Songoftheday 3/13/24 - I have always been a little shy, I've always been the quiet type till now...

 

 

"Love You Out Loud" - Rascal Flatts

from the album Melt (2002)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #30 (one week)

Weeks in the Top-40: 3

 

Today's song comes from the trio Rascal Flatts, who had scored their first #1 country radio hit with "These Days", which crossed over to Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Top-40 at the close of 2002.  The second single pulled from their second album Melt was the diabetes-inducing "Love You Out Loud". Written by industry vets Brett James and Lonnie Wilson, the lyrics are nothing but exuberant performative romance, where Gary LeVox and the boys have to sign their loved one's praises at the top of their lungs. The production from the band with Mark Bright and Marty Williams is so sunny as to require shades, but at least the fiddle is prominent here for some grounding, and their harmonies are spotless as always. The result is gold for the soccer mom crowd...

"Love You Out Loud" became Rascal Flatts' third single to reach the top-40 on Billboard's Hot 100 in June of 2003. On the radio, the song spent three weeks at #3 on their Country Songs airplay chart. 

Both Rascal Flatts and their Melt album will be back to the series.

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The "official" music video tried to bring the energy by showing a live concert version...

Up tomorrow: two rapper come together in eternity.