Words I Couldn't Say

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"Words I Couldn't Say"
Song by Rascal Flatts
from the album Me and My Gang
Released2006
Recorded2005
GenreCountry
Length4:35
LabelLyric Street
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dann Huff
Rascal Flatts[1]

"Words I Couldn't Say" is a song written by

drama film Country Strong as performed by American actress and singer Leighton Meester. Her cover, from the soundtrack album released by RCA Records Nashville, appeared on multiple Billboard
sales charts in 2011.

Composition

"Words I Couldn't Say" is a "downbeat breakup lament" that details the emotions the narrator wishes they had expressed to a lover when they had the chance.

David Campbell arranged and conducted the strings performed on the Rascal Flatts track from Me and My Gang, and Dann Huff was the producer of the recording.[5]

Critical reception

Annie Reuter of Sounds Like Nashville was complimentary of the Rascal Flatts original in 2016, including it on her list of Rascal Flatts album tracks that should have been singles. "Rascal Flatts strike a chord on this soaring heartbreaker," she writes. "While LeVox's voice impresses and [the vocal] harmonies assist, so does the musical accompaniment."[4]

In a review of the Country Strong soundtrack,

Taste of Country enjoyed Meester's cover, but wrote that "she sounds a bit young to be so wise and wistful about regrets in her romantic life."[7] Jason Newman of MTV criticized Meester's version of the song as a low point on the soundtrack, writing that the cover "falls, um, flatts [sic]."[8]

Chart performance

Meester's version of "Words I Couldn't Say" entered the

Heatseeker Songs chart, both for the week of January 29, 2011.[10][11]

Charts

Leighton Meester version

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[10]
 20
US Country Digital Songs (Billboard)[12] 24
US
Heatseeker Songs (Billboard)[13]
 25

References

  1. ^ Me and My Gang (CD booklet). Rascal Flatts. Lyric Street Records. 2006. 2061-65075-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Idolator
    . Hive Media. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. ^
    Sony/ATV Music Publishing
    . 14 May 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  4. ^
    SpinMedia
    . Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. ^ Me and My Gang (CD liner notes). Rascal Flatts. Lyric Street Records. 2006. 165058.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. All Media Network
    . Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  7. Taste of Country. Townsquare Media
    . Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  8. Viacom
    . Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  9. ^ "Country Digital Songs: The Week of January 29, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  10. ^
    Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100
    for Leighton Meester. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  11. ^ "Heatseeker Songs: The Week of January 29, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  12. ^ "Leighton Meester – Chart history". Billboard Country Digital Songs for Leighton Meester. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  13. Billboard Heatseeker Songs
    for Leighton Meester. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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