<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "I Hope You Dance" at CMT.com </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Hope You Dance" is a crossover country pop song written by Mark Sanders and Tia Sillers and recorded by country singer Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert . The song, which was featured on Womack's 2000 album of the same name, reached number one on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, and also reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 . It is considered to be Womack's signature song, and it is the only Billboard number one for both Womack and Sons of the Desert . "I Hope You Dance" won the 2001 CMA, ACM, NSAI, ASCAP and BMI awards for Song of the Year . It also won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and was nominated for Song of the Year . "I Hope You Dance" is ranked 352 in the list "Songs of the Century" compiled by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "I Hope You Dance" reached its 2 million sales mark in the United States in October 2015, and as of August 2016, it has sold 2,093,000 digital copies in the US . </P> <P> Womack told The Today Show, "You can't hear those lyrics and not think about children and--and--and hope for the future and things you want for them . And those are the things I want for them in life . I want them to feel small when they stand beside the ocean ." She also said, "Sometimes I have fun and lighthearted things . But even "I Hope You Dance ." I was so shocked to see the way the kids got it . When--when I say kids, I mean, you know, like teen - agers . And we saw a big difference in our audience and--and the young kids that were coming out to the shows and really into "I Hope You Dance ." It turned into like a prom and graduation theme ." Womack told The Early Show, "I thought it was very special . It made me think about Aubrie and Anna Lisa . And I--I didn't know--I can't predict if something's going to be a big hit or not . But it certainly hit home with a lot of people, connected with a lot of people and took me a lot of new places that I had not been able to go before and took my career to a new level ." </P>

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