Leave It All to Shine

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"Leave It All to Shine" features vocals from Miranda Cosgrove (left) and Victoria Justice (right).

The song features lead vocals from Cosgrove and Justice, with background vocals provided by members of both the iCarly and Victorious casts, including Ariana Grande, Avan Jogia, Daniella Monet, Elizabeth Gillies, Jennette McCurdy, Jerry Trainor, Leon Thomas III, Matt Bennett, Nathan Kress, and Noah Munck. Michael Corcoran contributed background vocals and also served as a writer, producer, and engineer for the track. Additional writing and production were handled by Łukasz Gottwald and the show's producer Dan Schneider. The song was mixed by Greg Wells and mastered by Brian Gardner. [12]

"Leave It All to Shine" is a mashup of the theme songs from Victorious ("Make It Shine", originally performed by Justice) and iCarly ("Leave It All to Me", originally performed by Cosgrove and featuring Drake Bell). [9] [13] [14] [15] "Leave It All to Shine"'s lyrics blend lines from the theme songs of both shows. [16] William Ruhlmann for AllMusic described "Leave It All to Shine" as a teen pop song, writing that the track has "relentless beats, synthesized instrumentations, nonstop simple, repetitive choruses, and Auto-Tune vocals". [14]

Reception and commercial performance

Joe DeAndrea, writing for AbsolutePunk , described "Leave It All to Shine" as a "true highlight", calling it "another [Dan] Schneider gem". [13] Chloe Pryor of The Vanderbilt Hustler revealed that the track was one of her "favorite songs". [17] Denise Martin from TV Guide wrote Cosgrove and Justice celebrated their "girl power" to the song. [2] Tiara B, writing for The Shade Room, put the song at number ten on her "Victorious: The Top 10 Songs That Still Have Us Hooked" list, mentioning that the track is "cemented in Nickelodeon crossover history", and opining that it is a "true moment that brought Victorious and iCarly fans together". [18] Amy Sciarretto of PopCrush labeled the track as a "bouncy, shiny, happy song with harmonies so sugary they will give you a mouthful of cavities in an instant". [16] She believed that it was so "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed that you can't help but want to sing and dance along". [16]

"Leave It All to Shine" debuted and peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart dated July 2, 2011, lasting one week on the chart. [19] It also peaked at number two on the US Kid Digital Song Sales chart. [20] "Leave It All to Shine" ranked at number 23 on the 2011 Kid Digital Song Sales year-end list. [21]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [12]

Charts

"Leave It All to Shine"
Leave It All to Shine cover.jpg
Single by iCarly and Victorious casts featuring Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice
from the album Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show
ReleasedJune 10, 2011
Genre Teen pop
Length2:12
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
iCarlysingles chronology
"Leave It All to Shine"
(2011)
"Coming Home"
(2012)
Victorioussingles chronology
"Best Friend's Brother"
(2011)
"Leave It All to Shine"
(2011)
"It's Not Christmas Without You"
(2011)

References

  1. Victoria Justice [@VictoriaJustice] (September 4, 2010). "Victoria Justice on Twitter: Recording an iCarly/Victorious theme song mash up right now. Pretty epic. Can't wait for you guys to see this hugeee episode movie thing" (Tweet). Retrieved June 8, 2024 via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 Martin, Denise (June 8, 2011). "When Carly Met Tori: The Stars of 'iParty with Victorious' Say Don't Expect Crossover Catfights". TV Guide . Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  3. "Leave It All to Shine (feat. Miranda Cosgrove & Victoria Justice) - Single". iTunes Store (US). Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  4. "Leave It All to Shine (feat. Miranda Cosgrove & Victoria Justice) - Single". Spotify (US). Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  5. Barnes, Brooke (June 1, 2011). "Big Stars at 18, and Loving the Ride". The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  6. "iCarly and Victorious Come Together!". Seventeen . May 11, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
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  8. "Victorious & iCarly Crossover Coming June 10". Cambio. March 12, 2011. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Howe, Nicholas (September 13, 2021). "Nickelodeon: The 10 Best Crossovers, Ranked". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  10. "Victorious (Music from the Hit TV Show) [feat. Victoria Justice] - Album on Apple Music". iTunes Store (US). Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  11. "Victorious (Music from the Hit TV Show) [feat. Victoria Justice] - Album on Spotify". Spotify (US). Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  12. 1 2 "Credits / Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show / Various artists". Tidal. August 2, 2011. Archived from the original on December 13, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  13. 1 2 DeAndrea, Joe (August 2, 2011). "Victorious Cast feat. Victoria Justice - Victorious - Album Review". AbsolutePunk . Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  14. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Victoria Justice/Victorious Cast Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  15. Kotansky, Heidi (February 14, 2012). "'Leave It All to Me' (CD single)". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  16. 1 2 3 Sciarretto, Amy (June 10, 2011). "iVictorious, 'Leave It All to Shine' Feat. Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice – Song Review". PopCrush. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  17. Pryor, Chloe (April 2, 2023). "In Photos: A night of early 2000s childhood nostalgia with Matt Bennett's Party 101". The Vanderbilt Hustler . Archived from the original on June 10, 2025. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  18. B, Tiara (March 28, 2025). "Celebrating 15 Years of 'Victorious': The Top 10 Songs That Still Have Us Hooked". The Shade Room. Archived from the original on March 28, 2025. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  19. 1 2 "Victoria Justice Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  20. 1 2 "Victoria Justice Chart History (US Kid Digital Song Sales)". Billboard . Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. Retrieved June 8, 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. 1 2 "Kid Digital Song Sales - Year-End". Billboard . 2011. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2025.