# This Romantic Lee Brice Hit From 2014 Initially Made His Wife Angry

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/this-romantic-lee-brice-hit-from-2014-initially-made-his-wife-angry/
- Published: 2026-07-17T16:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-22T03:12:47+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/this-romantic-lee-brice-hit-from-2014-initially-made-his-wife-angry/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Lee Brice wrote "I Don't Dance" as a wedding song for wife Sara
- She got angry after he performed it live before their wedding
- The 2014 track became his No. 1 hit and album title

## Summary

Country singer Lee Brice's 2014 hit "I Don't Dance" was originally written as a personal song for his own wedding to his wife, Sara, but the couple's relationship to the track began with an unexpected moment of tension rather than romance. Brice revealed that Sara became angry not because of the song's sentimental lyrics, but because he performed it live before their wedding had taken place, spoiling the surprise he had intended to keep private.

Co-written with Dallas Davidson and Rob Hatch in just two days, the song quickly grew beyond its original purpose once the writers realised its broader appeal, and Brice ended up using elements of the original work tape in the final studio recording. "I Don't Dance" became the title track of his third studio album, shaping the overall direction and feel of the record, and went on to reach number one as a single while earning CMA nominations for Song of the Year and Single of the Year. It remained Brice's last chart-topping single until "Rumor" in 2018.

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