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* LustfulMelt: "I Melt," which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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* InsomniaEpisode: "Prayin' For Daylight," about being unable to sleep in the wake of a break-up.
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* StockJoke: "Backwards" is an entire song built around the age-old joke of "What happens when you play a country song backwards?" (You get your house back, your truck back, and your wife back. The song includes those, and throws in your mind, your nerves, your first night in jail, your best friend, and your ''hair.'')
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* CommonTime: A surprising number of aversions: "I'm Movin' On," "Feels Like Today," "Skin (Sarabeth)", "Every Day", "Easy" (a duet with Natasha Bedingfield), "Come Wake Me Up", and "Back to Life" are all in 3/4 or 6/8.

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* CommonTime: A surprising number of aversions: "I'm Movin' On," "Feels Like Today," "Skin (Sarabeth)", "Every Day", "Easy" (a duet with Natasha Bedingfield), Music/NatashaBedingfield), "Come Wake Me Up", and "Back to Life" are all in 3/4 or 6/8.
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* SingingVoiceDissonance: Gary's fairly normal-range speaking voice is in stark contrast to his very nasal, high-pitched singing voice.

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* SingingVoiceDissonance: Gary's fairly normal-range US American speaking voice is in stark contrast to his very nasal, high-pitched Canadian singing voice.
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* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Life Is a Highway" features several clips from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', on whose soundtrack it was included.

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* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Life Is a Highway" features several clips from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'', on whose soundtrack it was included.
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* NotChristianRock: According to cowriter Jason Sellers, "I Won't Let Go" can be seen as being sung from God's perspective to someone who is struggling.
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A prominent CountryMusic band known for its slick country-pop production. It was founded in 2000 by lead singer Gary [=LeVox=], his second cousin Jay [=DeMarcus=] (bass guitar, piano, keyboards), and Joe Don Rooney (guitar). [=DeMarcus=] and [=LeVox=] first made themselves known as members of Music/ChelyWright's road band, meeting Rooney after another musician in the band didn't show up.

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A prominent CountryMusic band known for its slick country-pop production. It was founded in 2000 1999 by lead singer Gary [=LeVox=], his second cousin Jay [=DeMarcus=] (bass guitar, piano, keyboards), and Joe Don Rooney (guitar). [=DeMarcus=] and [=LeVox=] first made themselves known as members of Music/ChelyWright's road band, meeting Rooney after another musician in the band didn't show up.



The band's sound is quite divisive in country music: although it was always much closer to pop than most mainstream country, they were generally met with positive reception on their first albums. Starting with ''Me and My Gang,'' the band's sound has become much more processed and reliant on bombastic guitar and strings, after changing {{Record Producer}}s from Mark Bright to Dann Huff. With the switch to Big Machine, their sound once again mellowed somewhat, culminating in their abandonment of Huff (except for one track) on 2014's ''Rewind''. Starting in 2018, the band announced that it would be releasing standalone singles instead of full albums... followed in 2020 by the announcement of their retirement.

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The band's sound is quite divisive in country music: although it was always much closer to pop than most mainstream country, they were generally met with positive reception on their first albums. Starting with ''Me and My Gang,'' the band's sound has become much more processed and reliant on bombastic guitar and strings, after changing {{Record Producer}}s from Mark Bright to Dann Huff. With the switch to Big Machine, their sound once again mellowed somewhat, culminating in their abandonment of Huff (except for one track) on 2014's ''Rewind''. Starting in 2018, the band announced that it would be releasing standalone singles instead of full albums... followed in 2020 by the announcement of their retirement.
retirement. However, their farewell tour was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After Joe Don Rooney's summer 2021 arrest for a DUI, he formally quit the band and Rascal Flatts quietly disbanded.



* BoyBand: The first album tried to cast them in this image: none of them played any instruments on it, and the songs were very lightweight and hooky. The sound has sort of stayed, but Rooney and [=DeMarcus=] began playing instruments on the second album.

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* BoyBand: The first album tried to cast them in this image: none of them played any instruments on it, and the songs were very lightweight and hooky. The sound has sort of harmonies stayed, but Rooney and [=DeMarcus=] began playing instruments on the second album.



* CoverVersion: “Life Is A Highway” by Tom Cochrane.

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* CoverVersion: “Life Is A a Highway” by Tom Cochrane.



* GriefSong: "Why," which ponders the [[DrivenToSuicide suicide of a loved one]].

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* GriefSong: "Why," which "Why" ponders the [[DrivenToSuicide suicide of a loved one]].



* LeadBassist: Jay [=DeMarcus=] is somewhat well-known outside the band for several songwriting and production credits.

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* LeadBassist: Jay [=DeMarcus=] is somewhat well-known outside the band for several has a number of songwriting and production credits.credits outside of the band.



* PowerBallad: Most of their songs since "What Hurts the Most".

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* PowerBallad: Most of their songs since "What Hurts the Most".Most" codified Dann Huff's bombastic style for them.
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* CoverVersion: “Life Is A Highway” by Tom Cochrane.

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