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Kelly Clarkson Pulled Off a Phenomenal Cover of Garth Brooks' Iconic "The Dance"
The country legend was super proud and impressed!
In 2021, Kelly Clarkson brought out her country side by covering the ballad "The Dance" by Garth Brooks at the Kennedy Center Honors. But the best part? Brooks himself was in the audience during the amazing performance, and looked totally moved the entire time.
Clarkson's rendition used some gentle piano notes while she crooned the emotional lyrics with a slight twang and used some heavenly vocal flips.
Check out the passionate performance here.
What to know about "The Dance" by Garth Brooks
Released in 1990 of off Brooks' self titled debut album, "The Dance" reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It is considered to be the song that launched Brooks into fame.
In a 2021 interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show, he opened up about the story behind the song. Apparently, Brooks told his record producer Allen Reynolds that he originally didn't want to record for his album, because he believed it "didn't sound country enough."
"It had piano in it, which, you know, I had moved to Nashville, [I] didn't know what a piano was, cause its always just steels and fiddles," he explained.
However, it was Brooks' voice that brought everything together. "If you don't record that song, it'll be the biggest hit you've ever had," Reynolds said, according to Brooks.
The lyrics to "The Dance" by Garth Brooks
To describe it
But it's funny this song fits perfectly well right here
The song is called "The Dance"
Looking back
On the memory of
The dance we shared
'Neath the stars above
For a moment
All the world was right
But how could I have known
That you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end
The way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance
Holding you
I held everything
For a moment
Wasn't I the king?
If I'd only known
How the king would fall
Hey, who's to say
You know I might have changed it all
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end
The way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance
It's my life, it's better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the (dance)
