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Me and My Gang 
Studio album by Rascal Flatts Released April 4, 2006 Recorded 2005 Genre Country
Country popLength 51:31 Label Lyric Street Producer Dann Huff Rascal Flatts chronology Feels Like Today
(2004)Me and My Gang
(2006)Still Feels Good
(2007)Singles from Me and My Gang - "What Hurts the Most"
Released: January 9, 2006 - "Me and My Gang"
Released: April 17, 2006 - "Life Is a Highway"
Released: June 6, 2006 - "My Wish"
Released: August 28, 2006 - "Stand"
Released: January 22, 2007
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Entertainment Weekly C[2] 
This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.Me and My Gang is the fourth studio album from the American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on April 4, 2006. The album sold more than 721,747 units[3] and went double platinum in the first month of release.[4][5] It sold 4,796,000 copies in the United States up to October 18, 2009[6] and was certified 5× Platinum.[4]
On April 25, 2007 Rascal Flatts performed "My Wish" on American Idol as part of the special, Idol Gives Back.[7]
The singles released from this album included "What Hurts the Most", which was a Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. This was followed by the title track (which reached a peak of number 6), and then the Number One hits "My Wish" and "Stand". Later presses of the album also included a cover of Tom Cochrane's "Life Is a Highway" (a cover previously included in the soundtrack to the 2006 film Cars) as a bonus track. This cover, though not released to country radio, charted at number 18 on the country charts, overlapping with "My Wish". A video was made for "He Ain't the Leavin' Kind" though it was never released as a single.
Contents
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Stand" Blair Daly, Danny Orton 3:07 2. "What Hurts the Most" Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele 3:33 3. "Backwards" Marcel, Tony Mullins 3:48 4. "I Feel Bad" Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley, Jason Sellers 3:18 5. "My Wish" Steele, Steve Robson 4:08 6. "Pieces" Monty Powell, Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox 4:07 7. "Yes I Do" Wally Wilson, Jimmy Yeary 4:16 8. "To Make Her Love Me" Thrasher, Mobley, DeMarcus 4:08 9. "Words I Couldn't Say" Steve Robson, Tammi Kidd, Gregory Becker 4:35 10. "Me and My Gang" Steele, Mullins, Jon Stone 3:37 11. "Cool Thing" Thrasher, Mobley, Rooney 3:51 12. "Ellsworth" Thrasher, Mobley, Michael Dulaney 4:01 13. "He Ain't the Leavin' Kind" Thrasher, Dulaney 4:35 Total length:51:31 Bonus Track No. Title Writer(s) Length 14. "Life Is a Highway" Tom Cochrane 7:05 Best Buy Bonus Track No. Title Writer(s) Length 14. "Fast Cars and Freedom" Gary LeVox, Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley Target Bonus Tracks No. Title Writer(s) Length 14. "Love You Out Loud" (live) Brett James, Lonnie Wilson 3:12 15. "Mayberry" (live) Arlos Smith 4:38 16. "These Days" (live) Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele, Dan Wells 5:59 Japan Bonus Tracks No. Title Writer(s) Length 14. "What Hurts the Most" (hot mix) Robson, Steele 15. "Life is a Highway" Cochrane Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[8]
Rascal Flatts
- Jay DeMarcus – bass guitar, background vocals
- Gary LeVox – lead vocals
- Joe Don Rooney – guitar, background vocals
Additional musicians
- Tim Akers – keyboards, accordion
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
- Tom Bukovac – guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Howard Duck – keyboards
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Dann Huff – guitar
- John Jeannsome – fiddle
- Chuarlie Judge – keyboards
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Gordon Mote – piano, keyboards
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar
- Jim Riley – drums
- Darrell Scott – mandolin
- Travis Toy – steel guitar
- Jonathan Trebing – guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin, banjo
String section
"My Wish" and "Words I Couldn't Say"
- Charlie Bisharat, Roberto Cani, Mario deLeon, Armen Garabedian, Peter Kent, Alyssa Park, Tereza Stanislav, Josefina Vergara, John Wittenberg – violins
- Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Daniel Smith – cellos
"To Make Her Love Me"
- Carl Gorodetzky, Pam Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Dave Davidson – violins
- Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale – violas
- Carole Rabinowitz – cello
Strings on "My Wish" and Words I Couldn't Say" arranged and conducted by David Campbell. Strings on "To Make Her Love Me" arranged and conducted by Charlie Judge.
Chart performance
Album
Chart (2006) Peak
positionCanadian Albums Chart 4 U.S. Billboard 200[9] 1 U.S. Top Country Albums[9] 1 Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US US
PopUS
ACCAN 2006 "What Hurts the Most" 1 6 11 1 — "Me and My Gang" 6 50 71 — — "Life Is a Highway" 18 7 9 — — "My Wish" 1 28 49 13 — 2007 "Stand" 1 46 80 — 54 "—" denotes releases that did not chart Certifications
Region Certification Canada (Music Canada)[10] Platinum United States (RIAA)[11] 5× Platinum References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Me and My Gang review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r823812. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ Willman, Chris. "Me & My Gang review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1183614,00.html. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ Rascal Flatts' 'Gang' Takes Over No. 1
- ^ a b Rascal Flatts' Me and My Gang Quadruple Platinum
- ^ Rascal Flatts "Me and My Gang" goes double platinum
- ^ "Week Ending Oct. 18, 2009: Taylor Swift's Minor Miracle - Chart Watch". new.music.yahoo.com. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/41885/week-ending-oct-18-2009-taylor-swifts-minor-miracle/. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ Rascal Flatts to perform on American Idol
- ^ (2006) Album notes for Me and My Gang by Rascal Flatts [CD liner notes]. Lyric Street Records (165058).
- ^ a b Rascal Flatts Chart History
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Rascal Flatts – Me and My Gang". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Me+and+My+Gang&sa=Rascal+Flatts&smt=0.
- ^ "American album certifications – Rascal Flatts – Me and My Gang". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Me+and+My+Gang%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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King by T.I.Billboard 200 number one album
April 16, 2006 – May 6, 2006Succeeded by
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Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 by Tim McGrawTop Country Albums number-one album
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January 20 - February 2, 2007Succeeded by
Some Hearts by Carrie UnderwoodJay DeMarcus · Gary LeVox · Joe Don Rooney Studio albums Rascal Flatts · Melt · Feels Like Today · Me and My Gang · Still Feels Good · Unstoppable · Nothing Like ThisCompilation albums Live albums The Best of Rascal Flatts LiveRelated articles Categories:- Albums certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
- Albums certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
- 2006 albums
- Lyric Street Records albums
- Rascal Flatts albums
- Albums produced by Dann Huff
- "What Hurts the Most"
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