I Just Want to Dance with You - Wikipedia I Just Want to Dance with You `` I Just Want To Dance With You '' Single by George Strait from the album One Step at a Time B - side `` Neon Row '' Released April 13, 1998 Format CD Single Genre Country Length 3 : 27 Label MCA Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Roger Cook, John Prine Producer ( s ) Tony Brown, George Strait George Strait singles chronology `` Round About Way '' ( 1998 ) `` I Just Want To Dance With You '' ( 1998 ) `` True '' ( 1998 ) `` Round About Way '' ( 1998 ) `` I Just Want to Dance with You '' ( 1998 ) `` True '' ( 1998 ) `` I Just Want to Dance with You '' is a song written by John Prine and Roger Cook, and performed by American country music singer George Strait. It was released in April 1998 as the first single to his album, One Step at a Time, it is his 34th Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ( now Hot Country Songs ) chart, and his 42nd Number One single when all major trade charts are counted. Prine recorded it 12 years earlier, for his 1986 album `` German Afternoons. '' It was also a hit for Daniel O'Donnell in 1992, reaching 20 in the UK charts. Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Chart positions 2.1 Year - end charts 3 References Critical reception Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a `` tropical flavored li'l ditty, awash in delicate guitar work that is as tantalizing and refreshing as a summer breeze, '' and although the lyric was rather preschoolish, Strait 's crisp co-production with Tony Brown and his appealing vocal performance should help overcome that obstacle. Chart positions `` I Just Want to Dance with You '' debuted at number 38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 18, 1998. Chart ( 1998 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) US Billboard Hot 100 61 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1998 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 7 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 7 References Jump up ^ Billboard, April 18, 1998 Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 3587. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 15, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013. Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Hot 100 ) '' Billboard. Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) '' Billboard. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998 ''. RPM. December 14, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 1998 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013. Preceded by `` This Kiss '' by Faith Hill Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number - one single June 6 - June 20, 1998 Succeeded by `` If You See Him / If You See Her '' by Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn Preceded by `` I 'm from the Country '' by Tracy Byrd RPM Country Tracks number - one single June 15, 1998 Succeeded by `` One of These Days '' by Tim McGraw George Strait 1990s singles Livin ' It Up `` Love Without End, Amen '' `` Drinking Champagne '' `` I 've Come to Expect It from You '' Chill of an Early Fall `` If I Know Me '' `` You Know Me Better Than That '' `` The Chill of an Early Fall '' `` Lovesick Blues '' Holding My Own `` Gone as a Girl Can Get '' `` So Much Like My Dad '' Pure Country `` I Cross My Heart '' `` Heartland '' `` When Did You Stop Loving Me '' Easy Come, Easy Go `` Easy Come, Easy Go '' `` I 'd Like to Have That One Back '' `` Lovebug '' `` The Man in Love with You '' Lead On `` The Big One '' `` You Ca n't Make a Heart Love Somebody '' `` Adalida '' `` Lead On '' Strait Out of the Box `` Check Yes or No '' `` I Know She Still Loves Me '' Blue Clear Sky `` Blue Clear Sky '' `` Carried Away '' `` I Can Still Make Cheyenne '' `` King of the Mountain '' Carrying Your Love with Me `` One Night at a Time '' `` Carrying Your Love with Me '' `` Today My World Slipped Away '' `` Round About Way '' One Step at a Time `` I Just Want to Dance with You '' `` True '' `` We Really Should n't Be Doing This '' Always Never the Same `` Meanwhile '' `` Write This Down '' `` What Do You Say to That '' This 1990s country song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who sang i just want to dance with you
Answer: George Strait