Carrie Underwood is back in the “game” for her sixth season of performing the theme song for Sunday Night Football. The international superstar co-wrote the new opening tune, “Game On,” with frequent collaborators, Brett James and Chris DeStefano.
“We wrote a new song for it, because I feel like they’re always open to that, and they’re always looking for ways to freshen things up,” says Carrie. “So, they always just say, ‘Hey! If you’ve got anything else back there, whatever you’re working on, bring it. We’ll see how we feel about it.’ This year we wrote a song called ‘Game On’ for the opening, and it was just a lot of fun. It’s a lot of fun getting to be a part of football. I grew up watching football, of course, and watching Sunday Night Football, and to just to have kind of a little part to the whole thing is pretty cool and pretty special.”
You can watch the new opening Sunday night (September 9th) as the Green Bay Packers play host to the Chicago Bears beginning at 8pm ET on NBC. Check out the promo and the behind-the-scenes videos below.
The 10 players that will be featured on the Sunday Night Football opening theme with Carrie this year include star players from the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks.
Here are the list of players:
- Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott
- Los Angeles Rams QB Jared Goff
- Minnesota Vikings QB Kirk Cousins
- New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley
- Philadelphia Eagles QB Carson Wentz
- Philadelphia Eagles OT Lane Johnson
- Philadelphia Eagles TE Zach Ertz
- Philadelphia Eagles DT Fletcher Cox
- Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown
- Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson
New @SNFonNBC Open featuring #GameOn performed & co-written by Carrie along with @destefanomusic & @BrettJamesMusic. Take a look behind the scenes now!
More Info: https://t.co/tQY4ZPYfQc -TeamCU pic.twitter.com/4VJKKXhXxL— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) August 30, 2018
Carrie is currently preparing to release her new album, Cry Pretty, on September 14th.
Audio / Carrie Underwood talks about the new opening theme song "Game On" for Sunday Night Football.
DownloadCarrie Underwood (Sunday Night Football theme-6th year) OC: …pretty special. :41
“I was so excited to be asked back to sing the opening for Sunday Night Football. This is the sixth year that I’ve been lucky enough to do it. We wrote a new song for it, because I feel like they’re always open to that and they’re always looking for ways to freshen things up. So, they always just say, ‘Hey! If you’ve got anything else back there, whatever you’re working on, bring it. We’ll see how we feel about it.’ This year we wrote a song called ‘Game On’ for the opening, and it was just a lot of fun. It’s a lot of fun getting to be a part of football. I grew up watching football, of course, and watching Sunday Night Football, and to just to have kind of a little part to the whole thing is pretty cool and pretty special.”
