Me and My Gang is the fourth studio album by the American country music group Rascal Flatts, released on April 4, 2006, as their fourth album for Lyric Street Records. The album became the highest US debut of 2006, with 721,747 unitsRascal Flatts' 'Gang' Takes Over No. 1 and went double platinum in the first month of release.Rascal Flatts' Me and My Gang Quadruple PlatinumRascal Flatts "Me and My Gang" goes double platinum The album spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. It was the best selling album (not counting High School Musical) and the best selling country album of 2006. It has sold 4.918 million copies in the United States as of the chart dated March 24, 2012 and was certified 4× Platinum. This is the group's first album to be produced by Dann Huff.

The singles released from this album included "What Hurts the Most", which peaked at number one on both 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 two number one hits with "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 Disney/Pixar 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" even though it was never released as a single.

Track listing

Personnel As listed in liner notes.

Rascal Flatts Jay DeMarcus – bass guitar, backing vocals Gary LeVox – lead vocals Joe Don Rooney – lead guitars, backing vocals

Additional musicians Tim Akers – keyboards (1, 2, 6, 9, 12), accordion (12) Charlie Judge – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6–13) Howard Duck – keyboards (3) Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12), keyboards (5) Tom Bukovac – rhythm guitars (1, 4–8, 10–13) Dann Huff – rhythm guitars (1, 2, 4–13) Jonathan Trebing – rhythm guitars (3) Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle (1, 2, 7, 10), mandolin (1, 5, 6, 9, 12), banjo (2, 5, 10) Darrell Scott – mandolin (9) Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2, 4–6, 9, 12) Travis Toy – steel guitar (3) Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (7, 11, 12) Russ Pahl – steel guitar (8, 13) Chris McHugh – drums (1, 2, 4–6, 8–10, 12, 13) Jim Riley – drums (3) Lonnie Wilson – drums (7, 11) Eric Darken – percussion (1, 10, 12) John Jeannsome – fiddle (3)

String section on "My Wish" and "Words I Couldn't Say" David Campbell – arrangements and conductor Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama and Daniel Smith – cello Charlie Bisharat, Roberto Cani, Mario DeLeon, Armen Garabedian, Peter Kent, Alyssa Park, Tereza Stanislav, Josefina Vergara and John Wittenberg – violin

"To Make Her Love Me" Charlie Judge – arrangements and conductor Carole Rabinowitz – cello Gary Vanosdale and Kristin Wilkinson – viola David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky and Pamela Sixfin – violin

Production Dann Huff – producer Rascal Flatts – producers Jeff Balding – recording Mark Hagen – recording Justin Niebank – recording, mixing Todd Tidwell – recording, recording assistant Drew Bollman – recording assistant, mix assistant Greg Lawrence – recording assistant David Robinson – recording assistant Christopher Rowe – digital editing Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) Sherri Halford – art direction, design Greg McCarn – art direction, design Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design Chapman Baehler – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006)PeakpositionJapan (Oricon)37

Year-end charts Chart (2006)PositionUS Billboard 2004US Top Country Albums (Billboard)2 Chart (2007)PositionUS Billboard 20013US Top Country Albums (Billboard)2 Chart (2008)PositionUS Top Country Albums (Billboard)66

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US USPop USAC CAN 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

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