Today's The Day
by Pink

Album: released as a single (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • "Today's The Day" was the theme song to The Ellen DeGeneres Show starting with season 13 in 2015 and running until the show went off the air in 2022 after 19 seasons. A full version was released as a single, but on the show about 40 seconds were used, played as Ellen took the stage.
  • The song is filled with the kind of upbeat energy that was the hallmark of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The lyric is about living in the moment and seizing the day; the title is fitting because it was a daytime talk show.
  • Pink wrote the song with her producer, Greg Kurstin. Their collaborations include "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "Walk Of Shame."
  • Pink performed this song live on the The Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 10, 2015, the day the song was released. Her performance was outside in Rockefeller Center, New York City. Ellen introduced it with her trademark enthusiasm: "When I decided to have a new theme song for this season, there was only one person that I asked to write it. I still can't believe she said yes."
  • Pink was a guest on Ellen's last episode, May 26, 2022. She performed Ellen's favorite Pink song, "What About Us."

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