Plenty of Gen Zers and late-Millennials can recall utterly jamming out to the opening of Nickelodeon’s iCarly series, and some church-loving Aggies from North Carolina A&T’s gospel choir have revamped this beloved bop into a worship-inspired track.
The show’s theme song — titled “Leave It All To Me” — also serves as Miranda Cosgrove’s debut musical release; it notably features Drake Bell, who starred alongside Cosgrove on Drake & Josh from 2004 to 2007.
The opening is full of energy-filled fun, and it still carries plenty of bumpable potential, evidenced by it being reused for the show’s 2021 reboot.
Social media users also have a tendency to still geek out about how good the song is every now and then.
iCarly will forever have the best theme song on Nickelodeon.
— delayed_hobo (@esrathom) September 26, 2022
The iCarly theme song is one of the best of all time, just throwing that out there
— Parker Fleming (@PAKA_FLOCKA) June 18, 2022
icarly stays having the best show theme song
— alex! • (@gloompool) September 16, 2022
icarly theme song is the best of any childhood show…….fight me!
— Michael 💫 (@michaellsmall) September 27, 2022
With so much hype surrounding this opening, the gospel choir at North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT) decided to revamp the track and make it their own by adding in some Jesus!
A video uploaded by two TikTok accounts — @callmelauren._ and @ncatgospelchoir — shows students at the North Carolina HBCU getting down and delivering a powerfully soulful rendition of the song.
“POV: iCarly the [gospel choir] way,” an on-screen message reads.
@ncatgospelchoir #duet with @callmelauren._ When tou leave it to Jesus 🤣 #fyp #foryourpage #foryoupage #gospel #gospelmusic #gospelchoir #ncatgospelchoir ♬ original sound – Lauren Covington
Soon, this upload may its way to Twitter, where it swiftly blew up.
“Not they turned the iCarly theme song into praise and worship,” the user who reshared the video wrote.
Not they turned the iCarly theme song into praise and worship 😂 pic.twitter.com/F8u63yEpOJ
— Black Girls Smell Good (@BlkGrlsSmllGood) October 16, 2022
People on Twitter immediately began celebrating the gospel choir’s rendition of the song.
JESUS SAID TO LEAVE IT ALL TO HIM!!! Gloraaaaay pic.twitter.com/LBpWJCKF44
— #MINE (@ChristianJaLon) October 17, 2022
Leave it!!!!! pic.twitter.com/BFeOtDZS6z
— Nikole ❤️ (@Kole_bk1) October 17, 2022
I KNOW THATS RIGHTTT pic.twitter.com/1cwpbqYWdp
— ↭ ᴘᴏᴘᴘᴇʀ ɢᴀɴᴅᴀ ↭ (@MalikHaelstrom) October 17, 2022
Hallelujerrrr! 🙌🏾🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/8ObilqiDTC
— Dr. Miranda Bailey (@phantombenley) October 17, 2022
The inclusion of a Church Of God In Christ (COGIC) clap also had people laughing.
that COGIC clap took me under lmaooo
— Black Girls Smell Good (@BlkGrlsSmllGood) October 16, 2022
Others were utterly blown away by the creativity and innovation behind the remix.
The fact that Christians can turn almost any song into praise and worship is truly an art
— Spicy Calamari🌶🦑 (@MysticCalamari) October 17, 2022
Lml we play too much pic.twitter.com/iPbcF3P9r6
— Salena…★ (@SVDR_) October 17, 2022
We should also note that some people shared that they always knew the iCarly song had the potential to be a gospel track.
I was JUST saying to myself yesterday the icarly theme song gives church and this is on my feed today😭 https://t.co/XEZQiI9cEu
— DAR⚡️ (@darleennbouzi) October 17, 2022
I’ve always felt the @iCarly theme song had a little oil in it. These are my people. https://t.co/2SWa6CuOFJ
— ash. (@okashleyj) October 16, 2022
Change a couple words and it can easily be a praise song
— Josh (@SpikeLeesJoint) October 17, 2022
All in all, the internet loved the video, and it looks like we can expect the NCAT Gospel Choir to bring similar content in the future!
Add us on TikTok, it’s coming !!!
— Kay Lennox 🪴 (@ktrills_) October 17, 2022
What do you think about this church-y remix, and what other beloved theme songs should be revamped into gospel tracks?
