"My Wish" is a song written by
Jeffrey Steele
Jeffrey LeVasseur (born August 27, 1961), known as Jeffrey Steele, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with recording his own material, Steele has become a prolific Nashville songwriter, having co-written more than 60 hit ...
and
Steve Robson
Steve Robson (born 1969) is an English songwriter and record producer who has sold in excess of 138 million records around the world. He has written and produced 12 No. 1 UK/US singles, 38 No. 1 UK/US albums and a further 41 top 5 UK/US albums ...
, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
group
Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts is an American Country music, country music band formed in 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background voc ...
. It was released in August 2006 as the third single from their album ''
Me and My Gang
''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 units and wen ...
''. It reached number one on the U.S. country charts in December 2006 and also peaked at number 28 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it one of their popular crossover singles. It peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and at number 49 on the ''Billboard'' Pop 100. As of May 2016, the song has sold 2.927 million in the US.
In August 2016, a re-recorded version of the song was released to celebrate the song's 10 year anniversary.
Remix versions
In 2007, the song was remixed and released on the
Target
Target may refer to:
Warfare and shooting
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artille ...
bonus disc of ''
Still Feels Good,'' then was later released alongside a remix of "
What Hurts The Most
"What Hurts the Most" is a song written by American songwriter Jeffrey Steele and English songwriter Steve Robson. Originally recorded by country music artist Mark Wills in 2003 on his album '' And the Crowd Goes Wild'', it was covered by Bellef ...
" on a two-song
EP entitled, ''The Hot Mixes'',. and was on their compilation album, ''
Twenty Years of Rascal Flatts: The Greatest Hits'' in 2020.
In 2016, the song was re-recorded as a "10th Anniversary" release of the song.
In 2025, the band again re-recorded the track with
Carly Pearce
Carly Pearce (born Carly Cristyne Slusser; April 24, 1990) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her material contains elements of both traditional and contemporary country-pop music. Pearce began performing professionally in her ...
as part of their collaborative album ''
Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets''.
Personnel
From ''Me and My Gang'' liner notes.
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Tom Bukovac
Tom Bukovac (born December 20, 1968) is an American session guitarist and producer. He is also a popular YouTube personality with over 100,000 subscribers. He is a five-time winner of Music Row's Top Ten Album All-Stars award in the guitar categ ...
- guitars
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Jay DeMarcus
Jay DeMarcus (born Stanley Wayne DeMarcus Jr.; on April 26, 1971) is an American musician, vocalist, record producer and songwriter. He is a member of the country music band Rascal Flatts.
Early life
DeMarcus was born in Columbus, Ohio. He grad ...
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bass guitar
The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...
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Paul Franklin -
steel guitar
A steel guitar () is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar i ...
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Dann Huff
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- guitars
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Gary LeVox
Gary LeVox (born Gary Wayne Vernon Jr., July 10, 1970) is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead vocalist of the contemporary country music band Rascal Flatts, and his stage name was taken from the studio-console l ...
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lead vocals
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...
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Chris McHugh
Chris McHugh (born 1964) is an American musician from Camden, NJ. He began his career as the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1986 to 1989. McHugh toured and played as a session drummer with artists such as Aaron Neville, Pe ...
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drums
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* Gordon Mote -
piano
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,
keyboards
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Joe Don Rooney
Joe Don Rooney (born September 13, 1975) is an American guitarist. He is the lead guitarist and high octave harmony singer in the country music band Rascal Flatts.
In addition to the electric guitar, Rooney plays the acoustic and bass guitars, ...
- guitars
* Jonathan Yudkin -
fiddle
A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...
,
banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin.
...
;String section
* Charlie Bisharat,
Roberto Cani
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, Mario DeLeon, Armen Garabedian, Peter Kent, Alyssa Park, Tereza Stanislav, Josefina Vergara, John Wittenberg -
violin
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s
* Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Daniel Smith -
cello
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s
Strings conducted by
David Campbell.
Charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
2006 singles
2006 songs
Rascal Flatts songs
Carly Pearce songs
Songs written by Jeffrey Steele
Song recordings produced by Dann Huff
Songs written by Steve Robson
Lyric Street Records singles
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