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Cosgrove was asked by the producers of iCarly if she wanted to record a theme song for the show. The actress explained she had never made a song or been in a recording studio, but agreed and was very excited. She recalled that she had a good time making the song and wanted to record more of it. [2] [3] After it was recorded, "Leave It All to Me" ended up being the theme song for iCarly. [4] [5] Cosgrove told Seventeen that "Leave It All to Me" would serve as the theme song for the 2021 iCarly revival. [6] The actress had to fight hard to keep the original recording of the song to serve as the revival's theme song: "We went around a bunch of times, thinking of maybe re-recording the same song now or doing a different song. But, for me, when I watch revivals, I always am hoping for the original theme song and I feel like none of them ever really stick with the original. So we ended up going with the same one in the end". [6] The song was written by Michael Corcoran, one of Drake Bell's band members. It stars Cosgrove and features Bell, who co-starred with her in Drake & Josh . [5] [7] "Leave It All to Me" is a pop song. [1] Lyrically, the song is about seeing the positives of every situation, giving the best effort possible, taking some chances, and realizing that some things are just intended to be. [1]

Release and reception

"Leave It All to Me" was released on December 18, 2007, as the lead single on the soundtrack album "iCarly, through Nickelodeon and Columbia Records." [8] A remix by Billboard was released on the soundtrack album iCarly: iSoundtrack II on January 24, 2012. [9] Writing for MTV News, Crystal Bell ranked "Leave it All to Me" at number 12 on her The 17 Best Nickelodeon Theme Songs, Ranked list', saying that "the only thing that makes this better is knowing Drake Bell provided the background vocals". [10] "Leave It All to Me" debuted and peaked at number 100 on the US Billboard Hot 100, giving Cosgrove and Bell their first Hot 100 hit in the United States. [11] [12] The song lasted for one week on the chart. [11]

Promotion and impact

The official music video for "Leave It All to Me" was released in June 2008. [13] The video was later released to Cosgrove's YouTube channel on September 28, 2010. [14] Cosgrove would perform "Leave It All to Me" during her first headlining 2011 concert tour the Dancing Crazy Tour. [15] [16] Bell joined Cosgrove to perform the song at Club Nokia, with his appearance gathering cheers from the crowd. [17]

In January 2017, it had been around six years since Cosgrove released her second extended play High Maintenance , and took a break from making music to attend college at the University of Southern California. Bell wished she came back to making music and shared a throwback video of him and Cosgrove dancing to the song. [17] In April 2017, Noah Cyrus revealed that she was a huge fan of iCarly. Cyrus made a video of herself lip-syncing the song and would later post it on her Instagram account. [18] A French version of the song titled "Laissez Moi Tout" was performed by Jaquel Spivey, featured in the film Mean Girls (2024) and appears in the Bonus Track Version of the film's soundtrack. [19]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [7]

Charts

"Leave It All to Me"
Leave It All to Me single cover.jpg
Single by Miranda Cosgrove featuring Drake Bell
from the album iCarly
ReleasedDecember 18, 2007
Recorded2007
Genre Pop
Length2:42
Label
Songwriter(s) Michael Corcoran
Producer(s) Michael Corcoran
Miranda Cosgrove singles chronology
"Leave It All to Me"
(2007)
"About You Now"
(2009)
Drake Bell singles chronology
"Makes Me Happy"
(2007)
"Leave It All to Me"
(2007)
"Terrific"
(2011)
Chart performance for "Leave It All to Me"
Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 100
US Pop 100 ( Billboard ) [20] 83

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