Winner at a Losing Game

Rascal Flatts' three members (Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney) wrote the song on their tour bus after a show late one night. According to DeMarcus, the trio began a conversation about their musical influences, when the Eagles was mentioned. Inspired by the fact that they would be performing with the Eagles at the 2007 Grammy Awards, the trio decided to write a song that was stylistically similar to the music of the band. All three members then began to write the song that night. They came up with a verse and chorus that, according to Country Weekly, "achingly express[es] a feeling we have all experienced — loving someone who just doesn't love you the same way". ==Critical reception==

Ken Tucker of Billboard wrote that the song is "fresh, familiar and conjures '70s country rock". ==Chart performance==

Year-end charts ==References==