“I Hope You Dance” is one of those rare songs that appeals to a wide spectrum. Lee Ann Womack’s version reached < on both Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks and Billboard’s Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks – and a Celtic version by the Irish singer Ronan Keating did well in Europe. Womack’s rendition won 2001’s Grammy Award for Best Country Song and the CMA, ACM, NSAI, ASCAP and BMI awards for Song of the Year. “You can't hear those lyrics and not think about children and hope for the future and things you want for them,” Womack told the Today Show.

-R. Kerby