Carrie Underwood has carried out the NBC Sunday Night time Soccer theme tune for over a decade now — recording a brand new model and filming an accompanying video every year — however she initially turned down the gig.
When SNF debuted in 2006, Underwood, now 41, was within the early levels of her music profession, having gained season 4 of American Idol the earlier 12 months. Fred Gaudelli, government producer of NBC’s NFL protection, informed Yahoo Leisure on Thursday, September 5, that SNF “reached out to Carrie” about performing the theme on the time, however she “wasn’t actually .”
Underwood informed the outlet that it “wasn’t the fitting time” for her to simply accept the chance. “At the moment in my life, there was a lot happening,” she defined.
NBC then provided the gig to Pink, who sang the variation of Joan Jett’s tune “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” titled “Ready All Day for Sunday Night time,” for one soccer season. Religion Hill then took over for six years earlier than deciding to maneuver on. As soon as NBC had a gap, they determined to ask Underwood for the second time.
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“I mentioned, ‘Look, we’re the No. 1 present in primetime tv. That is going to air in entrance of 20 million individuals plus each single week,’” Gaudelli mentioned, recalling his argument to the nation singer. “I confirmed her the demographic breakdown, and as soon as that was finished, she’s like, ‘ what? You’re proper. We should always do that.’ And that started a now 12-year run.”
Throughout Underwood’s tenure, which started in 2013, the opening theme has gone by some adjustments. She sang “Ready All Day for Sunday Night time” by 2015 earlier than making an attempt out variations titled “Oh, Sunday Night time” and “Sport On.” Underwood returned to the Jett adaptation in 2019.
This 12 months’s model of “Ready All Day for Sunday Night time,” which viewers will hear for the primary time when SNF kicks off on Sunday, September 8, is a bit completely different.
Since successful American Idol, Carrie Underwood’s life has been a lot greater than “Only a Dream.” The Oklahoma native shot to fame in 2005 after changing into the champion of the TV singing competitors’s fourth season. Following the success of her debut single, “Inside Your Heaven,” which made her the primary nation music artist to hit […]
“We primarily flipped the tune the wrong way up,” SNF’s coordinating producer Rob Hyland informed Yahoo, noting that the 2024 theme is “by far” his favourite. “The tune now begins with the refrain, which is one thing we used to at all times construct towards.”
Underwood added that this 12 months’s opening has “numerous motion and form of switching from atmosphere to atmosphere” which makes for an “thrilling” viewing expertise.
The Grammy winner and Oklahoma native, who grew up watching “numerous soccer on Sundays,” at all times appears ahead to her sons’ response to the theme. (Underwood shares Isaiah, 9, and Jacob, 5, together with her husband, NHL alum Mike Fisher.)
Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher have embraced each step of being dad and mom to their two sons, Isaiah and Jacob — and the nice occasions are nonetheless rolling. The twosome welcomed Isaiah in February 2015, 5 years after they tied the knot. “He makes me blissful all day daily,” Underwood completely informed Us Weekly of […]
“They love seeing me on TV. However even with youthful youngsters who clearly didn’t see me on American Idol or early in my profession, to some kiddos, [SNF] is what they know me from,” she mentioned. “So, I’ll take it. That’s actually superb.”
The 2024 Sunday Night time Soccer season begins on Sunday, September 8, with the Los Angeles Rams enjoying the Detroit Lions. The sport will air on NBC at 8:20 pm ET.
