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"Maybe because it was coming from that place," but whatever the cause "it turned out so special." "Immediately when we finished writing it, I realized it wasn't just a song I was writing for my wife," Brice continued. "It was kind of about our first dance."īut then, during that writing session, the song took on a new life of its own. As he explained to, they started messing around with a title he had called "I Don't Dance." "In my mind it was a song for Sarah, before we got married," Brice told. It's a simple yet moving video that, like the song itself, is rooted in something deeply personal while also containing universal themes and emotions that touch just about anyone.īrice wrote the song with "a couple of buddies," Rob Hatch and Dallas Davidson. Now Brice has released the video for the song, which blends footage of him performing (alone at the Ryman Auditorium) with scenes from his own wedding, which took place last spring. "I don't dance, but here I am," Brice sings, "spinning you round and round in circles." "I Don't Dance" is a love song from a man's point of view, where the protagonist says that he's not much of a dancer, but for the woman he loves, he'll go ahead and dance anyway. But as he told during a recent conversation, something "magic" happened during that session that took "I Don't Dance" from being "a song I was writing for my wife" (or, rather, wife-to-be - Brice and his fiancee Sarah Reevely were not yet married at the time) to a single that can speak to anyone and everyone. Here is the recap: () When Lee Brice sat down to hash out an idea for a song he had called "I Don't Dance," he wasn't expecting it would wind up on his next album - let alone be the album's lead single. On Thursday Lee Brice Releases 'I Don't Dance' Video was a top story. Retrieved October 27, 2020.Lee Brice Releases 'I Don't Dance' Video (Recap)
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Recording Industry Association of America.
#LEE BRICE I DONT DANCE UPDATE#
^ "Billboard Country Update for March 6, 2014" (PDF).^ Bonaguro, Alison (February 10, 2014).
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On February 3, 2017, the song received a double platinum status by the RIAA. As of April 2015, the song has sold 1,303,000 copies in the US.
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The song was certified Platinum on September 2, 2014, and reached over a million copies sold on September 24, 2014. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of May 3, 2014. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 15, 2014. I Dont Dance is the follow-up to Lee Brice’s 2012 Gold-selling Hard 2 Love, an album that yielded three 1 singles and the CMA/ACM Song of the Year 'I Drive Your Truck.'I Dont Dance was recorded in Nashville, with Brice writing ten of the albums thirteen songs, and taking the reigns as producer yet again. Billboard Country Airplay chart for the week of February 22, 2014. "I Don't Dance" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. The music video was directed by Ryan Smith and premiered in April 2014. The song received a favorable review from Taste of Country, which called it "personal, like almost every song on the Hard 2 Love album, but also powerful and experimental like Brice’s early recordings." The reviewer added that "it’s the thump of a deep drum - perhaps a tympani - and loud cry of the pedal steel that provide the song’s signature and any emotional reaction that comes while listening." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song four stars out of five, writing that "the production and melody behind the lyrics is mid-tempo and right in the core pocket of what Lee Brice does best." Bjorke called it "a strong single choice and a song that should be the beginnings of a successful upcoming album." Music video The song is set in the key of C-sharp major with a vocal range of G ♯ 3-G ♯ 5 and a main chord pattern of C ♯-F ♯-G ♯-C ♯.