Leave It All to Me
"Leave It All to Me" | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Miranda Cosgrove featuring Drake Bell | |||||||||||
from the album iCarly | |||||||||||
Released | December 18, 2007[1] | ||||||||||
Format | Digital download | ||||||||||
Recorded | 2007 | ||||||||||
Genre | Pop rock, power pop | ||||||||||
Length | 2:42 (Single Version) | ||||||||||
Label | Nickelodeon, Columbia | ||||||||||
Writer(s) | Michael Corcoran, Dan Schneider[2] | ||||||||||
Miranda Cosgrove soundtrack singles chronology | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
|
"Leave It All to Me" is the theme song to the Nickelodeon show iCarly. It is also the debut single of Miranda Cosgrove and features her former Drake & Josh co-star, Drake Bell. 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.
Contents
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.[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 translation
"Leave It All to Me" is the intro music of versions of iCarly that are dubbed into other languages for other markets—but sung by different people with slightly modified lyrics in the target language. The song has a few subtle political overtones that are not always translated into the new target languages.
Known versions in translation
Charts
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
---|---|
US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 100 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Digital download tracklisting
- ↑ http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=9132869&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p394171/songs
- ↑ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales