2018Released
3:43

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This empowering anthem was written for the Super Bowl by Carrie Underwood with Brett James and Chris DeStefano. I am invincible, unbreakable, unstoppable, unshakable They knock me down, I get up again I am the champion, you're gonna know my name "When we were writing 'The Champion,' our main focus was to celebrate athletes at the top of their game, but we also wanted the song to resonate with people in their everyday lives," Underwood explained. "We hope the lyrics will inspire people to push themselves beyond their limits to conquer anything they are trying to accomplish or overcome. There's a champion in every single one of us!"

The song features a verse by Ludacris, who spells out the word champion during his rap break. Underwood explained: "Ludacris came into the picture when we were writing this song 'The Champion,' we left a space in it for a potential guest appearance, a potential feature. And we went 'round and 'round about who do we approach, who do we ask, and in my mind, the style of the song with somebody that had his own thing, had a kind of legend status. I wanted something big. I wanted an artist that matched the song, and Ludacris, everything about him just seemed to scream 'Champion' to me, and he was just so great. And so we sent him everything and he put his part on it, and when we got it back, I thought, 'Holy Cow! This took it to a whole new level.' So, I think he was just that piece of the puzzle that was missing, and from the second that I heard it, I was like that was exactly the perfect person to be a part of this. Like I could never imagine anybody else being a part of this, and he just, again, took it to another level."

After hearing "The Champion", NBC Sports decided to incorporate the tune into its coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Underwood said: "We were asked to come up with something special for the Super Bowl. We knew we wanted the open to be as grand as the Super Bowl is, so I was really excited that NBC and Sunday Night Football kind of gave us control to be creative and go in and see what we could do. We spent a couple of days – we being me, Brett James and Chris DeStefano who I've written with both of those guys quite a bit – we went in and just gave it our all trying to figure out what would best set up something as amazing as the Super Bowl. After we turned it in, they loved it so much [that] we were told, 'The Olympics are gonna want this!' So, that was just more incredible news because it certainly fits everything that the Super Bowl stands for as well."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Champion.
F♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
91BPM

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The album The Champion is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Champion.
Capitol Nashville
© 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
A Capitol Records Nashville Release; ℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.

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