Some Days You Gotta Dance
"Some Days You Gotta Dance" | ||||
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Single by Dixie Chicks | ||||
from the album Fly | ||||
Released | September 24, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:27 | |||
Label | Monument | |||
Songwriter(s) | Troy Johnson Marshall Morgan | |||
Producer(s) | Blake Chancey Paul Worley | |||
Dixie Chicks singles chronology | ||||
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"Some Days You Gotta Dance" is a song written by Troy Johnson and Marshall Morgan, and recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was released in September 2001 as the eighth and final single from their album Fly. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 2002.[1] "Some Days You Gotta Dance" was previously recorded by Keith Urban's short-lived band The Ranch, in 1997 on their sole studio album. Urban plays guitar on the Dixie Chicks' rendition.[2]
James Taylor sang the song with the Dixie Chicks during their joint appearances on the 2004 Vote for Change tour, then continued playing it on his own tours and recorded it for his 2008 album Covers.
Chart performance
"Some Days You Gotta Dance" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 29, 2001.
Chart (2001–2002) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 7 |
US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 55 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2002) | Position |
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US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 42 |
References
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- Laura Lynch
- Robin Lynn Macy
- Thank Heavens for Dale Evans
- Little Ol' Cowgirl
- Shouldn't a Told You That
- Wide Open Spaces
- Fly
- Home
- Taking the Long Way
- Gaslighter
- Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks
- The Essential Dixie Chicks
- "I Can Love You Better"
- "There's Your Trouble"
- "Wide Open Spaces"
- "You Were Mine"
- "Tonight the Heartache's on Me"
- "Ready to Run"
- "Cowboy Take Me Away"
- "Goodbye Earl"
- "Cold Day in July"
- "Without You"
- "If I Fall You're Going Down with Me"
- "Heartbreak Town"
- "Some Days You Gotta Dance"
- "Long Time Gone"
- "Landslide"
- "Travelin' Soldier"
- "Top of the World"
- "I Hope"
- "Not Ready to Make Nice"
- "Everybody Knows"
- "The Long Way Around"
- "Daddy Lessons"
- "Gaslighter"
- An Evening with the Dixie Chicks
- Top of the World Tour: Live (video)
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- Comments on George W. Bush
- Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
- Court Yard Hounds
- "You Can't Hurry Love"
- "Sin Wagon"
- "Roly Poly"
- "Soon You'll Get Better"
- Lloyd Maines
- David Grissom
- Dan Wilson
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