| Some Days You Gotta Dance | |
| Cover: | somedaysyougottadance.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dixie Chicks |
| Album: | Fly |
| Released: | September 24, 2001 |
| Recorded: | 1999 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:27 |
| Label: | Monument |
| Producer: | Blake Chancey Paul Worley |
| Prev Title: | Heartbreak Town |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Long Time Gone |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
"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.
"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.