Before the Saints-Panthers and Steelers-Browns kick off Monday Night Football for 2023, the NFL will debut a new MNF theme song.
Are you ready for some football!? While you prepare for some Monday Night Football in 2023 there will be a new theme song to listen to. Ahead of New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers game (and another hour later before the start of the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns game), the iconic football show will debut with a new opening theme song sung by country music superstar Chris Stapleton and legendary rapper Snoop Dogg.
New Monday Night Football The theme song that will debut in front of the Saints-Panthers and Steelers-Browns is the 1981 hit “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins. For the football broadcast, Stapleton, Snoop Dogg and drummer Cindy Blackman Santana – married to guitarist Carlos Santana and best known for her work with Lenny Kravitz – will sing the theme.
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–Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 18, 2023
“New Monday Night Football The anthem features Chris Stapleton covering Collins’ lyrics, with Snoop Dogg, in his signature style adding football-centric verses, Cindy Blackman Santana, a powerhouse on drums, rocking the song’s iconic drum break and bringing his own style and accents to this song. classic song, » ESPN announced in a press release. “The opening show will feature NFL stars, game highlights and dramatic moments interspersed with dramatic performances from all three artists.”
The network also notes that “Heavy Action,” which most know as Monday Night Football music (dun dun dun-dun, dundun, dundun) will always play an important role in the show.
This is the latest change to the FMN theme which has undergone several evolutions over the years. Last season, ESPN and the NFL used Aloe Blacc to cover Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long.” The most famous and longest-running pregame theme was Hank Williams Jr. singing an NFL-customized version of his hit song, “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight.”
