POSTED: Tuesday August 25th 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FAITH HILL PERFORMS "SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" OPENING THEME ... AGAIN

Lindsay Hill Fitz 2126642121 lindsay.fitz@nbcuni.com

       Grammy Award-Winning Artist Records NBC “Sunday Night
Football” Opening Theme “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night” for Third
Season




       NEW YORK – August 25, 2009 – NBC Sports will again feature
five-time Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum recording artist Faith
Hill performing the opening theme for NBC “Sunday Night Football,”
“Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.”



Hill’s “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” debuts this season on Sunday,
Sept. 13, the first “Sunday Night Football” broadcast of 2009 featuring
the oldest rivalry in the NFL as the Green Bay Packers host the Chicago
Bears in the debut of new Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. The opening
theme will continue weekly, kicking off “Sunday Night Football”
throughout the NFL season on NBC.



“It really is an honor to be asked back to do the Sunday Night Football
open again,” said Faith.  “It’s been fun to film and everyone at NBC
has made me feel like a part of their family.   I’m looking forward to
the season.”



“Faith Hill singing ‘Waiting All Day for Sunday Night’ is a signature
of Sunday Night Football,” said Fred Gaudelli, “NBC Sunday Night
Football” producer. “We are thrilled to have one of America’s most
popular recording stars back with NBC for a third season.”



Hill has sold 30 million records worldwide and topped the charts with
11 No. 1 singles and 20 No. 1 videos throughout her 15-year career. Her
last three studio album releases, 1999’s BREATHE, 2002’s CRY and 2005’s
FIREFLIES all debuted consecutively at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Pop
Album Chart and Country Chart, making her the only female artist ever
to accomplish this feat.



“Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” is set to the original Joan Jett
song, “I Hate Myself for Loving You.” She recorded the track with her
longtime producer Byron Gallimore at Blackbird Studios in Nashville,
Tenn. The video was shot at Universal Orlando Resort.



Hill has established herself as one of the music industry’s top
vocalists, with a voice that is as powerful as it is recognizable. She
is the first musical artist to return as the featured performer of an
NFL open since Hank Williams, Jr.



In addition to Hill, Grammy Award-winning poetic pioneer, J. Ivy,
participates in the “Sunday Night Football” open by introducing each
open with an original spoken word piece unique to each SNF game. J. Ivy
is one of the original poets to participate in HBO’s Russell Simmons
Def Poetry Series and won a Grammy Award for his participation on Kanye
West’s “College Dropout” album.  J. Ivy has also performed voiceovers
for HBO’s “Costas Now,” “HBO Boxing,” the FedEx Orange Bowl and the NBA
Finals, among others.



Media photos of the Hill video shoot are available at www.NBCUMV.com and Hill’s official website www.FaithHill.com. A video preview of the making of the “NBC Sunday Night Football” 2009 Open will be available at  www.NBCSports.com on Sept. 1.



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Contacts:

For Faith Hill

Paul Freundlich

PFA

212 334 6116

paulf@pfamedia.net



For NBC Sports:

Lindsay Fitz

212-664-2121

lindsay.fitz@nbcuni.com




       Members of the media can get more information about NBC
Universal and its programming on the NBC Universal Media Village Web
site at www.nbcumv.com.

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