Weyes Noir Stop splitting hairs... she DID sing live, but along with a pre recording (from just a few days earlier) due to all the noise... AS IS DONE as a rule so the audience can hear above all the noise... Why does it even matter? Bottom line is, she belted out our anthem with patriotism and pride! There was no voice enhancement, no Mili Vanilli bullshit... Fucking troll... ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/whitney-houston-national-anthem-video-super-bowl-51-2017
I am 75, and a 20 retired veteran of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. I am a war veteran. I cried as I watched and listened to our National Anthem being sung so beautifully.
I remember what it was like the next morning after she sang this . She was on the covers of every newspaper she electrified the United States and the world with the rendition of this song. I still get chills. She is missed❤❤
Wow! I literally just sent this to my 18 yr daughter moments ago to tell her I witnessed one of the most amazing televised singing performances in American history...and to wish her a happy black history month! This performance shocked the WORLD. Absolutely beautiful. Proud to be an African-AMERICAN!!! 🥰💕
PREACH!!! lmao. I thought the same thing. This was back when talent was highly regarded in the entertainment business. I'm gonna chill out on this or it'll turn into a rant. peace.
No BS, No backup singers, No profanity or silly runs in the song, just pure talent and grace! EPIC, TRULY EPIC! Such a tragedy and a loss to the world. Sad that those people around her couldn't get her the help she needed. RIP Whitney.
Michelle Sutton And she just sung it she didn’t do anything extra, she just sung the song and knocked it out of the park and every artist since has been looking for that ball to knock it out of the park with no luck.
Tamera Coates Exactlyyy! And I’m sure Demi’s was rushed because of the arrangement of the music. She didn’t really have a choice in how fast it was. Whitney’s music was slower. Demi did amazing in my opinion though.
When that bottom jaw started shivering & she fully smiled! Game over! She knew she killed it ❤️ She still gives me chills in 2025’ My favorite singer of all time! Rip Queen!
@Mango RoxxWell If she did so u say.. You cant lip sync without actually singing the Damn song first. I mean come on who vocals was that a computers. Auto tune wasnt even out then. I Dont Care whether it was or wasnt. She slayed that mic and walk off like who's next if you think you can😂😂
She was actually supposed to wear a grown to match the orchestra, however she switched at the last minute when she realized how cold it was. Her bestfriend Robyn tells this story
Hoo Blastoise don’t forget Chaka! The way she ended the National Anthem with “BRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHVVEEEEEEEEEEEE” sounded like a baby crying on the airplane
Me seeing it was performed in '91: oh this was like ten years ago. Me after reading your comment: oh sh*. That's right, the '90's started 30 years ago 😳
I am here. I come in every once in a while to hear the greatest voice of her generation sing the national anthem. I don’t think anyone did it better than her. I saw her on her very first tour. She was only 22 at the time and totally spectacular. I fell in love with her then and I still love her voice today. I miss you Whitney.
When she sings, “And the rocket’s red glare / The bombs bursting in air,” I get chills. Her voice is so effortlessly powerful. She was so young and beautiful in this video, it’s so tragic how things turned out for her. RIP Whitney.
Absolute chills. No one will touch this rendition. Not just because she sang with so much power, perfect pitch, great control and placement, but because she told a story. She sang the second verse with such a soft conviction. She didn’t just belt and scream the entire time. She used different areas of her voice to give a nuanced performance of a song that’s been done to hell. Stop comparing people to Whitney’s version. It isn’t fair. This transcends vocal talent. This is pure musicianship and an untouchable talent for understanding the details of the voice and the way one can enhance a story through their style of vocal.
@@dr_mashedpotato2614 I get it's hard to understand my guy, but understanding not only the history of our nation but also the musical talent behind this arrangement will give anyone chills. You see this beauty in music once in a lifetime.
For the people who complained about this being pre-recorded: You could spend your whole life recording this in a studio, and it wouldn't sound anything like this.
@@shamsaliriaz5264 th-cam.com/video/IdcKLuRjIX0/w-d-xo.html Doesn't need to be lip synced and she still sounds the same.. Arguably even better when sung live in this link.
This is HANDS DOWN the most patriotic rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Whitney’s version make ALL OF US proud to be an American. NO OTHER rendition has accomplished that…no other.
Right?! Nippy was allow her talent and emotions to convey the perfect message of her so, few of mega stars do that, that was why she was in a league of her own, THE VOICE. RIP W E H ❤️
You have more patriotism for our country and you live in Hong Kong! It sucks that some of our own people don’t love this country and freedom as much as you
You must not have seen the Marvin Gaye version. Nobody else slayed it like Marvin. Only he could have made the anthem so smooth and sexy (no homo). There wasn't a dry panty in the house after he was through.
What's so impressive about Whitney Houston singing this masterpiece was how effortlessly and casually she did it. Truly one of the greatest voice in history.
Lip syncing is such a stupid debate. Yes, she lip synced it. It's well-documented, so stop questioning that. It also doesn't make her a worse singer for it. Pre-recorded tracks get used in all kinds of live events when it's hard to run live sound, and every great singer has mimed to a track at some point. You only find out about it when there's a malfunction.
@@liljay2326 no it’s true. They had her pre record it because the sound engineers were worried about it being performed live. She sang into a dead mic at the game. But what we heard was still done in one take and doesn’t take away from the fact it’s still the best version in the history of the super bowl.
@@anitamcaffry2533 Look I love Whitney but my reply was to home girl saying no gimmicks, no flashiness…just pure vocals!…..So saying so bc what she still sang it is like your team losing by 100 but saying yea but so what we still showed up!!!
What I hate is when you share this with someone then they respond back with another one of their favorite Star Spangled songs. This is the best and the next closest is miles apart. Even her last note "Brave" she took to the max.....
@Chill Will you need to go on with your nasty comments bc GOD her life was between GOD & HER so you ain’t gotta worry about none of that sir….I bet they are just fine😒😌☝🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾👐🏾😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨🤧 you just make sure your living your life & worrying about self bc she definitely lived her life for her & her daughter & definitely left an impression on everybody life even yours😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨😒💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@chillwill5080 Her story is really sad but there's no denying that she was gifted with a 1 in a billion voice and anytime she used it her true spirit uplifted entire audiences. Anyone who sees her sing can see her true self and not the thing that killed her.
Banquet Meal Even if everyone lip synched or everyone sang live, Whitney would still be the best one🤣 the only person that MIGHT come close to being this good is Mariah. Don’t waste your time debating me, I said what I said 🤷🏽♀️
NO ONE can EVER touch this song the way she did. Too many have tried and screamed it, bad pitch, and overdid it. This was a classy, patriotic, and just well song rendition.
John G was your point that her clothes would some how inhibit her singing capability 😂because I’m pretty sure she would’ve came and shut it down regardless of what she was wearing
Google's most searched National Anthem performance for Black History Month brought me here, though I come here pretty much every year after every Superbowl Nation Anthem performance to compare. And once again, Whitney is untouched.
Her voice, her beauty, her smile, her facial expressions, her arms raised up in the air at the end, the orchestra, the jet fly over, I could go on and on. They should replay Whitney's performance before every super bowl. It will never get better then this.
I couldn't agree with you more.... The passion that she put into this song was just simply amazing to me and even after over 20 years I don't think there will ever be another person to singing it like she did... That was an awesome spectacle of God-given talent
I loved Lady Gaga's version as well but I just listened to them back to back and Whitney's was filled with such emotion at a time the country was engaging in war. POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
According to wikipedia, the manager of that orchestra said that Whitney sang and the orchestra played, but there were no live microphones and the sound everyone heard was a version Whitney had recorded with the orchestra a few days earlier in a studio. Yeah, kinda bums me out a bit too. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner_(Whitney_Houston_recording)#Lip-sync_controversy
@@lwiding1404 that's debatable ....but what's not debatable. is that when she did this performance she donated all her earnings.... also after the 2001 attack when they released this version again she donated her royalties to the first responders/victims .... but ppl still hate on her ..... smh
@@lwiding1404 again like I said it's debatable and again she donated all her earnings to the first responders how is that irrelevant ? Stop hating 🤦🏿♂️
It’s not possible. You can only ever hope to copy it. This, her rendition is when you are allowed to use the word perfect. What it must of been like to watch Picasso.
She set the bar too high. No one will ever exceed this performance.
*Very well said* 💯✔
Cee Fuller exactly
Yep yep yep!
Demi did well but not this
NO ONE....
Yep nobody will EVER top this. She was and is an absolute American treasure. The VOICE.
Exactly, it said a few have topped her perfomance... who? Don't worry, I'll wait. lol
James Bonner u here after the all star game too?
Naw! Marvin Gaye's version tops this one! 🤷🏾♀️
heather buol somebody will eventually, but like I said, eventually. It’ll probably take a while
You’re right but my ears also like Carrie Underwood and Kate Hudson. I’d wonder how celene dion would do if she was American
No unnecessary runs or screams. Just straight and beautiful. So beautiful. RIP Whitney. You will never be forgotten
I wish she would've held the "free" note longer
Mike Rotch Bitch no she didn't I bet she lip sung it
Amen!
Nightingale99 Watching her rendition put me in tears.
Biga173rd who Fergie? Me too. But not for a good reason!!! 😭
Who is here in 2025 ? The G.O.A.T still reigns Supreme ! R.I.P lady Whitney Houston
Here
it's a pity it means nothing anymore, land of the free?
No one has yet to this day has topped this rendition. RIP Whitney.....
Nobody ever will.
Fergie is a close second tho😂😂
@@zaneshihadeh1955 you wild lol 🤣🤣🤣
@@zaneshihadeh1955 so was Kristen Chenoweth.
That's the truth!!!!!
Her singing made me feel patriotic for a country i don't belong to.
Edit: I think I know all the words now.
Honestly
Me too. Yo tambieeeennnnn
Weyes Noir Not even, you moron...
@@ArchKnight28 haha...we wish.
Weyes Noir Stop splitting hairs... she DID sing live, but along with a pre recording (from just a few days earlier) due to all the noise... AS IS DONE as a rule so the audience can hear above all the noise... Why does it even matter? Bottom line is, she belted out our anthem with patriotism and pride! There was no voice enhancement, no Mili Vanilli bullshit... Fucking troll... ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/whitney-houston-national-anthem-video-super-bowl-51-2017
She wasn't even trying. I'm not even American and yet I still had chills. What a queen
She was obviously trying though? And it paid off.
Your comment makes me sick. Delete your account immediately egg brain
@@Evan-rj7gn 😂😂
Shut up
I swear effortless
I am 75, and a 20 retired veteran of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. I am a war veteran. I cried as I watched and listened to our National Anthem being sung so beautifully.
Thank so much for your service, sir.
30 years have passed and this remains the gold standard.
More like double platinum!!
@@HoneyBird85 This bring a tear to my eye every time . I come here to re avow my belief in MY COUNTRY.
jesus 30 years? wow
The great arranger John Clayton 🐬
*diamond standard*
She set the standard. No one has come close.
Demi just did :)
@@alexanthony3171 I agree Demi did amazing
Demi was lovely!!! But Whitney is up at a whole other level. No one will come close.
Lady Gaga did
Demi is not even close. Gaga's is very close to Whitney's though.
Watching this in 2020 and still can’t believe she did that.
Yep...always have to get back once inawhile 😊Nippy did that...
I can't believe I missed it but yeah I don't like football that's why I missed it
Eva Danielle me too
Right I’m over here super emotional
She didn’t, it was prerecorded
I remember what it was like the next morning after she sang this . She was on the covers of every newspaper she electrified the United States and the world with the rendition of this song. I still get chills. She is missed❤❤
U know you’re a legend when u preform in 1991 and people are still listening in 2022!!!❤️❤️❤️
Abdallah Zghino factssssss
@@ELPAVICH
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Definitely is and will continue to til 3020😁
Darn Skippy I am still listening!!!
So true!!
The people that were able to witness this in person were blessed.
I would have been in absolute, as it is I’m crying behind a screen if I were there to witness it I would have been bawling
Truely
❤️❤️❤️ yesss 😭😭😭😭
Wow! I literally just sent this to my 18 yr daughter moments ago to tell her I witnessed one of the most amazing televised singing performances in American history...and to wish her a happy black history month! This performance shocked the WORLD. Absolutely beautiful. Proud to be an African-AMERICAN!!! 🥰💕
Samantha J Wright I was in the stadium!
You knew she was about to throw down when she came out in a tracksuit!!!! Whitney Houston FOREVER!!!!
PREACH!!! lmao. I thought the same thing.
This was back when talent was highly regarded in the entertainment business. I'm gonna chill out on this or it'll turn into a rant.
peace.
Ok! Whitney sweating while singing Definitely means she's throwing down!
+adriane lind I'm rolling at 2:20 am from your tell it like it T-I-IS kinda truth.
+adriane lind She was the best.....
AND she had that hand on her hip..they already knew.
No BS, No backup singers, No profanity or silly runs in the song, just pure talent and grace! EPIC, TRULY EPIC! Such a tragedy and a loss to the world. Sad that those people around her couldn't get her the help she needed. RIP Whitney.
Shes barely trying, its ridiculous how good she was
Because it was pre recorded
Timothy King my heart broke after hearing this.Still pretty good tbh!
I was thinking the same thing...seemed effortless....prolly practiced for the first time the morning of.
No kidding. She was amazing. Almost effortless for her.
@@bulletinarainbow629 In the documentary "Whitney" from 2018 they say she recorded it in one take.
No one will ever top this. It’s literally not possible. There were no mistakes. Not one.
Michelle Sutton And she just sung it she didn’t do anything extra, she just sung the song and knocked it out of the park and every artist since has been looking for that ball to knock it out of the park with no luck.
FLAWLESS- Then the softness in the second verse leading to the amazing build up... the control is FLAWLESS... Demi RUSHED IT- It was too fast...
Mariah Carey is way better you obviously haven't watched it yet
Gold Coast Videography nah. I said what I said. Nobody has topped Whitney and probably nobody will.
Tamera Coates Exactlyyy! And I’m sure Demi’s was rushed because of the arrangement of the music. She didn’t really have a choice in how fast it was. Whitney’s music was slower. Demi did amazing in my opinion though.
She looks like she's not even trying, like she could just roll out of bed and belt this out anytime. What an amazing talent she had.
It was prerecorded
@@user20mil38, it was prerecorded (of course), but she DID IT IN ONE TAKE.
It’s because they loved one of her practices so much, they recorded it and used that
Of course she's trying idiot
Adina Lesperance agreed
When that bottom jaw started shivering & she fully smiled!
Game over! She knew she killed it ❤️
She still gives me chills in 2025’
My favorite singer of all time!
Rip Queen!
The greatest female vocalist ever. Whitney rest in peace.
@@mogadon7 no, dont do drugs, kiddos. is that how whitney died?
@@savannahboothe9312 Savannah, yes.
YESSSS! RESPECT.
Facts!
She's not better than Aretha
She came, destroyed and left like it was nothing.
That's exactly why this version has never been surpassed, her spontaneity.
Destroyed them with grace, beauty, and ease.
So true!
@Mango RoxxWell If she did so u say.. You cant lip sync without actually singing the Damn song first. I mean come on who vocals was that a computers. Auto tune wasnt even out then. I Dont Care whether it was or wasnt. She slayed that mic and walk off like who's next if you think you can😂😂
Samuel Naesen never has been anyone to take her place! The day she set the bar high for singing the national anthem!
There’s a reason why everyone comes back to this one
It's amazing! I'm not even from the US. Her singing is phenomenal, no-one can top this in my opinion!
ExACTly.
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
I literally watch this at least a few times a year for forever now lol
i can’t i just can’t she is the best out of anyone who ever has sung it and the band was insane
Watching this in 2025 & This still sends chills through my soul!! We All need this in a Time such as this.
This should be the official version of the National Anthem.
YES!
yas!
in my head, it is
@Helden Hoierman the star-spangled banner is a flawed song as its hard for the average person to sing so its already hard to sing and unify
This reminded me of Fergie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
I had to come here after that bullshit that Fergie called a National Anthem.
Yep me too.
Same 😩
TheNBAFreak Hahahahahaha me too, my ears needed to recover.
TheNBAFreak same I just watched it😭😭
Rofl, same!🤣😂
This is basically the most flawless thing I've ever heard.
It was lip synced
Nice job withely Houston🙀🙀
jumpforjoy6 First take too
@jumpforjoy6 still recorded by her tho so still flawless 😂.
maybe you should try Charice's version :)
Here in 2025 to clarify that this performance of the National Anthem has not been topped since ❤
Sings it in a track suit, no glitz and no glamour. Just a voice. Remains the ‘go to’ version after 30 years. What a legacy
So true, simple but powerful ❤
She was actually supposed to wear a grown to match the orchestra, however she switched at the last minute when she realized how cold it was. Her bestfriend Robyn tells this story
I was thinking the same thing --- Could not look more beautiful though - Amazing --gone too soon
Amen!
I loved it when they said Lady Gaga did it better. Lol
She didn’t look the least bit nervous and was effortlessly hitting every note. Incredible.
She was actually lip-syncing. However, the recording her singing, and it is certainly a beautiful rendition :)
@@callumschultz3 That crushed so many wonderful things for me but you are totally correct. I’ll just pretend that I didn’t hear that😄
@@aVamer 😆
@Count dooku scrumptious
Wow, never knew that! On the other hand, I'm sure she would have sung it this way live. She was a terrific singer and performer.
I love her singing this. She doesn’t add any weird tweaks or whatever to it.
You also came here after Chaka khan? 😂
Jaja Nenee ik I definitely am 🥴
I’m still haunted by Fergies trash ass attempt
Hoo Blastoise don’t forget Chaka! The way she ended the National Anthem with “BRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHVVEEEEEEEEEEEE”
sounded like a baby crying on the airplane
Just dont add the third verse
No one has topped this yet. She is still the best.
Look at her smile and confidence. She knows she is killin it.
I dont think she knew what she did until after everything. Then shes like damn i did that lol.
confident because it was pre recorded lol
@@axyr4394 and still nobody sounded as good as that so
@@axyr4394 also confident because she's one of the greatest singers of all time, top 3 sweetie! 😍
Smiles,,,chills and heavy beats in my heart,,,,Oh! Whitney,,,,i have mixed feelings,,,,😊🤗😘/😥😫
Little did those people know, they were witnessing history
I watched it on tv live... our family and friends where blown away....we all cheered
Whitnessing?
Hahaha
God bless America the beautiful!, PTL
🧢
This is 30 years old now. But never gets old. Still the best version of ALL.
Period
This is the best version.......Withney brought in all the highs & lows. Gosh we miss her.
Flawless.
I'm still waiting for the day someone surpass this one
@@OceanTree it will be hard for someone to even sing at par to this much more to surpass it.
Whitney sang it as it should be. It is a story of our Nations beginning, she told the story as she sang the words. Never done better than this! EVER!
30 years later, people are still talking about Whitney's superbowl performance. She set the bar high
Once in a lifetime kind of voice and talent.
Hell Yeah !!!
Real real high.
Truth!
Correction: She is the Bar for our National Anthem !!!!!!!!! 💝
30 years later and people still say no one will ever nail it like Whitney.
Nail*
Me seeing it was performed in '91: oh this was like ten years ago.
Me after reading your comment: oh sh*. That's right, the '90's started 30 years ago 😳
Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, Jazmine Sullivan.
@@jmk7074 they all did good but not like Whitney. She always number one.
@@biancajeon1277 and forever will be
No one can ever sing the American anthem like Whitney.
Gaga came close
Jennifer Hudson came closer
Actually Jack Black wasn't to bad either
I broke the 99 likes 😏 and true Whitney is everything
Us anthem: plays
Kim Jong un: why do i hear Boss music?!
I am here. I come in every once in a while to hear the greatest voice of her generation sing the national anthem. I don’t think anyone did it better than her. I saw her on her very first tour. She was only 22 at the time and totally spectacular. I fell in love with her then and I still love her voice today. I miss you Whitney.
When she sings, “And the rocket’s red glare / The bombs bursting in air,” I get chills. Her voice is so effortlessly powerful. She was so young and beautiful in this video, it’s so tragic how things turned out for her. RIP Whitney.
Justin Moore: Same here! I play it every day!
Give the arrangement some credit as well. It’s honestly brilliant
@@sethhansen4454 Absolutely!!!
Damn I did too.
Chills indeed. Absolutely amazing
Absolute chills. No one will touch this rendition. Not just because she sang with so much power, perfect pitch, great control and placement, but because she told a story. She sang the second verse with such a soft conviction. She didn’t just belt and scream the entire time. She used different areas of her voice to give a nuanced performance of a song that’s been done to hell. Stop comparing people to Whitney’s version. It isn’t fair. This transcends vocal talent. This is pure musicianship and an untouchable talent for understanding the details of the voice and the way one can enhance a story through their style of vocal.
ALL. OF. THIS.
Credit too to John Clayton for the absolutely amazing musical arrangement
this is what makes her QUEEN❤️
@@dr_mashedpotato2614 I get it's hard to understand my guy, but understanding not only the history of our nation but also the musical talent behind this arrangement will give anyone chills. You see this beauty in music once in a lifetime.
Dr_Mashedpotato “I’m 12”. I stopped reading there.
She made the American Anthem sound like a hit record.
All she did was just sing.
WOW.
She did. It was released as a single afterwards and was a top 20 hit on billboards..
Yep but it wasn’t live. It was pre-recorded. Her producer confirmed it in the movie that was released about her in 2017 or 2018.
She didn’t just sing she “sang” lol
@@azizahunt1560 Ok and? She still sung it.
Porsha Conoye ok and it wasn’t live but was “sold” to be. Did I make myself clear this time or do you still have questions?
The best to Ever Do it ! Jerseys Finest! Hail to the Queen Whitney!
For the people who complained about this being pre-recorded:
You could spend your whole life recording this in a studio, and it wouldn't sound anything like this.
Right. 💪
And it was recorded in 1 take
THANK YOU
@@TheEGames well as being live for the concert the next day for the troops
and this was way before auto tune or mic correction so let be clear. .its her voice live or not...
Greatest of All Time
Yesss!:)) 💓
lip synced
Monroé Indigo agreed
My favorite rendition of all time of any sport. This was a vocal clinic.
renamed playa stfu
it’s been 30 years and this hasn’t been topped. and it never will
It should be at the Smithsonian of Recorded History.
💕💕
charice did
Lady Gaga
@@TheBooklyBreakdown you a DAMN lie. Don’t ever compare that white woman to Whitney
My favorite rendition. I still get goose bumps.
The best thing about this performance is that it seems to effortless. She's not trying too hard, she's just doing her thing!
That may also be because it was lip synced, but it still does feel very heartfelt.
@@shamsaliriaz5264 th-cam.com/video/IdcKLuRjIX0/w-d-xo.html Doesn't need to be lip synced and she still sounds the same.. Arguably even better when sung live in this link.
Heida she was so relaxed and free. Effortless. I miss her so much 😢😭😩
Exactly my thoughts, performed effortlessly.
FACTS!
I’m British and this makes me glad you dumped our tea
BAHAHAHA MY BAGUETTE IS SHAKING
At least the fish got some tea!
no problem, and our seas do taste a bit better now
1:38. Look at Hawaii's fleeeeeg.
Give me liberty or give me dEaTh!!
Gives me chills every time. She sang that song like she wrote it herself.
Wonderful description
Chills all over
Lisa Rucker literal chills....
This is HANDS DOWN the most patriotic rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Whitney’s version make ALL OF US proud to be an American. NO OTHER rendition has accomplished that…no other.
i think they turned this whitney song into the american national anthem
Ivan Brunty 😂👏🏼
damn right
😂😂😂😂
Yes that's what they did 😊
Wow..she sang the national anthem the song wasn’t made by her
if you think about it,the American national anthem is a very difficult song to sing. Whitney made it look so easy and effortless. 2020.
Ikr
Thank you!
I know this song by heart and half the kids now don’t even know it 😔 it’s so sad.
@John Wright , put down the pipe 🤣🤣
Linda Ronstadt has a great version as well.
That wasn't a national anthem, that was a spiritual experience.
AMEN .....Hallelujah 😪😔
Amen to that! They should've tossed the phonebook on stage in her honor after that stirring rendition.
Testify.
Yes it was!!!!
Amen!!!
No words to even explain this!
This is absolotely the best version ever! Who is still watching this at 2024?
Yes. Whitney gave that song life that it never had.
Meat loaf was better but this is a great version
Me
@@nwgverified nah . Whitney’s is the best. Go clean your ears out.
CHRIS STAPLETON WAS AWESOME TOO.
It doesn’t get better than this. Ever! Rest In Peace, Whitney.
Never will Jeff, lol. True talent. Rest on Queen Whitney.
I get chills no matter how many times I see it
Can we edit last night's National Anthem in Super Bowl LV and replace it with Whitney's? Because last night was utter shit.
@@RoadRacer524 I agree. Yesterday's version was a hot mess.
Yes indeed
No theatrics, no costume. This was not about her but about singing the National Anthem to the best of her ability. Beautiful!
Right?! Nippy was allow her talent and emotions to convey the perfect message of her so, few of mega stars do that, that was why she was in a league of her own, THE VOICE. RIP W E H ❤️
Sheer joy in her expression!
Why did I just start crying!!??? Incredible, thank you Whitney!! RIP
The best Ever!!!
I'm asian and i watch this crying every week.
The best vocal and best arrangement ever.
she should've gotten a Grammy for this performance
sadly it was already recorded.
You have more patriotism for our country and you live in Hong Kong! It sucks that some of our own people don’t love this country and freedom as much as you
The Grammy was Beneath this Woman...
Periodt
ZEV exactly
She didn't just sing it, she felt it AND owned it. Best EVER.
@K Maxx why do you keep commenting that bro go outside
juice lol right
@K Maxx
After looking your comments in these videos I just realized that you are trolling. Get a life.
@K Maxx Bitch whitney got the voice... Sit down somewhere 🤡
@K Maxx SO SAD YOU ARE!
She’s in a league of her own.
Nobody
NOBODY!
Nobody.
She grabbed the bar and jumped to the moon with it
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
no one will ever sing this better than Whitney
Exactly
True
We keep coming back!!!
Meatloaf
@sambam6199 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is the standard..nobody comes close.
WORD!!!!
Lady Gaga did a great job too now.
Combined Academy Choirs is my favorite.
Dutchmusicfan1992 Michael was the top one that's just a fact
You must not have seen the Marvin Gaye version. Nobody else slayed it like Marvin. Only he could have made the anthem so smooth and sexy (no homo). There wasn't a dry panty in the house after he was through.
This performance makes me proud of being American.
But I am Danish.
Unfortunately, we Americans are not doing very well at the moment. We are divided more than ever.
Hope all is well in Denmark. 🇩🇰
LOL...
@@grizzly8356 Yes we are and it is so sad that America has come to this.
@@grizzly8356
America is , with all due respect , sht , y’all could do better
@@wewewewewewewewwewe We are trying, believe me
Came to cleanse my soul after hearing Fergie
lol,
😂🤣😅
😂😂😂😂✨🌟🌟✨
Lol me too
Me too 😂 Feeling so much better.
No one. Absolutely no one, can ever top this rendition of our Star Spangled banner. Bravo Whitney. Thank you 🇺🇸
What's so impressive about Whitney Houston singing this masterpiece was how effortlessly and casually she did it. Truly one of the greatest voice in history.
She didn't lip sync. She owned that performance as she did on all her live shows.
+ Joe Smith - Except she wasn't lip-syncing. Where's your proof?
Neph Squad This was definitely pre-recorded and lipsynced. They confirmed it. She has performed it live elsewhere plenty of times and slayed though.
Lip syncing is such a stupid debate. Yes, she lip synced it. It's well-documented, so stop questioning that. It also doesn't make her a worse singer for it. Pre-recorded tracks get used in all kinds of live events when it's hard to run live sound, and every great singer has mimed to a track at some point. You only find out about it when there's a malfunction.
She didn't lip sync this one . It was one she did but not this one
She looks like she’s not even trying. It’s just natural for her.
@Harper Thomas It still sounds so effortless, especially considering she recorded it in one take I believe
@Harper Thomas Not true I was in the game
So true. There is no one like Whitney! RIP.
There will never be another Whitney! RIP to a queen
@@liljay2326 no it’s true. They had her pre record it because the sound engineers were worried about it being performed live. She sang into a dead mic at the game. But what we heard was still done in one take and doesn’t take away from the fact it’s still the best version in the history of the super bowl.
It's 2021 and the anthem still hasn't been done better by anyone. RIP WHITNEY
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Fergie did...said no one ever! 😆
@@vanity_unique I was bout’a say... then I read the rest of your comment. 😂
Sandi Patti.....just beautiful
Very true
The best ever!!! No up and down, sideways... yodeling and lip giration. Classic straight forward how it is done anthem. RIP
Nobody has ever sung it better than Whitney. It was a masterpiece.
Isn't that the truth 💪🙏👍
Periodttt
faith hill
Best piece of legislation ever
Beyonce came close but can't never come near
no gimmicks. no flashiness. just pure vocals and talent. Whitney was, and will forever be the QUEEN.
I had to come back to this rendition just to soothe my soul… #foreverthestandard
Hate to break it to ya…the music and her vocals were all pre-recorded and that is what you and the audience hear!
@@Gusto04 So what? Even if it’s pre-recorded, she still sang it.
@@anitamcaffry2533 Look I love Whitney but my reply was to home girl saying no gimmicks, no flashiness…just pure vocals!…..So saying so bc what she still sang it is like your team losing by 100 but saying yea but so what we still showed up!!!
Off topic but might I ask, do you believe in our Master and Lord, Jesus Christ? The Son of God??
I still get chills when she starts, "and the rockets red glare..."
First time I heard this I had chills at 1:21, tears at 1:29, and cardiogenic shock by 2:06 😂
I got chills from the video itself
Thought I was the only one.....
@@emare7851 You're never the only one...
Yep it was from that moment she went into beast mode lol
Perfect Whitney ❤
How does a human being even sound like that. Incredible.
Blessed. That's how.
I think about that shit quite often
Well. It comes from a combination of genetics and years of dedicated practice and training.
GOD!!!!
@GOD WILL STRENGTHEN YOU Ummmmm....okay?
Whitney’s version will forever remain undefeated.
Chris Stapleton's at this last Super Bowl is a very, very close second IMO
Facts
Facts
Whitney is in a class by herself as always!
After Whitney the best version that I have heard is Faith Hill superbowl
@@SammySweed
No Way!
In my opinion, not one singer to this day has ever topped her with this not one.
Doubt anyone will either...ever. 🙏🏽💙🕊
Facts lol
The Best Ever there will be! 🙏💙👏❤️
Try listening to fergie's version👨🦽💨
And never will...
What I hate is when you share this with someone then they respond back with another one of their favorite Star Spangled songs. This is the best and the next closest is miles apart. Even her last note "Brave" she took to the max.....
Her voice was a force of nature.
Can you imagine what it was like to be there? My God. My family was literally screaming before it was over, so was the crowd.
@Chill Will you need to Chill Will
@Chill Will you need to go on with your nasty comments bc GOD her life was between GOD & HER so you ain’t gotta worry about none of that sir….I bet they are just fine😒😌☝🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾👐🏾😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨🤧 you just make sure your living your life & worrying about self bc she definitely lived her life for her & her daughter & definitely left an impression on everybody life even yours😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨😒💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@chillwill5080 Her story is really sad but there's no denying that she was gifted with a 1 in a billion voice and anytime she used it her true spirit uplifted entire audiences. Anyone who sees her sing can see her true self and not the thing that killed her.
SAY THAT AGAIN
She made that look effortless. Whitney’s voice was flawless.
That's because she lip synched that performance from what I read. She prerecorded it before she took to the stage!
She did (But honestly I don't think she needed to. I mean this is Whitney freaking Houston)
It was a prerecording, but she still sang it.
@@josephprendergast2
A GIFT FROM "GOD"
HER VOICE THAT WE COULD HEAR....
THANK YOU "GOD"
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she makes it look so easy. no one will ever sing it like her.
I know! Everyone else looks like their struggling 😂🤣😅
Got that right.
Well she was lip syncing so i hope it sounds amazing.
Banquet Meal Even if everyone lip synched or everyone sang live, Whitney would still be the best one🤣 the only person that MIGHT come close to being this good is Mariah. Don’t waste your time debating me, I said what I said 🤷🏽♀️
Nobody ever again.. not even mariah carey
boy she had such a strong voice. we miss you Whitney
She's smiling while hitting those high notes. AMAZING!!! My wife's favorite singer and couldn't agree more. RIP Whitney
You do know she was lip syncing, right? She was recorded a week earlier and edited before this performance.
Sam A that’s disappointing
Personally I prefer Bruce Dickinson, but Houston is absolutely amazing
That's never lip sync
Sam A you cant pre record the national anthem because of copyright laws. You can however sing it
All these years later and in 2019 she still sends chills. No one does it better.
mdbruffy Fergie’s a close second
So True.
I agree I just had her hear her again, she still the best!! There will never ever be another Whitney!!!
mdbruffy Marc Anthony is way better
True....
She showed up wearing a running suit and headband. She does not need any theatrics or dress up... She is a legend.
If you don't win Donald Trump, the coronavirus will spread throughout the United States.
@@長濱広亮 😂😂😂😂😂
@@長濱広亮 too late
Yeah, her voice is all she needs..Amazing.
@proud American trump will lose. Bigly😂😂😂😂
my favorite singer still in 2024.. who else???
So sad she's gone....beautiful, talented
There will NEVER be another!
Forever❤
All-time 👑💪🏾
NO ONE can EVER touch this song the way she did. Too many have tried and screamed it, bad pitch, and overdid it. This was a classy, patriotic, and just well song rendition.
Amen and Amen. No one and mean no one will ever measure up to her performance.
I agree, with you, both! I really can't listen to anyone else, but her sing it.
If you do not cry, you are left gasping in amazement RIP Whitney!
She kept it pure to its form. Her amazing voice did all the talking. Best rendition there will ever be
She didn't sing it live and Meat Loaf's version at the allstars was better!
She came with a bandana on and was wearing a sweatsuit and still gave the anthem of a lifetime. Whitney, u r a true talent.
Robyn suggested so because Whitney said she would get freeze out in the black suit that she originally planed to wear.
Preeachh
It was also the early 90’s therefore 80s style clothing was still fashionable
What a comment!! Yes, true, true!!!
John G was your point that her clothes would some how inhibit her singing capability 😂because I’m pretty sure she would’ve came and shut it down regardless of what she was wearing
Google's most searched National Anthem performance for Black History Month brought me here, though I come here pretty much every year after every Superbowl Nation Anthem performance to compare. And once again, Whitney is untouched.
Amen!
They should have just played this at the All Star game! Cause Chaka sho messed that up! Wow!
UNTOUCHED
ladyhardatwork same
ladyhardatwork same! This is just a work of art :)
She makes it look all easy..
Yet hundreds of videos on youtube prove otherwise..
Love you Whitney Houston!! ❤️
Her voice, her beauty, her smile, her facial expressions, her arms raised up in the air at the end, the orchestra, the jet fly over, I could go on and on. They should replay Whitney's performance before every super bowl. It will never get better then this.
Oh yes, the one and ONLY!
@@adenise676 For real, for real!!!!!
I couldn't agree with you more.... The passion that she put into this song was just simply amazing to me and even after over 20 years I don't think there will ever be another person to singing it like she did... That was an awesome spectacle of God-given talent
Good thing there was no roof on that stadium, Whitney would have blown it off!!!
I loved Lady Gaga's version as well but I just listened to them back to back and Whitney's was filled with such emotion at a time the country was engaging in war. POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Almost 30 years later & NOBODY has topped this!! Whitney forever 💕
NEVER EVER 😍😍😍😍
Well no one topped it because every singer interpreted it differently so we cannot really differentiate it with the others
Still it's one of the best❤️
Ummm have you watched Fergie???
I mean, JHud came pretty close
After watching Fergie butcher our national anthem. I had to see how it's properly done. Miss you Whitney
yes!!!!!
The best !!!!
Not the anthem we wanted
But the anthem we deserve
You are wrong! stop of repeating the same thing!
Mike Rotch no it’s not
NO ONE will EVER sing it better❤️
Great orchestration and tempo. But her voice was incredible. She sang it almost effortlessly, with unmatched power and love.
SsgtHolland it was pre recorded. She didn't sing it live. But still a great voice
So the orchestra wasn't playing either? just pre recorded also. Dumb ass
This statement was obviously not (pre) thought .
She was dead when she sang it.
According to wikipedia, the manager of that orchestra said that Whitney sang and the orchestra played, but there were no live microphones and the sound everyone heard was a version Whitney had recorded with the orchestra a few days earlier in a studio. Yeah, kinda bums me out a bit too.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner_(Whitney_Houston_recording)#Lip-sync_controversy
It was pre-recorded she was lip syncing
So effortlessly done. No veins popping out. No strain in her neck. A real, phenomenal singer forever.
Because she was lip syncing.
@Perris K. Fortson Are you stupid? Google it. Her microphone was off - it was reported officially by the NFL.
@@lwiding1404 that's debatable ....but what's not debatable. is that when she did this performance she donated all her earnings.... also after the 2001 attack when they released this version again she donated her royalties to the first responders/victims .... but ppl still hate on her ..... smh
@@user-so2rh9om6y Thats irrelevant. And it's not debatable that she lip sung because she did. Period.
@@lwiding1404 again like I said it's debatable and again she donated all her earnings to the first responders how is that irrelevant ? Stop hating 🤦🏿♂️
In my 55 years on this earth, NO ONE has EVER done a better rendition!!!
이 지구에서 55년 동안 아무도 더 나은 연주를 한 적이 없습니다!!!
Chris Stapleton
It’s not possible. You can only ever hope to copy it. This, her rendition is when you are allowed to use the word perfect. What it must of been like to watch Picasso.
It's perfect, a truly awe-inspiring performance.
@@ianchu8232 yeah in my opinion Chris was better than Whitney
This must have sent chills down all those who listened at the event!