Underwood will debut a re-worked take of “Something Bad”, a duet with Miranda Lambert that was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard country charts in 2014.
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Underwood, who rose to fame after winning the fourth season of American Idol over rocker Bo Bice, is in her fourth season of performing the opening theme song for NBC’s prime-time program.
Maybe you’ll be able to guess the new lyrics before the song premieres during next season’s first Sunday night game on September 11.
As NBC enters its second decade of NFL Sunday night rights, the network felt a change was right on the SNF intro. Singers ranging from Pink to Faith Hill have been singing a variation of Joan Jett’s I Hate Myself for Loving You during the Sunday Night Football intro since NBC got NFL rights in 2006.
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It was time to change things up, said SNF producer Fred Gaudelli.
“The song had lasted 10 years, but I didn’t know how much more we could stay with the song without it feeling routine”, he said. Consider it a coup for Underwood, who now has more ownership over them than either of her predecessors.
Meanwhile, Underwood said she started playing around with the lyrics of “Somethin’ Bad”, presented them to Gaudell, and one thing led to another. “This is such a high energy song”.
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Next up for NBC, Underwood, and today’s National Football League stars: Filming a new intro. AP material published by LongIsland.com, is done so with explicit permission.
