood
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sabrina Carpenter singles chronology
"Can't Blame a Girl for Trying"
(2014)
"The Middle of Starting Over"
(2014)
Music video
"Can't Blame a Girl for Trying" on YouTube

"Can't Blame a Girl for Trying" is the debut single by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her debut extended play of the same name (2014), serving as the opening track of the EP. The track appears on her debut studio album, Eyes Wide Open, serving as the second track of the record. The song was produced by Brian Malouf and written by Meghan Trainor, Al Anderson and Chris Gelbuda. The song was released by Hollywood Records as the lead single from Can't Blame a Girl for Trying on March 14, 2014 onto iTunes and was premiered a day before exclusively on Radio Disney. "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying" is a midtempo pop folk song with influences of pop music backed by an acoustic guitar. Lyrically, the song speaks about being foolish in love and making mistakes, but never blaming those who make them. According to Carpenter, the song perfectly describes a thirteen-year-old girl and a teenage girl.

It was accompanied by a music video directed by Kinga Burza premiered on her Vevo channel on March 28, 2014. The song won a Radio Disney Music Award in the category "Best Crush Song" in 2015.