on november 30, 2009, montgomery gentry released the single "oughta be more songs about that". it was to have been included on an album titled "freedom", which was to have included a song that the two wrote with gary hannan and phil o'donnell titled "freedom never goes out of style". the label scrapped "freedom" and instead chose to release an extended play titled "hits and more: life beside a gravel road", which would have included past hits and three new songs. its first single, "while you're still young", peaked at number 32 in mid-2010. on september 17, 2010, a day before the extended play's slated release, montgomery gentry exited the label, and "hits and more" was shelved. both members told "country weekly" that they decided to leave columbia because "there were so many people trying to encourage us to do something a little different musically. some of it worked and some of it didn't."