We Danced Anyway

"We Danced Anyway"
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Single by Deana Carter
from the album Did I Shave My Legs for This?
B-side	"Rita Valentine"
Released	December 9, 1996
Format	CD single
Recorded	spring 1996
Genre	Country
Length	3:40
Label	Capitol Nashville
Writer(s)	Randy Scruggs, Matraca Berg
Producer(s)	Chris Farren and Jimmy Bowen
Deana Carter singles chronology
"Strawberry Wine" (1996) "We Danced Anyway" (1996) "Count Me In" (1997)
Music video "We Danced Anyway" at CMT.com

"We Danced Anyway" is a song written by Randy Scruggs and Matraca Berg, and recorded by American country music artist Deana Carter that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was released in December 1996 as the second single and second Number One hit from her debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?. The song spent 2 weeks at the top of the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and six non-consecutive weeks at the top of Canada's RPM Country Tracks. It was also the RPM chart number-one single of the year in 1997.

In the lyrics, the singer recounts happy memories of dancing in a "happy little foreign town" with a lover, and invites her lover to dance again.

Music video

The music video for "We Danced Anyway" was shot in Puerto Rico, and directed by Roger Pistole. Scenes of Carter dancing joyfully on a city street are mixed with scenes of her on a tropical beach. She is seen by herself, but also with her lover as well, and scenes of native islanders are shown as well.

Chart performance

"We Danced Anyway" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of December 14, 1996. The song peaked at Number One on the chart in March 1997.

Chart (1996-1997)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	1
US Billboard Hot 100	72
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	1
US Country Songs (Billboard)	21

Preceded by "Everybody Knows" by Trisha Yearwood	RPM Country Tracks number one single February 24-March 10, 1997	Succeeded by "Emotional Girl" by Terri Clark
Preceded by "Emotional Girl" by Terri Clark	RPM Country Tracks number-one single March 24-April 7, 1997	Succeeded by "How Was I to Know" by Reba McEntire
Preceded by "Me Too" by Toby Keith	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number one single March 15-March 22, 1997
Preceded by "Every Time I Get Around You" by David Lee Murphy	RPM Country Tracks number-one single of the year 1997	Succeeded by "Honey, I'm Home" by Shania Twain

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics