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"Leave It All to Shine"
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
GenreTeen pop
Length2:12
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
iCarly singles chronology
"Leave It All to Shine"
(2011) 		"Coming Home"
(2012)
Victorious singles chronology
"Best Friend's Brother"
(2011) 		"Leave It All to Shine"
(2011) 		"It's Not Christmas Without You"
(2011)
Miranda Cosgrove singles chronology
"Dancing Crazy"
(2010) 		"Leave It All to Shine"
(2011)
Victoria Justice singles chronology
"Best Friend's Brother"
(2011) 		"Leave It All to Shine"
(2011) 		"It's Not Christmas Without You"
(2011)

"Leave It All to Shine" is a song performed by the iCarly and Victorious casts featuring the American singers and actresses Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice from Victorious's debut soundtrack album, Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show (2011). It was released as the album's fifth single on June 10, 2011, through Columbia Records and Nickelodeon. The song was featured in the iCarly and Victorious television crossover movie titled iParty with Victorious.

"Leave It All to Shine" is a teen pop track that features the usage of synthesizers, drum machine and Auto-Tune. The songs lyrics are a mashup of the theme songs from Victorious ("Make It Shine") and iCarly ("Leave It All to Me"). Music critics thought it was successful as a mashup and praised Cosgrove's and Justice's vocals. The song peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and number two on the US Kid Digital Song Sales chart.

Background and release

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In September 2010, Victorious actress Victoria Justice announced on Twitter that she was recording a mashup of the theme songs from Victorious and iCarly.[1] During an interview with TV Guide in 2011, iCarly actress Miranda Cosgrove revealed that two weeks before filming the scene in the iCarly and Victorious television crossover, the casts of both shows recorded the mashup in a recording studio. Cosgrove said she was excited to sing with the Victorious cast and opined that she was surprised by how well everyone sounded.[2] "Leave It All to Shine" was first released as a single on June 10, 2011, through Columbia Records in association with Nickelodeon Records.[3][4]

The song was subsequently featured in the iCarly and Victorious television crossover movie iParty with Victorious, which aired the following day.[5][6] The special features Carly (Cosgrove) dating a boy named Steven, who is also dating Tori (Justice). When Carly discovers a photo of Steven and Tori together, she suspects he is cheating and travels to Los Angeles with her friends.[7][8]

After revealing the truth to Tori, the two girls team up to expose Steven at a party thrown by Kenan Thompson. The main characters of the two shows then engage in a joint performance of "Leave It All to Shine".[7][9] The song was then released as the final track on Victorious's debut soundtrack album Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show on August 2, 2011.[10][11]

Music and composition

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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 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

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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

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[12]

Charts

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References

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  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. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ a b "Victoria Justice, Miranda Cosgrove & More Premiere 'iParty With Victorious'". Cambio. June 5, 2011. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  8. ^ "Victorious & iCarly Crossover Coming June 10". Cambio. March 12, 2011. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  9. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c "Victoria Justice Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  20. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Kid Digital Song Sales - Year-End". Billboard. 2011. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
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