Leave It All to Me
"Leave It All to Me" | |
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Song |
"Leave It All to Me" is the debut single by American actress and singer Miranda Cosgrove and the theme song for Cosgrove's Nickelodeon show iCarly. It features Cosgrove's former Drake & Josh co-star, Drake Bell, and uncredited vocals from Nathan Kress. It was written by Michael Corcoran, one of Bell's band members.[3] A shortened version is used in the show's opening credits, but the full version can be found on the show's soundtrack. The single charted in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100, at position 100. It was the show's theme song for the entire series.
Music video
The official music video premiered after an episode of iCarly on May 24, 2008. The first shot shows a laptop with iCarly.com on it. Miranda Cosgrove (Carly), Jennette McCurdy (Sam), Nathan Kress (Freddie), Jerry Trainor (Spencer) and Drake Bell are seen dancing and singing in the played videos on the laptop. Kids are seen dancing in the videos sent in by them, which are also not on iCarly.com. At the end of the video, they zoom out of the laptop. It was directed by Dan Schneider, the creator of iCarly.[citation needed]
The video premiered on TRL on June 11, 2008.[citation needed]
Track listing
- Digital download[1]
- Leave It All to Me
- Other Versions
- Leave It All to Me (Jason Nevins Remix)
- Leave It All to Me (Billboard Remix)
Cover versions
The song was covered by punk band Less Than Jake on their release TV/EP.
In popular culture
In the season eight episode of House, "Blowing the Whistle", House tells a clinic patient to hop on one foot and sing the iCarly theme song.
The Season 2 episode of Game Shakers "Game Shippers", features the cast singing the iCarly theme song while watching the ICarly marathon. In the same episode Babe says the words "Leave it all to me" in reference to the song.
Charts
Chart (2008-09) | Peak position |
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Brazilian Singles Chart (ABPD)[4] | 65 |
US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 100 |
References
- ^ a b Digital download track listing
- ^ http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=9132869&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p394171/songs
- ^ "Brazil" (PDF). ABPD. October 6, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ^ "Miranda Cosgrove - Chart History". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2016.