Could I Have This Dance

"Could I Have This Dance"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album Anne Murray's Greatest Hits
B-side	"Somebody's Waiting"
Released	August 1980
Genre	Country
Length	3:16
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	Wayland Holyfield Bob House
Producer(s)	Jim Ed Norman
Anne Murray singles chronology
"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" (1980) "Could I Have This Dance" (1980) "Blessed Are the Believers" (1981)

"Could I Have This Dance" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. "Could I Have This Dance" was featured in the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and appeared on both the soundtrack album for that film, as well as on Murray's Greatest Hits compilation, issued in late 1980. It was released in August 1980 and became Anne Murray's fifth number one country hit as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.^[1] "Could I Have This Dance" was also Anne Murray's tenth Top 40 on the U.S. pop singles chart, hit peaking at number thirty-three.^[2] The song was written by Wayland Holyfield and Bob House.

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	19
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	33

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 243.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 443.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics