Why Carrie Underwood initially rejected the Sunday Night Football theme

Carrie Underwood has carried out NBC Sunday Night Football She has been working on the song’s theme song for over a decade, recording a new version and shooting a video every year. However, she initially turned down the job.

When SNSF Underwood, now 41, debuted in 2006 and was in the early stages of her music career. She won the fourth season of American Idol the previous year. Fred Gaudelliexecutive producer of NBC’s NFL coverage, told Yahoo Entertainment on Thursday, September 5, that SNSF “I asked Carrie at the time” if she wanted to cover the topic, but she “wasn’t really interested.”

Underwood told the outlet it was “not the right time” for her to accept the opportunity. “There was so much going on at that time in my life,” she explained.

NBC then offered the appearance Pinkwhich supports the adaptation of Johanna Jett‘s song “I Hate Myself for Loving You” titled “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” for a football season. Faith Hill then took over as host for six years before deciding to move on. When NBC had an opening, they decided to ask Underwood for a second time.

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“I said, ‘Look, we’re the number one show on primetime television. It’s broadcast to over 20 million people every week,'” Gaudelli recalls his argument to the country singer. “I showed her the demographic breakdown and when it was done, she said, ‘You know what? You’re right. We should do this.’ And that started a 12-year streak.”

During Underwood’s tenure, which began in 2013, the opening theme underwent some changes. She sang “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” until 2015, before trying variations titled “Oh, Sunday Night” and “Game On.” Underwood returned to the Jett adaptation in 2019.

This year’s version of “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” which viewers will hear for the first time when SNSF The game, which begins on Sunday, September 8, is a little different.

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“We basically turned the song on its head,” SNSFcoordinating producer Rob Hyland said Yahoo, noting that the 2024 theme was “by far” his favorite. “The song now starts with the chorus, something we’ve always been working toward.”

Underwood added that this year’s opening features “a lot of movement and transition from one environment to another,” making for an “exciting” viewing experience.

The Grammy winner and Oklahoma native, who watched “a lot of football on Sundays” growing up, always looks forward to her sons’ reaction to the topic. (Underwood shares Isaiah, 9, and Jacob, 5, with her husband, an NHL alumnus Michael Fischer.)

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“They love seeing me on TV. But even with younger children who obviously haven’t seen me on TV, American Idol or at the beginning of my career, to some children, [SNF] is what they know me for,” she said. “So I’ll take it. This is really amazing.”

The 2024 Football on Sunday evening The season begins on Sunday, September 8th, with the Los Angeles Rams taking on the Detroit Lions. The game will air at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.