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Why Carrie Underwood Initially Turned Down 'Sunday Night Football' Theme


Carrie Underwood has performed the ‘NBC Sunday Night Football’ theme song for over a decade, but she initially turned down the gig

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images Carrie Underwood has performed the NBC Sunday Night Football theme song for over a decade now — recording a new version and filming an accompanying video each year — but she initially turned down the gig. Fred Gaudelli, executive producer of NBC’s NFL coverage, told Yahoo Entertainment on Thursday, September 5, that SNF “reached out to Carrie” about performing the theme at the time, but she “wasn’t really interested.” NBC then offered the gig to Pink, who sang the adaptation of Joan Jett ’s song “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” titled “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” for one football season.

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