The Dance (Garth Brooks song)
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"The Dance" was a 1990 #1 single for country singer Garth Brooks. The song, written by Brooks' friend, Tony Arata, was a key track on his self-titled debut album Garth Brooks.
The song is written with a double meaning both as a love song about the end of a passionate relationship and the lyrics also work to tell the story of someone dying because of something they believe in, or a moment of glory. Brooks illustrated this in the music video for the song.
In 2006, the song was featured on the Irish band Westlife's UK no. 1 album The Love Album.Westlife also sang the song with Ronan Keating at The Meteor Awards in 2007
- Key: G Major
- Length - 3:42
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[edit] People in the Video
The song's video shows several American icons and examples of people who died for a dream they had. These include archive footage of the following:
- Lane Frost - World Champion Bull rider, who was killed by a bull after riding it for a full eight seconds in the arena.
- Keith Whitley - Country singer who died after he became addicted to alcohol.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Baptist minister who is best known for his involvement in the American civil rights movement and was assassinated in 1968.
- The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger, shortly before it exploded after its launch in 1986.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy - President of the United States who was assassinated in 1963.
- John Wayne - Film actor best known for his roles in Westerns.
[edit] Success
Released near the beginning of his career "The Dance" was a big hit single around the world, including the United States, Europe, Ireland, etc. In 1990, it was titled both Song of the Year and Video of the Year by the Academy of Country Music. It was awarded the #14 position in the CMT 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music broadcast and also the #5 position on the network's The Greatest: 100 Greatest Music Videos special.
[edit] Anthem
The song has since become an anthem. In 2001, after the death of Dale Earnhardt, Brooks was invited to an awards ceremony that was honouring him to play the song as a tribute. It is has also been played at funerals.
[edit] External Links
- "The Dance" Lyrics
- "The Dance" Music Video
- "The Dance" Sheet Music
- CMT's 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music
- CMT's The Greatest: 100 Greatest Music Videos
Studio albums: Garth Brooks · No Fences · Ropin' the Wind · The Chase · In Pieces · Fresh Horses · Sevens · Garth Brooks In ... The Life of Chris Gaines · Scarecrow · The Lost Sessions
Holiday albums: Beyond the Season · Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas · Songs from Call Me Claus
Compilation albums: The Garth Brooks Collection · The Hits
Live albums: Double Live
Box sets: The Limited Series · The Limited Series · The Entertainer
Singles: "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" · "If Tomorrow Never Comes" · "Not Counting You" · "The Dance" · "Friends in Low Places" · "Unanswered Prayers" · "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" · "The Thunder Rolls" · "Rodeo" · "Shameless" · "What She's Doing Now" · "Against the Grain" · "Papa Loved Mama" · "The River" · "Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy" · "We Shall Be Free" · "The Old Man's Back in Town" · "Somewhere Other Than the Night" · "Dixie Chicken" · "Learning to Live Again" · "That Summer" · "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" · "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" · "Standing Outside the Fire" · "One Night a Day" · "Hard Luck Woman" · "Callin' Baton Rouge" · "The Red Strokes" · "She's Every Woman" · "The Fever" · "The Beaches of Cheyenne" · "The Change" · "It's Midnight Cinderella" · "That Ol' Wind" · "The Old Stuff" · "In Another's Eyes" · "Cowboy Cadillac" · "How You Ever Gonna Know" · "Take the Keys to My Heart" · "Longneck Bottle" · "Belleau Wood" · "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" · "She's Gonna Make It" · "Two Piña Coladas" · "One Heart at a Time" · "Something With a Ring to It" · "Uptown Down-Home Good Ol' Boy" · "To Make You Feel My Love" · "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" · "Where Your Road Leads" · "You Move Me" · "It's Your Song" · "Tearin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down)" · "Wild As the Wind" · "Go Tell It on the Mountain" · "Lost in You" · "It Don't Matter to the Sun" · "Sleigh Ride" · "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" · "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays" · "White Christmas" · "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" · "Baby Jesus Is Born" · "Do What You Gotta Do" · "When You Come Back to Me Again" · "Katie Wants a Fast One" · "Wild Horses" · "Call Me Claus" · "'Zat You, Santa Claus?" · "Beer Run" · "Wrapped Up In You" · "Squeeze Me In" · "Thicker Than Blood" · "Why Ain't I Running" · "Good Ride Cowboy" · "Love Will Always Win" · "That Girl Is a Cowboy"