"I Just Want to Dance with You" is a song written by John Prine and Roger Cook, and recorded by American country music singer George Strait.

Prine recorded it 12 years earlier, for his 1986 album German Afternoons.

It had already been a hit for Daniel O'Donnell in 1992, reaching the top 20 in the UK charts, and this allowed the popular Irish singer to achieve one his "career dreams" when he performed the song live on BBC Television's chart show Top of the Pops.

Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "tropical flavored li'l ditty, awash in delicate guitar work that is as tantalizing and refreshing as a summer breeze," and although the lyric was rather preschoolish, Strait's crisp co-production with Tony Brown and his appealing vocal performance should help overcome that obstacle.

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 18, 1998.