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"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.

"Me and My Gang"
Single by Rascal Flatts
from the album Me and My Gang
Released	April 17, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Country
Length	3:37
Label	Lyric Street
Songwriter(s)	Jeffrey Steele Jon Stone Tony Mullins
Producer(s)	Dann Huff
Rascal Flatts singles chronology
"What Hurts the Most" (2006) "Me and My Gang" (2006) "Life Is a Highway" (2006)

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.[1] 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.[1]

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".[2]

Personnel

From Me and My Gang liner notes.[3]

• 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

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)[4]	15
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	6
US Billboard Hot 100[6]	50
US Billboard Pop 100	71

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7]	38

References

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