I Hope You Dance (song)

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“I Hope You Dance”
Single by Lee Ann Womack
from the album I Hope You Dance
Released 2000
Format Promo-only CD single
7" vinyl single
Genre Country/Pop
Length 4:54 (album version)
Label MCA Nashville
Writer(s) Mark D. Sanders
Tia Sillers
Producer Frank Liddell
Mark Wright
Lee Ann Womack singles chronology
"(Now You See Me) Now You Don't"
(1999)
"I Hope You Dance"
(2000)
"Ashes by Now"
(2001)
Sons of the Desert chronology
"Everybody's Gotta Grow up Sometime"
(1999)
"I Hope You Dance"
(2000)
"What I Did Right"
(2001)

"I Hope You Dance" is a crossover country pop song recorded by country singer Lee Ann Womack along with Sons of the Desert. The song, which was featured on Womack's 2000 album of the same name, spent five weeks at #1 on the US Country Chart, and reached #14 on the US Hot 100. It is considered to be Womack's signature song.[1][2] It was the only Number One hit for both Womack and Sons of the Desert.

"I Hope You Dance" also won the 2001 Grammy, CMA, ACM, NSAI, ASCAP and BMI song of the year awards.

The Music video features Womack singing the song to her daughters.

[edit] Other versions

  • Two versions of Lee Ann Womack's recording were released. The original version features Sons of the Desert singing a counterpoint chorus alongside Womack's main chorus, while a second version of the song released for pop radio omits these background vocals. Nonetheless, both Womack and Sons of the Desert received credit on all charts.
  • On October 2004, Irish singer Ronan Keating released a cover version, which reached #2 on the UK Singles charts.

[edit] Chart Performance (Lee Ann Womack/Sons of the Desert)

Chart (2000) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 14
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 13
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 24
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 25
Preceded by
"Yes!"
by Chad Brock
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number one single by Lee Ann Womack (feat. Sons Of The Desert)

July 8, 2000-August 5, 2000
Succeeded by
"What About Now"
by Lonestar

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