I Hope You Dance

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Critical reception

Editors at Billboard gave the song a positive review and wrote, "This is a career record. Years from now, when critics are discussing Womack's vocal gifts and impressive body of work, this is a song that will stand out. It's one of those life-affirming songs that makes you pause and take stock of how you're living. It's filled with lovely poetry that will make listeners think. It's a great song, and Womack does it justice. Her sweet, vulnerable voice perfectly captures the tender sentiment of the lyric. The production is clean and understated, letting Womack's stunning vocal and the great lyric take center stage. Excellence deserves to be rewarded." [11] Ken Barnes of USA Today listed "I Hope You Dance" as the fourth best song of 2000 and wrote, "Uplifting message song whose greeting-card sentiments and imprecise rhymes are outweighed by a gorgeous performance by today's reigning pure-country vocalist." [12]

In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #75 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking. [13]

Music video

Directed by Gerry Wenner in Nashville [14] and featuring an elongated mix of the song, running for nearly five minutes, the music video features Womack singing while in a blue room, as well as playing, frolicking, and sleeping with her two daughters. Other scenes feature her oldest daughter Aubrie carrying her youngest Anna Lise into a gated area to watch a ballet show somewhat reminiscent of "Swan Lake".

Live performances

Womack performed the song at The Early Show on October 4, 2000. [15] It was also performed on The Tonight Show in June 2000. In July 2016, Womack performed the song with Rachel Platten in a medley with Platten's "Stand by You" on the short-lived ABC series Greatest Hits .

Book

A self-help book edition of "I Hope You Dance" was published in October 2000. The book, written by Sillers and Sanders with an introduction by Womack, includes a CD with the acoustic version of the song performed by Womack. [16]

Awards and nominations

"I Hope You Dance"
I Hope You Dance - single.jpg
Single by Lee Ann Womack featuring Sons of the Desert
from the album I Hope You Dance
B-side "Lonely Too"
ReleasedMarch 17, 2000 (2000-03-17)
Genre Country pop
Length4:54
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mark Wright
Lee Ann Womack singles chronology
"Don't Tell Me"
(1999)		"I Hope You Dance"
(2000)		"Ashes by Now"
(2000)
Sons of the Desert singles chronology
"Everybody's Gotta Grow up Sometime"
(1999)		"I Hope You Dance"
(2000)		"What I Did Right"
(2001)
YearNominee / workAwardResult
2000 Country Music Association Awards Single of the Year Won [17]
2001 43rd Annual Grammy Awards Best Country Song Won [18]
Song of the Year Nominated [19]
Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the YearWon [20]
BMI Country Awards Won [21]
Nashville Songwriters Association International Awards Won [22]

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [52]
Physical 		Platinum1,000,000^
United States (RIAA) [52]
Digital 		4× Platinum4,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United StatesMarch 17, 2000 Country radio MCA Nashville [53] [54]
October 9, 2000 [55] [56]
November 14, 2000 Contemporary hit radio [57]

Ronan Keating version

"I Hope You Dance"
Ronanihopeyoudance.jpg
Single by Ronan Keating
from the album 10 Years of Hits
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2004 (2004-09-27) [58]
Length3:34
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Steve Mac
Ronan Keating singles chronology
"Last Thing on My Mind"
(2004)		"I Hope You Dance"
(2004)		"Father and Son"
(2004)
Music video
"I Hope You Dance" on YouTube

"I Hope You Dance" was covered by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating and released as the first single from his greatest hits compilation, 10 Years of Hits (2004). The single was released on September 27, 2004, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. The single featured a new version of "This Is Your Song", a song recorded when Keating lost his mother in 1998. Royalties from sales of the single were donated to the organization Breast Cancer Care.

Track listings

UK CD single [59]

  1. "I Hope You Dance" – 3:34
  2. "This Is Your Song" – 3:58
  3. "I Hope You Dance" (Mothership mix) – 3:54

European CD single [60]

  1. "I Hope You Dance" – 3:34
  2. "This Is Your Song" – 3:58

Charts

See also

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