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Carrie Underwood to sing 'Sunday Night Football' theme

Carrie Underwood will take over the theme song for "Sunday Night Football," with NBC sticking to the formula of a female country music star for its intro.Underwood steps in for Faith Hill, who announced last month that she would not be back for a seventh season. Underwood will sing a new version of "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night," the network said Tuesday.Producer Fred Gaudelli said that after Hill informed him in February, Underwood was the only performer he pursued. She was under consideration for the role when NBC first broadcast the Sunday night NFL games in 2006.Pink sang the opening tune, set to Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You," for that first season before Hill came on."For me, it just always seemed like something that would be fun to do," Underwood said during a conference call. "To watch Faith do it week after week, to see that hype for the game, it's something that's so cool."Underwood plans to adapt the intro to her style, with the lyrics remaining the same. NFL...

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