Back to Us

Country singer Lauren Alaina features on the track "Are You Happy Now", which was co-written by all three members of Rascal Flatts.{{cite news|last1=Konicki|first1=Lisa|title=Rascal Flatts Announce Track List for New Album, "Back To Us" |url=http://www.nashcountrydaily.com/2017/03/29/rascal-flatts-announce-track-list-for-new-album-back-to-us/|accessdate=April 6, 2017|work=Nash Country Weekly|publisher=American Media|date=March 29, 2017}} "I Know You Won't" was previously recorded by Carrie Underwood on her 2007 album, Carnival Ride.{{cite news|last1=Betts|first1=Stephen L.|title=Rascal Flatts' New Album 'Back to Us' to Include Lauren Alaina Duet|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/rascal-flatts-back-to-us-to-include-lauren-alaina-duet-w474044|accessdate=April 6, 2017|work=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|date=March 29, 2017}}

The record's lead single, "Yours If You Want It", was released on January 9, 2017. One of the song's writers, Andrew Dorff, died shortly before its release.{{cite news|last1=McKenna|first1=Brittney|title=Hear Rascal Flatts' Surging New Song 'Yours If You Want It'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/videos/hear-rascal-flatts-surging-new-song-yours-if-you-want-it-w459406|accessdate=April 6, 2017|work=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|date=January 6, 2017}} Another single "Back to Us" was released on August 21, 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://theboot.com/rascal-flatts-back-to-us-single/|title=Hear Rascal Flatts' New Single, 'Back to Us'|website=The Boot|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-30}}

Back to Us debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart dated June 10, 2017 with 30,000 album equivalent units (of which 25,000 were traditional album sales). The album also entered the Top Country Albums chart the same week at number 2, earning the group their twelfth top-10 album.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/country_update_0530.pdf|title=Billboard Country Update|work=Billboard|date=May 31, 2017|accessdate=May 31, 2017}} The album has sold 68,600 copies in the US as of December 2017.{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2017/12/42641-top-10-country-albums-chart-december-27-2017 |title=Top 10 Country Albums Chart: December 27, 2017 |first= Matt |last= Bjorke |date=December 27, 2017 |work=Roughstock |accessdate=January 14, 2018 }} The album did reach No. 1 on the Australian country album charts upon release.

The album received positive reviews. Lauren Laffer of Sounds Like Nashville spoke positively of the album, saying, "The 10 tracks within the project feature Gary LeVox’s distinctive warm and emotive vocals while Jay DeMarcus' production skills only amplify Joe Don Rooney's guitar chops. Rascal Flatts continue to prove their staying power with Back to Us."{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundslikenashville.com/reviews/album-review-rascal-flatts-back-us/|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170604005526/https://www.soundslikenashville.com/reviews/album-review-rascal-flatts-back-us/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-06-04|title=Album Review: Rascal Flatts' Back to Us|website=Sounds Like Nashville|date=May 17, 2017|access-date=May 31, 2023}}

{{track listing

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| title1 = Yours If You Want It

| writer1 = {{hlist|Andrew Dorff|Jonathan Singleton}}

| length1 = 3:25

| title2 = Back to Us

| writer2 = {{hlist|Cary Barlowe|David Hodges|Josh Thompson}}

| length2 = 3:58

| title3 = I Know You Won't

| writer3 = {{hlist|Steve McEwan|Wendell Mobley|Neil Thrasher}}

| length3 = 3:53

| title4 = Hopin' You Were Lookin'

| writer4 = {{hlist|Barlowe|Jesse Frasure|Shay Mooney|Dan Smyers}}

| length4 = 2:56

| title5 = Dance

| writer5 = {{hlist|Joe Don Rooney|Blair Daly|Troy Verges}}

| length5 = 3:21

| title6 = Are You Happy Now

| note6 = with Lauren Alaina

| writer6 = {{hlist|Jay DeMarcus|Gary LeVox|Rooney|Sean McConnell}}

| length6 = 3:59

| title7 = Love What You've Done with the Place

| writer7 = {{hlist|Benjy Davis|Mooney}}

| length7 = 3:31

| title8 = Kiss You While I Can

| writer8 = {{hlist|DeMarcus|Steven Lee Olsen|Greg Wells}}

| length8 = 3:14

| title9 = Vandalized

| writer9 = {{hlist|Luke Laird|Chris Stapleton}}

| length9 = 3:22

| title10 = Our Night to Shine

| writer10 = {{hlist|LeVox|Chris DeStefano|Travis Hill}}

| length10 = 3:35

| total_length = 35:14

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Back to Us {{nobold|– Deluxe edition}}{{cite web|url = https://music.apple.com/ca/album/back-to-us-deluxe-version/1221561238|title =Back to Us (Deluxe); Rascal Flatts|access-date = April 16, 2017|date = May 19, 2017|work = iTunes Store (CA)}}

| title1 = Yours If You Want It

| writer1 = {{hlist|Dorff|Singleton}}

| length1 = 3:25

| title2 = Hopin' You Were Lookin'

| writer2 = {{hlist|Barlowe|Frasure|Mooney|Smyers}}

| length2 = 2:56

| title3 = I Know You Won't

| writer3 = {{hlist|McEwan|Mobley|Thrasher}}

| length3 = 3:53

| title4 = Dance

| writer4 = {{hlist|Rooney|Daly|Verges}}

| length4 = 3:21

| title5 = Back to Us

| writer5 = {{hlist|Barlowe|Hodges|Thompson}}

| length5 = 3:58

| title6 = Kiss You While I Can

| writer6 = {{hlist|DeMarcus|Olsen|Wells}}

| length6 = 3:14

| title7 = Vandalized

| writer7 = {{hlist|Laird|Stapleton}}

| length7 = 3:22

| title8 = Are You Happy Now

| note8 = with Lauren Alaina

| writer8 = {{hlist|DeMarcus|LeVox|Rooney|McConnell}}

| length8 = 3:59

| title9 = Hands Talk

| writer9 = {{hlist|LeVox|busbee|Jon Nite}}

| length9 = 3:35

| title10 = Thieves

| writer10 = {{hlist|DeMarcus|LeVox|Scooter Carusoe|DeStefano}}

| length10 = 3:10

| title11 = Love What You've Done with the Place

| writer11 = {{hlist|Davis|Mooney}}

| length11 = 3:31

| title12 = Roller Rink

| writer12 = {{hlist|Nick Brophy|Jeffrey East|Jennifer Hanson}}

| length12 = 3:12

| title13 = Our Night to Shine

| writer13 = {{hlist|LeVox|DeStefano|Hill}}

| length13 = 3:35

| total_length = 45:11

}}

;Notes

• All songs produced by Rascal Flatts except "Hands Talk", produced by busbee.

Adapted from AllMusic{{cite web|title=Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/back-to-us-mw0003038647/credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}

Rascal Flatts

• Jay DeMarcus – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, Moog bass, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, bass guitar, horn arrangements, backing vocals
• Gary LeVox – lead vocals
• Joe Don Rooney – electric guitar, backing vocals

Additional Musicians

• Casey Brown – programming
• Dave Cohen – keyboards
• David Dorn – keyboards
• Rob McNelley – electric guitar
• Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, mandolin
• Travis Toy – steel guitar
• Dorian Crozier – drums
• Evan Hutchings – drums
• Jim Riley – drums
• Jimmy Bowland – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Chris McDonald – trombone, horn arrangements
• Jeff Bailey – trumpet
• Steve Patrick – trumpet
• Carole Rabinowitz – cello
• Betsy Lamb – viola
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola, string arrangements
• David Angell – violin
• Zeneba Bowers – violin
• David Davidson – violin
• Conni Ellisor – violin
• Lauren Alaina – lead and harmony vocals on "Are You Happy Now"

• Allison Jones – A&R
• Rascal Flatts – producers
• busbee – producer on "Hands Talk"
• Derek Bason – engineer, mixing, digital editing
• Sean Neff – engineer, digital editing
• Justin Niebank – mixing
• Nick Lane – assistant engineer
• Bryce Roberts – assistant engineer
• Chris Small – assistant engineer, mix assistant
• David Huff – digital editing
• Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
• Laurel Kittleson – production coordinator
• Janet Soled – production coordinator
• Sandi Spika Borchetta – art direction, design
• Becky Reiser – art direction, design
• David McClister – photography

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