Oprah Enlists Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Nettles and Diane Warren for OWN Theme Song (Watch Songwriter Curse at Host!)

Oprah Winfrey has connections, and she uses them to come up with things such as the new theme song for her OWN Network, which features Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Nettles singing a tune penned by renowned songwriter Diane Warren, titled "You Will." The duo played the song live on OWN Wednesday night during the finale of the Tyler Perry program The Haves and the Have Nots (from Billboard).

If you weren't able to check out the premiere of the song last night, you can still check out a pair of video clips that Winfrey posted on Facebook yesterday. The first features the three aforementioned musicians at the recording studio as Warren, Hudson and Nettles record the track. The second is far more humorous, featuring Warren and Winfrey arm-in-arm, singing the song. The famed television screw up her lyrics at one point, prompting the bold songwriter to whisper "she doesn't know the f*ckin' words" to the camera.

Working for one of the world's most powerful women caps off an impressive year for the trio of musicians. Nettles, of Sugarland fame, released her first solo record during 2014 and Hudson took a role in the Broadway adaptation of The Color Purple, a production that Winfrey received a Best Actress in A Supporting Role Oscar nomination for during 1986. Hudson and Warren had Academy moments of their own this year, with the vocalist performing at this year's Awards ceremony and the writer receiving a Best Original Song nomination for "Grateful" from the film Beyond The Lights.

"Thank you Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Nettles for such a beautiful gift," Winfrey tweeted later. We can't say for sure if it was truly a "gift," but the host received some negative attention earlier this year when Digital Music News revealed that her team had requested some performers to appear for free on her "The Life You Want Tour."

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Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Nettles, Jennifer Hudson, Diane Warren