Carrie Underwood’s ‘Give Her That’ Is An ‘Interesting Puzzle’
Carrie Underwood released the Deluxe Edition of her Denim & Rhinestones album last week (9/22) with six new tracks – five new songs, including “Drunk And Hungover” “Out Of That Truck,” plus a special live version of “She Don’t Know,” recorded live during her recent tour.
Carrie’s latest radio single from the project is a song she struggled with in the studio. She told us in a recent interview, “I wrote ‘Give Her That’ with David Garcia and Lydia Vaughan, and it was one of those songs I feel like we had to play with it quite a bit when we were in the studio because it’s a surprisingly hard song to sing.”
She added, “So, we were messing with keys and tempos honestly longer than we probably should have (laughs), but I wanted to get it perfect, and it was just an interesting puzzle to figure out.”
Underwood told us of the new deluxe album, “I like to think of the extra songs that we added for Denim & Rhinestones, for the Deluxe Edition is just an extension of Denim & Rhinestones as a whole. I definitely wanted all the songs to fit with the rest of the body of work, but it’s just more. It’s more denim. It’s more rhinestones. I feel like the vibe was so cool, and I just enjoyed this era so much that I just wanted to keep it going.”
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Carrie recently attended a Sunday Night Football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Las Vegas Raiders. Although she’s been doing the “Sunday Night Football” theme song for years, this was her first time attending a Sunday night NFL game. Carrie posted a few clips from the evening, one where she sits in her box seat and waves to fans as the announcer says in part, “First time she’s been at a Sunday Night Football game, so we invited her into our production truck,” where she watched her intro with the producers.
Underwood captioned the Instagram post, “Had a blast at the @snfonnbc game tonight @allegiantstadium with @collinsworthpff, @miketiriconbc and all the amazing fans! Thanks for having me!”
Top Five Country Stars From TV Talent Shows
5 - Kacey Musgraves - USA's Nashville Star - 2007
Rusty Russell/Getty ImagesKacey followed her Texan friend Miranda Lambert in competing on the USA network’s Nashville Star in 2007 and did not win the competition but came in seventh place. Twelve years later, in 2019, she won the Grammy for Album of the Year for her Golden Hour. Blake Shelton was a judge on the popular show when Kacey competed.
4 - Chris Young - USA's Nashville Star - 2006
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This native Tennessean returned to his home state to compete in Nashville Star in 2006, from where he played club gigs in Texas. Chris did actually win the competition and was signed to RCA Records in Nashville as a result. Young still records for RCA (Sony Nashville ) and has charted eleven number-one songs to date.3 - Morgan Wallen - NBC's The Voice - 2014
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Morgan is the most successful artist to compete on The Voice. On the show in 2014, Wallen made the top 20 in the blind auditions, where he sang a pop song by Howie Day even though he wanted to sing a country song. He later said the producers made him sing the pop song.2 - Miranda Lambert - USA's Nashville Star - 2003
Brad Barket/Getty ImagesMiranda competed in Nashville Star when she was just 19 years old. She did not win the competition but came in third place. In 2003, the winner of Nashville Star was a guy named Buddy Jewel.
1 - Carrie Underwood - American Idol - 2005
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesCarrie is one of the biggest stars to win American Idol next to Kelly Clarkson. Underwood was 22 years old when she won the competition and later shared her diary entry from the night she won. She wrote in part, “Big moment. I took one more look at the amazing crowd and let it sink in for a few seconds. Ryan (Seacrest) said something like ‘And your 2005 American Idol is…’ My heart beat fast, and I closed my eyes. CARRIE UNDERWOOD!!!”
