"I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" was a 1963 hit by the Miracles on Motown's Tamla label. It was a Billboard Top 40 Pop hit,reaching # 35 on that chart, and a Top 20 hit on its R&B chart, peaking at # 17 . It was written and produced by Motown's main songwriting team, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland, and was the follow-up to the group's Top 10 pop hit, "Mickey's Monkey", written by the same team.