Carrie Underwood previews revamped ‘Sunday Night Football’ theme song
Carrie Underwood teased fans and football junkies with a short clip of the revamped “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” theme song for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football.”
Underwood posted the 16 seconds clip to Instagram on Monday.
The video includes shots of Underwood and Joan Jett, who joins for the new version of the song.
“Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” was adapted from Jett’s 1988 hit “I Hate Myself for Loving You.” Pink first performed it in 2006, followed by a country version sung by Faith Hill for six seasons and then Underwood, who did her own version from 2013 to 2015. The show is bringing back the song this year.
The Pittsburgh Steelers play the New England Patriots for Week 1’s “SNF,” so there are several shots of players from both team in the clip.
Steelers wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster, linebacker T.J. Watt, and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger appear. For the Patriots, wide receiver Julian Edelman, linebacker Dont’a Hightower and quarterback Tom Brady are highlighted.
The broadcast kicks off at 8 p.m. on Sept. 8.
Frank Carnevale is the TribLive multimedia editor. He started at the Trib in 2016 and has been part of several news organizations, including the Providence Journal and Orlando Sentinel. He can be reached at fcarnevale@triblive.com.
Remove the ads from your TribLIVE reading experience but still support the journalists who create the content with TribLIVE Ad-Free.