The song peaked at number seven on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart.
The song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals in 1993.
"Weird Al" Yankovic created a parody of the "I Can't Dance" video for Al TV in which he appears alongside the band. He added shots of himself to several of the band shots.
"I Can't Dance" was played live during The Way We Walk, Calling All Stations (with Ray Wilson on vocals), and Turn It On Again tours.
In 2007 the German death metal group called Debauchery recorded I Can't Dance and released it on their fourth album, Back in Blood.