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  • im a true belfast girl and i can tell u me and alot of other people in my neck of the woods know the dance....poor tony must have been right out in the sticks somewhr if those guys( who wer prob drunk by the way)had never heard of the dance before lolll

  • bloody good job mate

  • What he has to say doesn't matter. Troyal "Garth" Brooks stole this song. Nice to find whom it was created by. Brooks is a fake.

  • Trying to compare Tony,s voice to garth brooks is not very fair . Tony did a amazing job writing this song some thing GB does not have soul to do and secondly garth is just another singer and there are alot of great singers who could do this song just as well and you hateful cry babys well why dont you sit down and try to write a song doesn't have to be great just make sense maybe then you will get the difference in a song writer who creates and a performer who delivers the artist creation

  • @mytaylor310 Well said except that Garth Brooks, while he didn't write this song, has written some excellent songs himself. For example "Unanswered Prayers".

  • I live in Northern Ireland just 10 miles from Belfast :D 

  • im from round belfast awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    

  • LOl garth brooks sang it better. way better...

  • Check out  /watch?v=LdE_hGlcKVg

  • Garth Brooks just wishes he could sing this song as well as Kurt Nilsen..

  • Best version ever is by BB Winans and Dave Koz. Download it somehow. You will not be sorry.

  • I definitely like Garth's version better, but this is still really good!

  • gabby

  • Brilliant writer and great performance of a monumental song. This is a one-in-a-million song that 100s of yrs from now will be played and appreciated.

  • its a good version.

  • This is one of my favorite songs excellent performance

  • i dont think hes better than garth but hes still very good :)

  • this guy's name is Tony Arata

  • DONT READ THIS BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY FROM THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS OVER FIVE VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN OVER TWO DAYS NOW THAT YOU HAVE STARTED READING THIS DONT STOP THIS IS SO SCARRY POST THIS OVER FIVE VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN YOU ARE DONE PRESS F6 AND YOUR CRUSH'S NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS THIS IS SO SCARRY BUT IT REALLY WORKS

  • Nice...

  • nice. TY

  • ah, the "idiot" comment i just made is not meant for those of you who had positive things to say.....^..^

  • @nashvillefan could you please tell me what this guy's name is. like i know of the jeffrey steele's, and odie blackmon's , etc, i just don't know this guy's name. can't believe i went through all these comments and it didn't come up, might've missed it with all these idiots opinions on everything. thx.

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  • i love this version the best

  • I saw him Saturday night in Nashville. Amazing show! He is so sweet & down to earth.

  • THIS COULD BE THE BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN.

  • Amazing song!! Thanks for writing it!!

    I love it a lot!

  • Garth sang this at the Dan Wheldon Memorial Service in Indianapolis on 10/23/11. What a surprise! What a blessing!

  • Just saw Garth sing this LIVE @ memorial for race driver, Dan Wheldon....not a dry eye in the house..."I looked up..and the 1st 3 rows were "doubled-over" in tears..in goodbyes to their friend, Dan....

  • @MrSully27 wow.luckey you.i saw the song today on television.super song.i cannot find it anywhere to upload from itunes...only covers

  • my sister asked me to play this at her funeral and i did now every time i listen to this song it makes me cry of joy and sadness she can breathe now

  • they played this song at my sisters funeral . she was only 26 i and me 11 . she died with liver and kidney faliure. she had cystic fibrosis it destroys your lugs that why we chose this song because she can breathe now .most people with it only live till 18 at the least.she had also fighted the addiction of drugs and alcohol since she was 19 never got to meet her before she got addicted she was raped , bruised and abused by a guy she lived with for a while he wanted get married to her she 19he 32

  • um ya just what i wanted to listen to a fucking Garth wanna be when im lookin for the actual one. Fuck you Garth wanna be's

  • @breedlove1970 you're an absolute moron. "Wanna be" ?? the guy that WROTE the song? You obviously don't have the capacity to realize what's what... or to see the heart and soul put forth BY THE MAN THAT MADE UP THIS SONG. Douchebag... go watch some pop tv, you'll most likely be more satisfied by some commercial garbage.

  • Amazed by this guys heart he puts into this song. Brilliant

  • Nice singing. Now sing my song.

  • Greedy Garth won't let his songs be posted on you tube. He's afraid he won't make any more money.

  • @vendosh1 Metallica syndrome, God forbid you didn't make a buck.

  • @vendosh1, This guy is better than Garth Brooks. I love it! His heart is in this.

  • @vendosh1 actually its because he signed a deal with communist walmart, that salso why you cant find him on itunes

  • @vendosh1 actually its because of a contract he signed with communist walmart, thatsalos why hes not on itunes

  • The sincerity in his voice far outweighs Garth's version even though I love GB's version also. I have a feeling this guy wrote the song from personal experience.

  • @lram100 agree he sings it from his soul

  • I really like this song I tried to sing it my self but but,, you can watch it on my sight :-)

  • whatever garth brooks is he has stooped to his lowest ebb by making his idiotic comments in support of obama the war monger,fuck you garth brooks and the horse you rode in on

  • @coolhandfinn Oh right, Cuz we havent had a war monger for a President before. *COUGHBUSHCOUGH*

  • Wow, great!

    I recommend you listen to our World idol's version also: Kurt Nilsen..

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  • Ceena

  • I play guitar, I don't care for country. This is one song I learned, love and play as often as can. Awesome song.

  • Im from Belfast Ireland.. were so nice sounds the Truth.. You and the World are Welcome..

  • WTF is his name. He's the writer and he's doing it the way is was supposed to be. It's better than Brooks' version.

  • Beautiful song and it will forever be a classic but there is a reason why this song broke into the mainstream..... garth brooks!

  • im sorry but this guy butchered this song

  • @TheSOGelite79 He wrote the song. He can sing it how he wants.

  • @skipke2020 shut your fucking mouth.

  • @TheSOGelite79 you are sorry. Moron. He wrote the song. it's his. Sod off.

  • how many of us would have loved to write this simple but beautiful song.a song that would touch so many people

  • I mean its nice that garth sang this song but most of the nation that listens to country music have no idea that garth didnt write this song so for those of you who wanna act ignorant get your asses down to Nashville and watch the real shit, cause this is as real as it gets...

  • Nice playng! But Garth is so much better!!

    But the lead guitarst that are playing this song is good!!

  • @orjannnn I hate to say it but Garth Brooks voice sucks

  • @Kline123456789 But I like and respect this dude alot

  • wow he can really sing, such a beautiful song, one i dedicated to my father when he was dying from cancer, we both cried and held each other his last days while we listened to ("our") this song.

  • @MuseDisorder i would love 2 knw the artist who sings this song ,he is from the same genre as bebe winans and brings a more powerful rendition of the song making it afar beter cover of the sing than garth if u do knw the name of the artist pls lt me knw

  • 48 people missed the dance.

  • Awesome song he gives a nice sound to his song

  • Behind many great superstar performers there are always many unsung talents that for one reason or another don't share in the spotlight of fame and fortune.  The Dance was always one of my favorite Garth tracks over the years - but it was great to hear the original writer performing it. Good to see 1.3million views on this - thanks muchly for sharing this.

  • u r great

  • NICE JOB! You wrote this and sang it beautifully!!! This should have been your voice on the radio---no disrespect to Garth. This song put Garth on the map!

  • You can really hear the passion in his voice......:)

  • How can you Not like this song?? I hate Country but this song rocks!!

  • well im irish and i love this song and everytime we have a sing song in the local pub when i sing the dance every one sings along with me so come to cork next time ur here and believe me u be the drunkest ever without ever havin to reach for ur pocket buddy

  • @smilerdel85 I would love to have a pub to go to!! Up here in Mn we have local bars but not much fun- All my relatives are Irish or Bohemian- hardy stock!!! Got the red hair to prove it

  • kurt nilsen's version of the dance is very, very good. so is his version of 'hallelujah', or as the video is called, 'shrek song'. anyways, kurt's the dance is from a live tv-show, but you should check it out anyway. 

  • i love garth version but this meant somethin too this man u can see/ hear thats why i listen to music for the emotion 

  • cool 

  • chardcat...for the music, idiot!

  • good work

  • Westlife did a good version too.

  • keep hearing about lady gaga raving about s0c0dot(~dot~~)com and how it's where all the celebs hang out now

  • @pi8542547 troll

    >:(

  • Why do people think we want to watch a video with half of it covered by text.... LAME!

  • amazing how one song can change a writer's life. I just recorded my version of this song and posted it on YouTube. Amazing how many people have never heard it - not even Garth's version. I guess it's the same for so many hit songs. The younger generations have never heard them . . . I love new songs, but I also love different takes on the old great ones.

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  • Your an awsom man ty My Son just passed 4/3/11 ~~~~12/16/1974  to young 36

  • garth singin it is awsome, but no doubt this guy is amazing for ever written it, cuz its such a simple song throught the lyrics, but its means so much

  • I like this song and enjoy singing it too.

  • Seriously, is there not the original version sung by Garth Brooks, if there is, can someone PLEASE let me know. I'm not a fan of any of these versions. I would love to find it because I'm going through a divorce and the original is so much better than these on here. thanks

  • This is much better than the commercially acceptable version by Garth. This is the song, Garth made a great cover.

  • @escricky Garth's version is not a cover, Garth was the first person to record it, thus his version is an original!

  • picky picky.... you miss the point. The writer did such a great job here, it was a compliment to him. Garth, who of course did the commercial version for the masses, did a find cover of what the writer should have recorded. :)

  • @escricky No, I'm not being picky, I'm being factual. It doesn't matter who writes a song, the first commercial recording is the original recording, not a cover. Tony Arata wrote the song and submitted it for that purpose. He wanted it sung by someone, it wasn't stolen from him, it wasn't taken from him, so this is not what "should have been recorded". Paul McCartney wrote "Come and Get It" but Badfinger had the original. A cover version is a version of a song that has been released before.

  • @FabFM  I agree with all you Say Fab. of course all that is factual. Maybe my trying to compliment the writer by going "above" the factual stuff is too hard to understand. Let's enjoy the music.

  • @escricky That's cool. Wasn't trying to "get you" or anything btw, so don't take anything I said personally. Tony Arata is a very talented songwriter.

  • Great song!!!

  • U R RETARTED ,THERE I SAID IT, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS. IT IS NOT ORDINARY. IT'S ABOUT KNOWING THE FUTURE BUT YOU MISS THE STEPS IN BETWEEN AND YOU REGRET THAT

  • I never got the appeal of this song. I mean WTF it sounds like a billion others, very ordinary, like something you would hear in a commercial. Actually, aside from this guy, everything Garth Brooks has ever done sounds like ordinary shit except People in low places. Call me retarded, but when you are getting paid millions ordinary shit should NOT be a part of your set list whatsoever. You should be playing one mind blowing song after another like Hank Williams.

  • @JamesTKirkCobain Okay, so maybe it's not to your taste, but it's a bit rude to trash talk it on the page showing the guy who wrote it right. I like it, and even if you don't, a lot of other people do too!

  • @JamesTKirkCobain ggaaawwddddd hank williams?!?!?!? well to each their own

  • @JamesTKirkCobain Gawwwwwd...are your ears just painted on, you dimwitted buffoon?

  • Writer or not it'd great! I'm glad to have get to hear this. Thanks to the upper!

  • I like his guitar work.

  • i love his guitar work ...actually better arrangement than GB's

  • Thank you 

  • For those who don't believe ... just check it to his page.....he is really into this video!!

  • This isnt the guy who wrote 'the dance'

  • @Dmc1184 ...oh..so you know who did? lol

  • @Dmc1184 This video clearly tells you this person on the video is Tony Arata...

  • why its not

  • Nashvillefan, thanku so much for uploading this. Many years ago, I heard a few lines from Tony on the radio-loved hearing him sing the whole song after so many years.

  • um one i can tell youthe ruth this guydid not write this song. I can tell you who wrote it. ik the guy personaly.

  • @shoesmith76 and he sings it better han anybody youve ever seen and if uv ever heard him sing it you know he made the song he sings it like no one ever has before.

  • This is Tony Arata. I would like to see more from him.

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  • Did he write this song?

  • @TheEugenechristopher Yes. He did. And many, many more.

  • SORRY, BUT THIS GUY MURDERED THIS SONG....

  • @cbkelton It's HIS song, Garth perfected it.

  • @WhiskeySteel there is a version of this song which is so much more powerful i ould love to know who sings it

  • @WhiskeySteel ..... nope this is His song Garth just recorded it.......this is the best version I have heard

  • What a terrible conception of Belfast and the Irish... Everyone in Northern Ireland has heard of 'The Dance'. It's not only the 'Irish' that have cultuer here though, it isnt black and white... but this is a beautiful song, and even sang/sung by the writer... sometimes it feels even more special

  • read it in chicken soup for the teenage soul.

  • You're right - thanks for the introduction to Mitch Rossell. I'll be watching the charts for him as I believe he has a good chance of getting there.

    And thank you for The Dance.

  • My brother commited suicide in 1996, thia f'n song makes me think of him and cry every time. You never know what will happen

  • Hey type in "Ron Howard palace" listen to Opie sing "Lady"and "Reason to believe"

  • I plan on covering this song. I heard it a long time ago as a kid, but more recently, hitting the vaporizer (i threw that in so i can feel manly with how the song made me feel) well, saw the video with Garth, yeah. Definitely had a couple of tears, but that's what true song writing is about, and every time I write a song, i make sure i pluck at emotion to make people feel a 'part' of the song as well as it was their limb. It's songs like these that remind me how songs should be written!

  • so this is who actually wrote this? Wow, I thought Garth Brooks wrote this.

    Also thou

  • Rest in peace Dale Earnhardt .

  • I love hearing the song writers sing their own songs....you hear how it's supposed to be done:).

  • People try to say that Garth wrote all the songs he ever did. What a lot of people don't know is he worked on music row before he became a big star! He knew what he had to do. So, he found the best songs he could find, and bought the copyrights on the terms that he gets to, then, claim that he wrote it. Out of all his huge hits, he's written very little of them.

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  • I wrote this song...idiots! lol

  • The guy that wrote this song was George Winston.

  • @vmi3301 You should do a tad of research. Wikipedia would be a great start.  Tony Arata wrote this song.

  • @cgb07305 Only a person that would accept Wikipedia as fact would believe that. Anybody can type whatever they want on Wikipedia. George Winston wrote this melody on piano long before Tony ever put words to it.

  • i cant get big without u. u are the deciding factor could i be the next big white rapper? u tell me sub me if u digg

  • When this song was passed around Nashville Nobody wanted it... amazing!!!.. so much for corporate country.. Garth and his manager heard this guy singing it in a bar and ask who had the publishing on it. He said nobody wanted it..... the rest is history!!

  • @timothykendrick

    uh..where do you get this information?

    This song was written for Garth Brooks by his friend Tony Arata, this guy isnt Tony Arata.

  • @timothykendrick And 17 record companies turned down the Beatles. Record company execs have a strong tendency to be creative cretins. I've been a musician for 46 years. Lots of love, lots of idiots. This is an almost perfect song.

  • my dad died to this song :(

  • @yousaywhaa :(

  • I love this Song and "The River". They all have so much feeling in them.

  • Thank you for this song.......

  • THIS Song has a lot of meaning to so many of my friends friends right now you no who you are

  • I held everything once...I have reconnected...and I said a bittersweet goodbye to another who met his everything at Dick Mac's. Long live Ireland, God bless Dingle!!! "Life isn't the breath you take, it's the moments that take your breath away!!!" The world isn't really that big!!!

  • I held everything once...I have reconnected...and I said a bittersweet goodbye to another who met his everything at Dick Mac's.  Long live Ireland, God bless Dingle!!! "Life isn't the breath you take, it's the moments that take your breath away!!!"

  • I held everything once...I have reconnected...and I said a bittersweet goodbye to another who met his everything at Dick Mac's. Long live Ireland, God bless Dingle!!!

  • beautiful....sad,but just lovely.

  • So glad you and Garth found each other! Tony you are sooooo talented!

  • Fantastic Tony! You are a wonderful song writer! Your heart shows in your words you write and sing! So Glad Garth and you found each other!

  • one of Garth Brooks best and one of my favorites.

    

  • the writer...and the song... great work...

  • Probably the best song EVER

  • woo Belfast :)

  • im from belfast :))))))

    

  • garth deficates on this man!

  • This song makes me think of the love of my life, and that is and was Laura. You can see her if you like, and I have a 4pt series posted on here about us and our live together, and for all the pain I would not have traded or missed the dance with her for anything. I was was King even if for me it was just to short. Laura: Love of my life, others lost.

  • master matt you are dumb unless a muscian buys the rights the record company owns them. just because he owns them doesn't mean he wrote it; it means he bought the rights from the record company. i don't know who wrote the song but maybe it was chris gaines

  • IRELAND is the best :D

  • Just want to let you know that this is one of my favorite songs.

    It was and is still a pleasure making a cover of it.

    Thanks to the person who worte it and Garth Brooks who popularized it :-)

    Posted my version ^ - ^