The Lee Ann Womack I Hope You Dance song was released in March of 2000 and reached number one on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. The song also achieved crossover success on the Pop chart and reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was recorded by Lee Ann Womack with the Sons of the Desert (note that Drew and Tim Womack of Sons of the Desert are not related to Lee Ann).
“I Hope You Dance” won the 2000 Country Music Association (CMA) Award for Single of the Year and won a Grammy and the Academy of Country Music (ACM) award for Song of the Year for 2001. The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), and Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) also awarded this tune the Song of the Year for 2001.
The music video features Womack singing and playing with her two daughters. Other scenes feature her oldest daughter Aubrie carrying her youngest Anna Lise. The music video was ranked as the #1 country music family video by CMT in 2011. This music video also became the most popular of Lee Ann’s career with over 86 million views as of November of 2023. Watch the official music video and see the written lyrics below.
Lee Ann Womack I Hope You Dance Music Video
This song was written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers.
Lee Ann Womack I Hope You Dance Lyrics
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin’ might mean takin’ chances but they’re worth takin’
Lovin’ might be a mistake but it’s worth makin’
Don’t let some hell-bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to sellin’ out reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone)
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance, I hope you dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone)
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