She got $5 million for this single commercial. Her one demand was that it "sound" like an actual song, and not a commercial jingle, and that there was no mention of the company (or product) in what she sang.
My AT&T calls never sounded this clear. How could they? Landlines are limited to 56kbps, max frequency of 8000 hertz, and just 7 bit sampling. (For comparison CDs are 1400k, max 20,000 hertz, 16 bits.)
You said that perfectly! Even though I’m 4 years late but I’ve seen this a billion times. Year, I can’t seem to stop rewinding to catch every detail in her face. Whitney truly was a rarity😍😍😍😍😍
I remember running through the house as a kid to the tv anytime I heard any part of this commercial. Probably one of the greatest things from my childhood. DEFINITELY one of the greatest things from my childhood. :)
@@melonyaray3510, her music was MORE overplayed than "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel! Hence when she died, I sang this: th-cam.com/video/_PxanXM48gI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8iIJpDg9gfvd3Mba
I remember being in second grade doing my class work and without knowing I was doing it (because I was in la-la land), I was singing "Loud and clear The real you coming through Your true voice" over and over, and I mean really putting what I had into it, when suddenly I heard my teacher say "Who keeps singing that song from the AT&T commercial with Whitney Houston?" My face turned so red. Then everyone in class pointed at me saying my name. Needless to say, I was so embarrassed lol
I remember being a kid and my granny would call me every time this came on. Now, I'm 25 and it still makes me smile. Yet, makes me cry because she's gone from this earth. I will always remember her true voice! Rip Ms. Houston!
I'm 58, and I remember first seeing Whitney Houston in "Seventeen" magazine, and her ambitions of having a singing career were briefly mentioned. I remember thinking, of course, that she was beautiful, but figured, "Ho-hum; another pretty girl who thinks she can sing." When I finally did hear her sing, I thought, "*DAM! She knew what she was talking about!"* Then, next thing I know she's a superstar, and rightfully so. Either her looks OR her voice, alone, could have made her a star, but combined they made her a phenomenon. I don't expect to see her equal in my lifetime.
AT&T please bring this commercial back!!!!! We need this. I see other old commercials making their way back from other corporations however, you had THE VOICE endorsing. I’m ready to start a petition.
I worked in their legal dept. at the time and we got in trouble for this commercial, though I don't remember why. I think we enhanced the acoustics. I still loved it.
@@ERGSEG yes. I like Jennifer Hudson, but her voice is not buttery soft like Whitney's. I like how Whitney can sing like a Disney princess and surprise with her belts. J-Huds voice can be too abrasive to the ears
John Shutterbug You will also pass your stupidity and ignorance to your children...I pray you don't ever procreate. One (known) pathetic fool in your gene pool is enough.
My AT&T calls never sounded this clear. How could they? Landlines are limited to 56kbps, max frequency of 8000 hertz, and just 7 bit sampling. (For comparison CDs are 1400k, max 20,000 hertz, 16 bits.)
AW THIS HIT ME RIGHT IN THE CHILDHOOD!! I remember when this commercial first came out I would ALWAYS sing along to the words once I learned them! I would pretend I was holding a mic just like Queen Whittie! This was my favorite commercial ever!!
This was the best pairing of a celebrity and a product in the history of this practice. They just didn't pick some random celebrity like advertisers do now they doesn't match the product.
Its just ridiculus... to have a voice like that... NO ONE can copy it.. GOD has blessed her.. her voice is heaven sent... people tell me I have a beautiful voice, and some cry when I sing.. but i tell you.. lol whitney got it lol
Shortly before this commercial aired on TV, I passed Whitney on the highway near the AT&T headquarter in Bedminster, NJ. She was wearing a baseball cap, sun glasses and the licenses place on her Volvo said Nippy9. What a Voice she had!!! One of the Greatest Loves of All.
Did she just take that A&T commercial to CHURCH!?!...You know someone's special when they can make you feel like there's a praise break coming at the end of a telephone company jingle!
For years after TH-cam came out I'd periodically check for this video. When I finally found it all I could think was damn, it's even better than I remembered it to be. If only this had been a full length single.
I remember this coming on at night, and I would fall asleep with this in my head. No one else could ever do what she did. Miss her more each day but I'm so blessed (we all are) that we can view things like this.
PERFECT! Just PERFECT! Beautiful...no GORGEOUS & Talented...Flawless. Lol, i'm just speechless. She is just one of those things in life that are too beautiful 4 words.
One of my favorite Whitney "performances". And, she looks amazing - the dress, the way this was shot with the camera swooping around her. And, I agree - they should have made a single out of this!
They really should've made this into a full song. The song on side A and the instrumental version on side B. Man I miss the days of the cassette single. Lol
Just let me hear loud and clear the real u coming thru...who came up with the words and decided this should be for a phone service and Whitney Houston should be sing... Was so damn clever
I remember being a kid am trying to convince my parents to get at&t because Whitney Houston invented it….lol My mom would be like sit down and drink your yoo-hoo…lol
I remember this commercial i was 11 or 12 at the time this was in the 90s I even remember the words it always stayed in my mind like those christmas hess truck commercials im feeling nostalgic I luv it
I'll never for get when i was 4 or 5 seeing this for the first time at my great grandmothers house, i turned to my dad EXCITED like " That's Whitney Houston" lol .. I love her FOREVER ♥ such an inspiration may she rest in peace until the good lord call's her home.
this is like hello! i wanna see someone from today's music do a commercial like this, so classic and elegant and very sophisticated and what a voice! just let me hear loud and clear, the real you coming through whitney's true voice:)
Truly a true SUPERSTAR in every way....NOBODY can NOR will EVER be a singer in the same league as THE VOICE Ms Whitney Houston nor have her beauty and class and stage presence RIP Whitney x
0:39....."Just let me HEAR...LOUD AND CLEAR!!! The real you coming through..your true voice"..... sung from THE VOICE of QUEEN WHITNEY ELIZABETH HOUSTON!! (RIP)
I remember selling MCI long distance services to small businesses door to door in 1994. I was switching customer over almost every day. As soon as this ad hit the airwaves, my sales stopped almost immediately. I couldn't get people to switch over! LOL Probably one of the smartest moves AT&T did in the telecom wars of the early 1990's. Whitney sure had the midas touch.
Now come on!!! you know dang on well this was the perfect commercial to go get Whitney who other than the VOICE could represent AT&T about the VOICE!! Goooo Whitney only she could have done 👍 it !!!! Loud &clear the real you coming thru your True Voice!!!
I remember reading this commercial netted her $4M. It was one of those Whitney moment that made me know that singing was not my calling. This and her 1993 Billboards Live Award performance in all red, but none more emphatically than her 1994 AMA medley of Porgy & Bess, And I Am Telling You, I Have Nothing in most divine 10 minute interval that music has ever known!
I remember this commerical when I was 9. I wished this was released as an actual single back then, but with this commerical Whitney stayed relevant in 94 despite not running the Billboard chart a couple years (between The Bodyguard & Exhale hits). She sung Your True Voice so beautifully, fiercely & sweetly. RIP
She got $5 million for this single commercial. Her one demand was that it "sound" like an actual song, and not a commercial jingle, and that there was no mention of the company (or product) in what she sang.
+chasenip2 because of Whitney I am still with ATNT
Thanks for the facts Yo... I really Loooooooooooved this commercial
Thank God she insisted
My AT&T calls never sounded this clear. How could they? Landlines are limited to 56kbps, max frequency of 8000 hertz, and just 7 bit sampling. (For comparison CDs are 1400k, max 20,000 hertz, 16 bits.)
She should’ve got more ❤
Damn I love youtube. I thought I would NEVER be able to see this commercial again.
queencourt99 You're absolutely right! I never thought I'd see it again myself.
u know u can sing when u make ppl emotional with a commercial. one of the best to ever do it. r.i.p. whitney.
Amen sista. I remember when it aired, I would stop what I was doing just to listen. It always gave me chills.
I cried when I first heard it, I felt so ridiculous 😅😍❤️🙏🏽
You know you're infatuated when you pay attention to every detail in her facial expressions
OMG your comment made me laugh but you are so right. I STILL can't get enough of this great and beautiful woman.
You said that perfectly! Even though I’m 4 years late but I’ve seen this a billion times. Year, I can’t seem to stop rewinding to catch every detail in her face. Whitney truly was a rarity😍😍😍😍😍
You got it , it is special with her how she forms her mouth and eyes twinkle only WH.
Whitney herself said she was taught how to play to the camera - facials are everything
I remember running through the house as a kid to the tv anytime I heard any part of this commercial.
Probably one of the greatest things from my childhood.
DEFINITELY one of the greatest things from my childhood. :)
you too? And don't let me miss it, I would be pissed until they played it again lol
Greg Pridgen man I would have an attitude when I missed it. I would yell at the tv to play it again..lol
Lol .. me too luvd this commercial wish it was longer
everybody had to BE QUIET
@@emoody79 🤣🤣🤣
I worked for them at the time and we all sat in an auditorium and they showed it on a big screen with great acoustics. It gave me chills.
i love how she smiles at the of the song...she truly was the voice.
A true Angel
@@melonyaray3510, her music was MORE overplayed than "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel! Hence when she died, I sang this:
th-cam.com/video/_PxanXM48gI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8iIJpDg9gfvd3Mba
She was so pretty! OMG!!
So effing GORGEOUS, right??! Like, I still can't deal with the fact that she LOOKED like this AND sounded like this lol
KiarriDashell Yaas! Like, what kind of perfect slay?!?! Her eyes were stunning!
I wish she knew how special she really was
I remember being in second grade doing my class work and without knowing I was doing it (because I was in la-la land), I was singing "Loud and clear The real you coming through Your true voice" over and over, and I mean really putting what I had into it, when suddenly I heard my teacher say "Who keeps singing that song from the AT&T commercial with Whitney Houston?" My face turned so red. Then everyone in class pointed at me saying my name. Needless to say, I was so embarrassed lol
the fact I didn't know she was saying, "the real you coming through" smh
+Tamika Thomasm
I did this as a kid in school too lol :P I loved this commercial!
@@sarahsmith3682 was this commercial a big deal at tha time?? I was born in 92 during the height of whitney.. I'm just curious cuz i love whitney
@@44trae14 Yes! I remember it aired often :)
When she sings Just let me hear, loud and clear hits me right in the feels
SAME! 🥰
Her vibrato is unmatched hands down
I remember being a kid and my granny would call me every time this came on. Now, I'm 25 and it still makes me smile. Yet, makes me cry because she's gone from this earth. I will always remember her true voice! Rip Ms. Houston!
I'm 58, and I remember first seeing Whitney Houston in "Seventeen" magazine, and her ambitions of having a singing career were briefly mentioned.
I remember thinking, of course, that she was beautiful, but figured, "Ho-hum; another pretty girl who thinks she can sing."
When I finally did hear her sing, I thought, "*DAM! She knew what she was talking about!"*
Then, next thing I know she's a superstar, and rightfully so.
Either her looks OR her voice, alone, could have made her a star, but combined they made her a phenomenon. I don't expect to see her equal in my lifetime.
Omg I used to love this commercial. I was like 6 telling my grandparents they need to have AT&T for your true voice lol
😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lady with the platinum pipes!(R.I.P.)
AT&T please bring this commercial back!!!!! We need this. I see other old commercials making their way back from other corporations however, you had THE VOICE endorsing. I’m ready to start a petition.
I worked in their legal dept. at the time and we got in trouble for this commercial, though I don't remember why. I think we enhanced the acoustics. I still loved it.
Name one other singer who could single a giggle like this? Can't nobody touch her
Jennifer Hudson and Mariah Carey could give her a run
@@mdt007 I respect your opinion...but you wrong though. LoL
@@mdt007 definitely not Jhud. Respectfully.
@@mdt007 Sike. Respectfully.
@@ERGSEG yes. I like Jennifer Hudson, but her voice is not buttery soft like Whitney's. I like how Whitney can sing like a Disney princess and surprise with her belts. J-Huds voice can be too abrasive to the ears
Love Whitney. Makes me wanna sign up for AT&T. She was the one and only true voice. Will always be loved
Derek Jones, Xcept by me. I never could stand her.
John Shutterbug So why are you on a video of her singing? Pathetic in its highest form....
Jo Buck87, I'm passin my dedication of "Hit Da Road, Jack!" 2 her, and "Na Na, Hey Hey, Good-by" as well.
John Shutterbug You will also pass your stupidity and ignorance to your children...I pray you don't ever procreate. One (known) pathetic fool in your gene pool is enough.
My AT&T calls never sounded this clear. How could they? Landlines are limited to 56kbps, max frequency of 8000 hertz, and just 7 bit sampling. (For comparison CDs are 1400k, max 20,000 hertz, 16 bits.)
I really miss this woman.
AW THIS HIT ME RIGHT IN THE CHILDHOOD!! I remember when this commercial first came out I would ALWAYS sing along to the words once I learned them! I would pretend I was holding a mic just like Queen Whittie! This was my favorite commercial ever!!
I just imagine her singing like this in Heaven...LEADING the Heavenly Choir with that perfect, angelic voice. Miss you greatly, Nippy.
This was the best pairing of a celebrity and a product in the history of this practice. They just didn't pick some random celebrity like advertisers do now they doesn't match the product.
I meant, "that don't."
Its just ridiculus... to have a voice like that... NO ONE can copy it.. GOD has blessed her.. her voice is heaven sent... people tell me I have a beautiful voice, and some cry when I sing.. but i tell you.. lol whitney got it lol
She was AMAZINGLY GORGEOUS I'm crying 😭😭😭
Shortly before this commercial aired on TV, I passed Whitney on the highway near the AT&T headquarter in Bedminster, NJ. She was wearing a baseball cap, sun glasses and the licenses place on her Volvo said Nippy9. What a Voice she had!!! One of the Greatest Loves of All.
I know for you in you mind that this was a sight to love and behold. GOAT singer Nippy.
This is such a piece of timeless nostalgia, the 90's was a different type of decade. I miss it.....
Did she just take that A&T commercial to CHURCH!?!...You know someone's special when they can make you feel like there's a praise break coming at the end of a telephone company jingle!
Billie Davis 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂💀💀💀💀
Facts 😂😂😭😭
The voice, that face, the talent, that smile at the end, PRICELESS!
For years after TH-cam came out I'd periodically check for this video. When I finally found it all I could think was damn, it's even better than I remembered it to be. If only this had been a full length single.
I remember this coming on at night, and I would fall asleep with this in my head. No one else could ever do what she did. Miss her more each day but I'm so blessed (we all are) that we can view things like this.
PERFECT! Just PERFECT! Beautiful...no GORGEOUS & Talented...Flawless. Lol, i'm just speechless. She is just one of those things in life that are too beautiful 4 words.
One of my favorite Whitney "performances". And, she looks amazing - the dress, the way this was shot with the camera swooping around her. And, I agree - they should have made a single out of this!
Who else but Whitney 'The Voice' Houston could they choose for this commercial?!
The One and Only True 'THE VOICE' forever!
Nina Mo she is the only one to pull this off. Dam I love her 😍
Love that legendary lip quiver 💖💖💖💖💖
Oh Whitney, you truly were the most beautiful woman in the world with the most glorious voice ❤
I am smiling from from ear to ear. I can hardly find the words to express what I am feeling. I truly thank God for Whitney Houston.
amazing...she's so beautiful
They really should've made this into a full song. The song on side A and the instrumental version on side B. Man I miss the days of the cassette single. Lol
jennhunt1996 me too lol. I have a box full of cassette singles.
A huge Whitney fan, but listening to this awe-inspiring commercial for the first time. 5/3/21
Just let me hear loud and clear the real u coming thru...who came up with the words and decided this should be for a phone service and Whitney Houston should be sing... Was so damn clever
If this was a A song I would have it on loop on my play list the True Voice Sound Track By Whitney Houston....😂😍😍
THAT BEAUTIFUL BLACK GIRL WITH THAT MEGAWATT SMILE WITH PEREFECT TEETH AND INCREDIBLE VOICE. WHITNEY WAS THE VOICE OF HER GENERATION
You forgot her tantalizing eyes and curly hair.
I remember being a kid am trying to convince my parents to get at&t because Whitney Houston invented it….lol My mom would be like sit down and drink your yoo-hoo…lol
This is beautiful. Her smile at the end😍😍😍😍😍
I remember this commercial i was 11 or 12 at the time this was in the 90s I even remember the words it always stayed in my mind like those christmas hess truck commercials im feeling nostalgic I luv it
Essa mulher brincava de cantar putz q talento descomunal. Oitava Maravilha do Mundo !
I'll never for get when i was 4 or 5 seeing this for the first time at my great grandmothers house, i turned to my dad EXCITED like " That's Whitney Houston" lol .. I love her FOREVER ♥ such an inspiration may she rest in peace until the good lord call's her home.
🌺🌺🌺🌺. I get emotional hearing this commercial. Rest peacefully Whitney 🌼
I'm seeing this for the first time and can see how it may have influenced the video for "I look to you". Rest in peace, Queen.
I love you Whitney. I know your singing with all the other angels by God's side.
oh, she's so beautiful and I love her voice!
The voice the one and only. truly a gift from god!
Americans should feel lucky. people who lived in asia never knew about this ad. We all miss Whitney Houston
Just let me hear....loud and cleeeeeeeeeeeeear.....
very clever way to promote your service. doesn't get any better than Whitney. love her to bitz
I used to love this commercial.
RIP
God I miss the 90's.
I miss you Whitney and her daughter Bobbi Kristina rest in peace you are with her mom Whitney
You are with your mom Whitney
SHE WAS THE WORLD’S SWEETHEART ❤️♥️ the dress is so pretty...she was gorgeous and her voice...untouchable!
I sang this when she died:
th-cam.com/video/_PxanXM48gI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8iIJpDg9gfvd3Mba
She was unbelievable. Pure gift 🎁 from God .
whitney is soo beautiful!
this is like hello! i wanna see someone from today's music do a commercial like this, so classic and elegant and very sophisticated and what a voice!
just let me hear loud and clear, the real you coming through whitney's true voice:)
Truly a true SUPERSTAR in every way....NOBODY can NOR will EVER be a singer in the same league as THE VOICE Ms Whitney Houston nor have her beauty and class and stage presence RIP Whitney x
0:39....."Just let me HEAR...LOUD AND CLEAR!!! The real you coming through..your true voice"..... sung from THE VOICE of QUEEN WHITNEY ELIZABETH HOUSTON!! (RIP)
rosamaryful2 that “clear” took me out 😍😍 then the finish was 🔥🔥
Man. This one minute made me so emotional because I remember running my ass to the TV whenever this came on. 😩😩😭😭😭❤️❤️
True voice...whitney houston...
I was 14 when this commercial came out and we talked about it in history class. I miss this Whitney.
We still do not understand, what we have lost.. When god took back Whitney Houston .
is there an mp3/4 download for this? I want all minute of this so bad...
STUNNING! She was a total package...no gimmicks, just natural beauty and pure talent.
True Talent.
That made me feel GOOD! DAMN...I miss that Whitney, but I'm waiting patiently cuz there was nobody like her!
There is a longer version to this Commercial
Wow that voice!
I remember selling MCI long distance services to small businesses door to door in 1994. I was switching customer over almost every day. As soon as this ad hit the airwaves, my sales stopped almost immediately. I couldn't get people to switch over! LOL Probably one of the smartest moves AT&T did in the telecom wars of the early 1990's. Whitney sure had the midas touch.
Wow.
This song is so beautiful. I'll always remember Whitney's voice. So powerful. Does anyone know where I can download it?
0:40 is when she really went off 😩❤️
Ummm, I’m going to need this to be released as a single!! ❤️
Nothing but tears thinking about the way it use to be.
:-(
Flawless.
Now come on!!! you know dang on well this was the perfect commercial to go get Whitney who other than the VOICE could represent AT&T about the VOICE!!
Goooo Whitney only she could have done 👍 it !!!!
Loud &clear the real you coming thru your True Voice!!!
I watched this video the morning she died I don't know what made me think of looking it up but something did.. I can't believe she is gone..
Man... it's been so long sine we've seen THIS Whitney. I had almost forgotten.
What anawesome gift she had.
I sure do miss this artist.
I remember reading this commercial netted her $4M. It was one of those Whitney moment that made me know that singing was not my calling. This and her 1993 Billboards Live Award performance in all red, but none more emphatically than her 1994 AMA medley of Porgy & Bess, And I Am Telling You, I Have Nothing in most divine 10 minute interval that music has ever known!
0:43 I miss you.
I need them to bring this back up to the better quality ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶💯
Whitney, Whitney, Whitney ❤️❤️❤️💔
I remember this commerical when I was 9. I wished this was released as an actual single back then, but with this commerical Whitney stayed relevant in 94 despite not running the Billboard chart a couple years (between The Bodyguard & Exhale hits). She sung Your True Voice so beautifully, fiercely & sweetly. RIP
always a pleasure to hear her sing
This will firever be a classic... Whitney was a angel... And her voice was amazing she certainly served her pupose in Earth rest peacefully queen.
so pretty 0:59
I remember singing this when I was little every time it would come on the television ❤❤
TS Madison Brought Me Here 💖💖💖
What TS Madison do?
Damn She sound so good. I would have paid to hear this.
TS brung me here
I remember being a kid falling in Looove with Whitney. Every time this commercial on I ran to the tv and blasted the volume. #Imisshersomuch
1994
Has anyone else ever killed a commercial like that? That woman's voice is great!
DAM!!! SHE SOUND SOOO GOOD 🤩 ❤️
this needed to survive.. im so thankful for you jamesallen.. youtube is the bomb
there was a Japanese version of this commercial too!
Perfect teeth. Perfect smile classy woman
I remember this commercial! This was classic Whitney when her voice was at its peak.
That's when she was both elegant and innocent, she's still elegant...just not as innocent.