"History And Hope" is the title of the 2011 Mark D. (Daniel) Sanders album that includes "I Hope You Dance" (Mark. D. Sanders - Tia Sillers). Mark taught school professionally in California and was a substitute teacher when he moved to Nashville.

Lee Ann Womack and the Sons Of The Desert (Drew and Tim Womack) unrelated to Lee Ann recorded "I Hope You Dance" for the 2000 LP of the same name. The single, designated the Song Of The year by the CMA, ASCAP and BMI, peaked at fourteen on Billboard's Top One Hundred and topped both the Country and Adult Contemporary charts.