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Me and My Gang (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Me and My Gang'" is a song written by Jeffrey Steele, Jon Stone, and Tony Mullins and recorded by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on April 17, 2006 as the second single and title track from the band's 2006 album of the same name. The song peaked at #6 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs chart that year.
Content
"Me and My Gang" is an up-tempo accompanied by electric guitar with a talk box in the intro. In it, the male narrator talks about traveling across the country with his gang.
Tony Mullins, one of the song's writers, said that he came up with the song's main riff while working on another song. Jeffrey Steele then heard the riff and decided that it seemed to fit a title, "Me and My Gang", that he had in his mind at the time. While working on recording the song, Rascal Flatts' lead singer Gary LeVox called Mullins and asked if the original line "dude named king kong eattin' on a ding dong" in the song could be changed. This line became "Dude named Elrod, jammin' on an iPod", which Mullins says was the first line that came to him.
Critical reception
Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in reviewing the album, said that the song seemed like a simplification of Big & Rich's "swagger" and featured similar talk-box riffs to Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer".
Personnel
From 'Me and My Gang' liner notes.
* Tom Bukovac - guitars
* Eric Darken - percussion
* Jay DeMarcus - bass guitar
* Dann Huff - guitars
* Charlie Judge - keyboards
* Gary LeVox - lead vocals
* Chris McHugh - drums
* Joe Don Rooney - guitars
* Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle, banjo
Charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:2006 singles
Category:2006 songs
Category:Rascal Flatts songs
Category:Songs written by Jeffrey Steele
Category:Song recordings produced by Dann Huff
Category:Lyric Street Records singles
Category:Songs written by Tony Mullins
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