<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> `` 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>
who sings background on i hope you dance
who sings background on i hope you dance
Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert
Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert