ESPN's Monday Night Football is bringing back Hank Williams Jr.

Williams will debut a new version of "All My Rowdy Friends" before the first Monday night game of the season -- the New Orleans Saints at the Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 11.

ESPN pulled the song midseason in 2011, following controversial comments made by Williams on Fox News about then-president Barack Obama.

The original Williams song had been on Monday Night Football broadcasts since 1989.

"I think it's a return to our past in that it's such an iconic song associated with football," ESPN senior vice president of events and studio production Stephanie Druley told USA Today. "It was the original. It belongs to Monday Night Football. It really is about returning to what fans know. It's a Monday night party, and that's what we're all hoping to get back to."