
If anybody in the world can, it’s got to be Jimmy Buffett.”īarmageddon is a new reality competition show, produced by Blake Shelton and Carson Daly. I figured Jimmy Buffett can pull this off. “I committed to recording this song before I ever heard it. “I wrote Irving back I said, ‘Tell Jimmy to write a song for the show, I’ll record it,’” Shelton revealed. The superstar then took a chance in his reply when he asked Buffett to write a new song for the show. That sounds like a good song,’” Shelton explained to the network.

I have a mutual friend with Jimmy Buffett … and we reached out to get permission to sing ‘Margaritaville’ as one of the intro songs - every show opens with a sing-along song - and I got an email back from, they just forwarded Jimmy’s email back to him on to me that said, ‘Yeah, they can do this song … I love the title of that TV show. “So when you do these television shows and you’re gonna perform a song, you have got to reach out to the writers of the song and get permission. Blake Shelton Photo by: Jason Davis/USA Network While the Oklahoma native recorded and performs the show’s theme song, he didn’t have a hand in writing it. Blake Shelton sings the theme song of USA Network’s new show, Barmageddon, but did you know Jimmy Buffett is a co-writer on the song?ĭuring a recent interview with USA Network, Shelton revealed how Barmageddon’s theme song originated.
