Whitney Houston - National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner) 4K Remaster
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- On January 27, 1991-ten days into the Persian Gulf War-Whitney Houston took the field at Tampa Stadium and performed "The Star Spangled Banner", backed by the Florida Orchestra along with music director Jahja Ling, before 73,813 fans, 115 million viewers in the United States and a worldwide television audience of 750 million. The pregame program including Houston's performance of the national anthem was produced by Bob Best for the National Football League and televised live on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States. Because of the Gulf War situation, this marked the first time the Super Bowl would be telecast in most countries around the world. Outside of North America and the United Kingdom, the Super Bowl was broadcast for the first time in such countries as Australia, Russia, and most other countries. Houston's performance was later used as a music video of the song.
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00:00 FBI Warning
00:15 Arista Intro
00:40 Whitney Houston Star Spangled Banner/National Anthem 
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Great job with this, the remaster brought to life this gem of music that is good enough reason for the planet to have evolved us. @Whitney Houston Remastered, I Wish you would have acknowledged the person most responsible for this performance's amazing different sound, and deeper effect: arranger John Clayton. A jazz bassist who became an arranger, Whitney had just started working with him when she got the call to do the Super Bowl SSB, and she insisted on him. In 1992 black people were just becoming forward in the dominant white culture in the USA, and John, a black man, had not seen any black men before him have an arranging gig anywhere near that huge Usually the arrangement of the SSB sticks to 19th century harmony but John came from Jazz, the most American of art forms, and added dissonances gleaned from 20th century classical music and Stan Kenton arrangements. But as revolutionary as that was, his real genius move that changed everything is that the national anthem is a song in 3/4 time. John wrote this one in 4/4, and it had never been done that way before or and hasn't since (outside of anywhere I happen to be playing piano when the SSB is called for). It was a brilliant, radical and bold "Of course" sound that is the most genius of things because:P no. one. ever.notices (you didn’t until now I'd bet). This unnoticeable but radical move gave that tight-ass 17th century English back-country reel a complete makeover into an American sound, while it also gave whitney one extra beat per measure to widen her vibrato and resonate those glorious long notes or stick in that additional whistle-voice flourish on the word "free", and gave John Clayton an extra beat to stick in those startling and gorgeous substitute jazz chord changes that fit into 4/4 more naturally anyway, that together make this the most American of arrangements, and give it the fresh, and uniquely better sound this SSB has. John Clayton. Face it, ¾ is more corny, and modern American music is all in 4. Plus, WHITNEY, best singer on the planet at the time, going all in - no other SSB comes close. Holy crap. I'm a professional musician and huge music snob, and I STILL get goosebumps and tear up nearly every time, and I watch it several times per year certainly.
Hey, THANK YOU for this comment. I knew about the new 3/4 to 4/4 but I never knew the real story behind it. It's indeed ubiquitous that the singers get the most credit while the composer(s), and the other musicians get mostly no/very little visibility in their work. So thank you for this amazing story that also acknowledges these people.
@Jim Maneri I too want to thank you for the background information you provided. This performance always feels to me to be the birth of the masterpiece it always should have been-for all the reasons you have mentioned so eloquently.
Your mention of the successful choice to arrange it in 4 reminds me of the same decision made by someone-Do you happen to know who?-to take “Fly Me To The Moon” out of 3 and into 4. Both songs deserve to be in 4! In 3, they both sound musically directionless; in 4, they let us soar “among the stars”. Cheers and thanks again.
Very interesting indeed thanks!
Yes indeed. Piano player myself. Goose bumps and tears in 1991 AND today.
Unnecessary bashing of the past, the reason Whitney could do this was the foundational origins that were beautiful! The change was also beautiful, both were beautiful, past and present!! Bashing the past is bigotry and unacceptable.
Whitney didn’t raise the bar, she took it with her to heaven. Nobody has done it better since
Big facts!!!
Mariah has
@@Big_body_bitch_with_an_opinion me when I lie
@@Big_body_bitch_with_an_opinion 🤣🤣
@@Big_body_bitch_with_an_opinion you gotta be kidding 😂😂😂😂😂
I wonder if the people in that stadium realized that they had just witnessed the best live performance of ALL TIME.
I’ve always wondered this too!
It really was the best defensive performance in a SB ever.
It wasnt live unfortunately
@@hugolewis4896 but it's the Best ever 😇
Btw she's known for her unmatched live performances
Whitney Houston is THE GREATEST VOCALIST OF ALL TIME period
Thank you
@@Swahili14 I don't necessarily disagree - but the so called live performance wasn't actually live.
My father is a retired Navy Seal and he took me to that game I was 19... I'll never forget the tears that ran down his face from not only her singing The Star Spangled Banner but the pride he felt having served our country. I'm 52 now and was blessed to hear the best artist to this day sing our national anthem. ❤🇺🇸
Thank you for sharing! I've always wondered how folks who got to witness this live felt. I would've been awestruck and crying while listening to it live, and I was only six at the time. Lol
Whitney had tears as well!
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Amazing. God bless you and your family's. 🇿🇦
Thanks for sharing. I love watching every Seal movie i can find. My husband is a 21 year retired Navy submariner. Go Navy!!!!
What I love most about this, and what I think makes it stand out the way it does, is that she didn’t do anything fancy or flashy. It’s just raw, incredible talent combined with flawless execution.
Utter perfection.
like it should be
It was fancy and flashy. Whitney is so excellent that you didn't even notice😂
Exactly because she didn't have to, RIP Whitney♡♡♡♡
On point
I still remember my dad getting up out of his chair and applauding the tv.
I come back to watch this performance every so often, and ever since childhood I’d get chills. Every single time. Except for the first time after haven’t watched her masterful performance in years, the chills were accompanied by tears. By the end, I was bawling my eyes out and couldn’t put together why tf I’m crying like this.
As soon as I came across your comment, I cried even harder because I instantly remembered my father standing up and applauding the tv as well. It’s been a couple years since my pops transitioned and I miss him dearly. Thank you for this.
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Your father is live? I crying with your coment ❤
2022 and still no one has done it better. Thank you Whitney. Rest well.
She set a standard that will go on forever !
feelin emotional
AMEN AMEN💜💜
I know that's right!!
Gaga did it as well as she did
My dad is a professional singer, choral teacher and minister. He said this was about as perfect an interpretation that could be performed. Impeccable execution and just the right amount of flair.
Canadian here, this was by far the best rendition of the American National Anthem I have heard in my life. No one EVER will top this version. EVER. I felt proud to be an American in that moment and I'm Canadian 😂😂😂
I love this comment so much, my Continental cuz. 🇺🇲❤🇨🇦
Canada and the US will always be together, until this world inevitably ends in nuclear war
Power of music that is!
Eh. Your North American lol
Um ok… Come down
Legit don’t understand why they still ask people to sing the national anthem anymore. Just play this at every sporting event. Shit is electric.
Omg I been saying this for YEARS!!!!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏼
Awesome comment. Awesome idea.
Seriously
Thank you for this ultra comment
For wrestling tournaments they do
32 years later and Whitney is still the greatest to ever sing the national anthem!
You betta say that
I definitely 2nd
that emotion...
NO ONE will ever sing the National
Anthem, like
Whitney Houston..
so beautiful
Agree ❤
Indeed she is
@@carolecompton9270Amen
Her voice is unmatched! The versatility...sheesh! 2024 and NO ONE has dethroned her. She makes it look so effortless. That's pure talent. I miss her so much 🥺🥹
Absolutely‼️ I agree with what you said 💯%‼️
Exactly! Effortlessly!
Whitney is the only one who can sing it the way it was written. She is the best, period.
Michael Jackson is the only other singer that is on par
I was serving as a 19 year old in desert storm. This was the best performance ever. We watched the Super Bowl on satellite over in Saudi
Wow. My dad was in Desert storm. Wonder if you ever crossed paths.
Bet you some tough dudes sheddin' a tear or two watching that.
@anthonyhamilton4506 Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service. I was about 13 or 14 when desert storm was going on, I couldn’t imagine being over there. God bless you 🙏🏽
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
31 years later, Whitney’s rendition is unmatched. It still makes me cry, she really had a beautiful voice. ❤️🩹
LITERALLY
I agree 120%. I wish she was still alive. But, she is with Jesus, singing for Him.
I'd say Charice did it better since she sang live and Whitney didn't...
It makes me cry too.
just two words: "Lilian Garcia" on Sept. 13 2001
I was in a tent serving in Desert Storm in Iraq. It still brings me chills. It was powerful every soldier in that tent had tears in their eyes.
Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸
Respect to you & your Battle Buddies!
Happy independence day!
Thankyou for your service 🎉
God bless America - and all who love her! 🫡 🇺🇸🗽
Today is Super Bowl Sunday, and also the 12-year anniversary of her passing. I always come back to this video because no other singer has come close to this rendition!
You are so right!!
same here, I mean after every super bowl, I come right back to this one, I'm so addicted
They never will come close. This is the best, the definitive version for all time.❤
Cue up Marvin Gaye at the NBA all-star game in 1983. You'll be blown away. Guaranteed!
Yes they have, because this one was dubbed. Jennifer Hudson's is more.... genuine and human.
Often imitated, never duplicated. The gold standard by which all other National Anthem performances are judged. Thank you Whitney.
If I was president, I would make this version the official rendition of the country...even foreign reactors give us respect because of Whitney's version...so respectable and official
I am Bulgarian and her rendition makes me proud to be an American! LoL
Seriously i cry everytime i hear this version of the National Anthem
That is something I could totally get behind.
That's a great idea. Chills every time. Flawless
I agree 👍
I'm Canadian and her rendition brings tears to my eyes! ❤❤
A voice that could open the gates of Heaven
Honest truth. I'm even crying 😢
I hope to GOD she is there.
@@exclamationpointman3852she probably is
Amen
@@babybell224 dont be ridiculous, of course she is.
No matter how many times I watch this version of the National Anthem, chills run through my body every time. It makes me proud to be a citizen of the United States of America🎉
From 🇳🇱 myself, but I have exactly the same!
It makes me proud too! (I am not american)
Literally goosebumps head to toe everytime. Nobody will ever do it better. Not even close.
Same. I honestly started crying before she even started singing.
Me too
I have lost count how many times I've watched this.
Omg. I've watched it back to back a few days! lol I'll never get tired of watching her rendition. I really wish I were there live.
It touches all of us Americans and makes us proud of our country.
No one ever sang it better, and no one ever will. What a voice. RIP Whitney, the greatest ever.
Fergie tho
Agree!!
@@captainpawpawchannel 😂
i agree.
Marvin Gaye did it better
Best version ever...has been imitated, never replicated ... unmatched!
say it for the ones in the back, they didn't hear it :)
Tiffany Coburn is beyond compare: ruclips.net/video/EWC6lfHK5VE/видео.html&start_radio=1
CHURCH! PREACH ON IT MOLLY! Much Love to you, Pia Paradis 💞
The way she's so casual, with her hands behind her back at the start like a little girl 😭
Just perfect
Wow, I'm Mexican and I was so moved by her voice and performance that I almost cried!!!
Haha what a powerful voice!!!
This Beautiful Black Queen made the National Anthem a number 1 selling records!!!! Like who does that!!! Its May 2024,and we are still in awe!!!!!! Love and miss you Whitney!!!!
That note that she hits “ for the land of the freeee eeeeeee” OMG super chills.
She clearly wanted the world to know how glorious it is to be free in America
It was such a flourish and so easy for her nobody can do it again. So good.
She sounded like she could just go on forever. 💪🏾❤👑
@@Preshus444absolutely ❤🎉
I prefer when she sings "banner yet wave" @2:45
As a Veteran, no one has ever sung this beautiful anthem better than Whitney Houston! May your voice always sing with the angels and I will thank you forever for this moment in time!!
Thank you for your service ❤️🇺🇸
Thank you for your service ❤🇺🇸
Thank you for serving our country
Even to a Brazilian like me this performance sounds like from the soul! Amazing!
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I don’t care what anyone says or thinks, Whitney had a voice from heaven, and she knew who God was. If the orchestra would’ve had an organ, and a drum set, she would’ve took the whole stadium to church 🙌🏾💯🏃🏾♂️
Hell, she still took them to church, no organ necessary.
@@anonymouspotato3453 I agree ☝🏾
The best rendition EVER. Plus whoever arranged the accompanyment was a genius. That ending was superb.
The amazing Ricky Minor
John Clayton arranged it.
Absolutely
Yes, the music was just as good.
The way she throws her fists up at the end, the orchestra matching her voice. Her face tells you it all. She knew they’d be talking about this one 30 years later
She was a proud patriot ❤️🤍💙
*10000 years
She 10000% knew this was HER song! She knew that !!! She was like I DID THAT
Damn... I'm not even american and i still felt patriotic listening to this. Unbelievable performance.
I appreciate this comment ❤
Yes! That is how I feel after living in this great nation for most of my life. I love the US. The spirit if America has gone under my skin in a way that I could never imagined when I just move here. The sight of the statue of liberty, listening to the national anthem or other patriotic songs, gets me emotional and still makes me cry. This land of the free and the brave it is to be preserve for our future generation as it was intended by the founding father's: as a land of opportunity, freedom and equality for all of those that want to work hard and contribute to this great country with the best of their abilities.
@@PablaMMoore unfortunately younger generation of Americans won't honor the national anthem, because they have so much freedom and some won't even stand when it is played.
@@zinjgreen3398 And that generation will take over this Nation in the future. God help us!
0% respect and 100% entitlement mentality.
For real 😂
No one will EVER….. EVER….. sing it better! Period!
AND SHE WHITNEY HOUSTON STILL REIGNS AS #1
She absolutely slayed that song without even flinching. She played with it and made it hers! Her voice was so unlocked and flawless!!! Just sliced through every note like cake and served it up with a playful twist. She is missed. Most beautiful female voice EVER! What a gift.
I love that she’s wearing a tracksuit and headband. She’s not overly done up and didn’t need to be. Her voice is from God. She may have had an extra lung though. Amazing! ✨
She's from a different time ho.
The late 80’s and early ‘90s were different time. Good times now that I look back. There was a bit of a fitness craze going on. I remember seeing the original broadcast. Everybody was buzzing about that jaw-dropping performance. If you missed it, you missed history. There was no You Tube . So glad we’re able to enjoy it now.
@@itsabovemenow1016 I didn't miss history dummy. you're just old Jasmine Sullivan's latest performance IS history.
@@coldblooded568 what the hell is up your crack? 🤣🤣🤣.yeah, I’m old. But you know what? You will be, too. And I’m going to be a little part of that memory when you realize it.
@@itsabovemenow1016 you know what's up my crack?? You older women love trying to play us and downplay us. It's corny.
the thing about Whitney and what made her so great was how restrained she was. she knew how to hold back and knew exactly where the power should be and not. there are many singers that sing as well as her but her unique aspect was the power and volume she projected all while in perfect pitch control. She was the master of her instrument.
Absolutely this!!!!!
Spot on! She is all those plus she can emote so well too! To me she is still (and will always be) the best!
Her head voice was so gorgeous.
@@elleohai I think the original poster was referring to the belting and the use of head voice at “whose broad stripes and bright stars.”
She sung better than the Devil himself. It’s damn near impossible to sing this perfectly.
Still gives me the chills ❤
I love you
it wasnt worth 50k bro
50k is crazy tho
Most unexpected area to find verbalase
Hazbin hotel 👏😏🥵
Nobody will ever sing the national anthem better then Whitney she knocked it out of the park!❤️
Everybody sings with the intention to impress everyone ...while Whitney sings for the glory of the song happily ....enjoying ...perfectly
Right! I’ve always said everyone else is just singing to their fans, Whitney was singing for the love of her Country. She gave meaning to this song that was never told before.
Very well said
She did this so effortlessly. Looks like she just came in after a jog and will just go back to jogging after 😆😆😆😆😆
Truly amazing! I love you Whitney Houston!!!! Rest in peace~
Facts😂😂🥰🥰🥰🙌🏿💯
She was feeling the speed, that's for sure
@@andrewoverhere8525 It was pre-recorded.
@@mistywhite778 Misty, I said feeling the speed referring to the amount of drugs she was high off during the performance. Second, you are quite wrong, her vocals were not pre recorded u fool lmao!
Edit HOLY CRAP you're right
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I'm from the Netherlands, but Whitney and this video touched my soul deeply, long live the queen Whitney Houston and the king Michael Jackson
I truly miss them both so much. It's so sad. I came across an online article that showed the best singers of the '80s. Only 1 remain. The artists posted were: Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston and Madonna. Only Madonna's left. 😥
To this day --never has she been outdone--pure otherworldly magic.
No one will ever sing it better than her. I’m not even American, and I get chills and tear up when I hear her.
Ditto.
Same here
I get goosebumps and I'm not even American! What a superstar she was. Pure magic.
you don’t gotta be american to enjoy this work of absolute art here
I get goosebumps from the second verse, for much different reasons.
Your human don’t have to be American
Just like me.
same
One of the greatest performances of all time
Up in heaven whenever they play a sport she's singing this and everyone cheers even my mom who's in heaven now
RIP Mom
RIP Whitney Houston
I'm a voice teacher and classical singer and Whitney is my all time favorite. She understood why she was singing it.
That’s so true , just thinking about how she would only do a song if she connect to it on a deep level that no one but her could understand.
I'm Italian, But this rendition of the US National Anthem is something hard to believe being sung by an human. I think she had the voice of god.
Did the audience realize they were witnessing history? Wow. Just wow. Had smartphones existed back then, all you'd see is everyone recording her performance and it going viral in a heartbeat. Her rendition remains the best! Everyone else is competing for 2nd place.
Whitney's talent was unmatched.
I was a young Lieutenant listening to this on Armed Forces Radio in Saudi Arabia and it brought tears to my eyes. Many of us were at an improvised MWR facility and there was not a dry eye in the bunch. Absolutely the best rendition ever.
What a beautiful story. I feel like she did all the servicemen very proud here.
She set the bar to damn high. ❤️
RIGHT!!!!!
Chronic can do that.
Almost too perfect----I know that for me, no one is ever going to come close to singing our National Anthem with this much beautiful intensity and love.
Tiffany Coburn is beyond compare: ruclips.net/video/EWC6lfHK5VE/видео.html&start_radio=1
She threw the bar away! This will never be matched or undone!
The Gold Standard. Whitney Huston singing the National Anthem, has never been and will never be matched. 30+ years later I still get goosebumps , and tears well up.
Her voice was 24k gold. Legendary performance
People were already applauding after she hit the extra note on “free” because no one had ever heard it sung like that before. Even new versions by pop stars today try to do it because she made it so iconic.
Most end up screeching/screaming in falsettos, squeks, light hv or oversinging free- making it pathetic and horrendous
Whitney's Free and brave notes are forever unmatched
Her tone, dynamics, coloratura, vibrato, stage presence and that POWER are second to none 😂🙌
And what a bar she set.
I remember watching this when I was 8 years old. I will NEVER forget how her voice soared that night. Even at such a young age, I recall being absolutely blown away by this. This woman had PIPES.
I was a young adult at the time----at a Super Bowl party with friends. The performance was so stunning, we just sat there after she was done, silently staring at the screen----sort of like "Did I really just witness that?" I've never seen anyone before or since nail our National Anthem the way she did----every note, soaring and perfect----everything about her performance, beautiful and patriotic.
@@funktron4 us too..we were at a bar watching the game and everyone in the room was completely captivated! We just stood there and listened and ...at the end everyone was just gave the collective wow!!
Pipes😂😂😂😂
@@funktron4 I’m so jealousssssssssss 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I would’ve fell the fuck out frfr
The degree to which she executed the national anthem is staggering and humbling. That level of talent seems almost impossible. But thankfully, we were blessed to be able to witness it. She is truly missed
Absolutely hands down the best national anthem performance in history. I was born in '97 so I didn't get to experience this masterclass on tv, but I can imagine how well it was received back then. Weirdly enough, Whitney died on my birthday in 2012 😞
Am I the only person that thinks Whitney Houstons version of the anthem should be shown at every Super Bowl? Best anthem ever sung anywhere anytime! ( And I am Canadian)
Did you see the one just now. Greatest ever.
No, you're not the only one. I 100% agree with you.
Ya ur the only one. Chris Stapleton destroyed her
People are saying she lip synched I kinda believe it
@@joycedominguez8997 What? What gives you that crazy idea that she limp synched?
Though many have tried... no one has ever topped this rendition of the National Anthem! I get goosebumps every time I hear this. She looked the part, she sung it with pride, passion, and patriotism! RIP Queen of Pop!
And to top it off she came out in white sweats a hair band little makeup and sang it like no other! She was happy. Nobody will ever top Whitney, EVER! You are missed beautiful!!! 😢❤❤
Jennifer Hudson came incredibly close.
British man here. I think Chris Stapleton's versions is better. Just sounds more American to me. Just the opinion of an outsider
@@EthanEthanEthanEthanEthan I just listened to it. British has nothing to do with it. It's your opinion. You are definitely in the minority. It's never been in the conversation for "Best Rendition"
@@Chooch619 LOL too fucking bad
I get instant chills when she hits those notes!!! Truly gave this a whole new dimension!! ❤ RIP Queen!!
The best ever in history. No one can top this
It’s 2023 and watching this again after all these years, still brings goosebumps! Rest well Ms. Whitney Houston♥️
Can you believe the range on that voice? WOW! Did she even need a mic?
at the end, the way she sings Free and Brave. Its really giving meaning to the words.
The way she gives meaning to Brave. Its amazing
Yes! Watching this in February 2023😊🇺🇸
Although Chris Stapleton did a wonderful job singing at this year's Super bowl...but when Whitney sang it, boy she let it be known to the world 🙏🏽❤️🤍💙
Chris did it better.
Power AND soul
What struck me was her smile while performing - she was having fun!! What a performance
It's knowing you're untouchable..that no one is on your level....like the Rock in 99..Roy Jones in 1997....Jordan in 96...Shaq in 2001...Robert De Niro in 90...etc.
Nobody has matched this since, I don’t think anyone ever will
How the heck can anyone say other performances are better than this her version of the National Anthem was pure gold and the best rendition in the history if you Google the best rendition she holds the top performance by far and states nobody will ever come remotely close to this
A simple track suit, an effortless performance. She did nothing here to make it "her" moment. Just a proud moment to be an American. In my opinion that's why she's a QUEEN!!
Well said.
I really miss those days. We just have loud ingrate’s today.
It was actually prerecorded but still amazing voice and presence
Exactly!!!🙏🏽💜
It was NOT prerecorded! you can hear her breath sounds and control of her voice!! It was live!!
She has the best version of our Anthem. She is missed
Never never anyone can sing our nation song like Whitney 😢😢😢
No matter u are republic or Dem this our are great USA god bless America the greatest country 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷 always
No one has ever done it better than her. She truly set the bar too high. Absolute chills every time. Rip Whitney
Arms to the back at the beginning, sports clothes and light makeup showing modesty and respect to the role given to her. Singing with a smile that showed her pride to her nation with her heart-melting voice! None could top her class until today! No-one!
You are so right. She wanted to be herself. She didn't want to take away from the moment. She just wanted that moment, that performance, to represent all it means to be a true patriot, and she executed it in perfection in a truly humble, but I believe, a never to be unmatched performance.
We had also just begun at war in the middle east
How can she be smiling while hitting the high notes? Truly, no one is like her. Despite her struggles, I truly believe she touched the souls of many people through her inspiring hits, like ‘The Greatest Love of All’ and ‘One Moment In Time’ to name a few. You would always be remembered Whitney. You live in our hearts. 2022 and still crying!
Because this was Pre-recorded/Lipsynched. She could sing it really live though.
@@royalpanther6391 She was still singing though, the people on the grounds could hear her
I thought the same thing!!!
My Uncle was there as one of the sound guys during that time…..and he said he was no more then a few feet from her and he said he heard EVERY NOTE come from her ……he said I don’t care what the world says I heard that woman sing that song with my own two ears….every time he talks about being that close to her sing the national anthem he gets emotional
Wouldn't you smile if you were singing like that and just knowing you're nailing it.
No one has ever come close to topping Whitney Houston Singing the national anthem! EVER!
NOBODY has come close to duplicating her ferocious performance!! Some singers did fantastic jobs, but Whitney's rendition still ranks as the best. My goodness! Where does that 5'6" frame get that power?!?!
SMILING AS SHE'S SINGING, COMPLETELY EFFORTLESS!
OFF THE SCALE BRILLIANT ❤
Same thing I said. Effortless
That’s because it was pre-recorded! It’s well known.
This was like a warmup for her...vocals and power most singers would kill for.
Amazing, I'm not American, and this is the most powerful anthem I've ever seen sung in my life, only Whitney can give this performance, with the sports clothes and the ribbon on her hair and the raised arms, powerful smile with a voice that never ends, on the biggest stage in front of the proud audience in front of the open sky. Huge human performance.
WOW thank you for the best comment description ❤
This is back when we were ALL OF US AMERICANS.
@@poetcomic1We still are Karen. Stop listening to foreign propaganda. Either they consider themselves American or stop considering them at all. But stop pushing that crap everywhere.
This and Wayne Messmer’s version at the 1991 NHL All-Star Game are probably the 2 best versions ever done
I cry anytime i hear this gorgeous version, best version of ALL TIME, rest in peace beautiful lady..😢
Hands down the best rendition ever. Nobody will ever do better. May her soul rest in peace.
I'm not even an American, and this national anthem brings me to absolute tears, every time. WELL DONE WHITNEY - what a set of pipes that woman had!
She makes me cry.......truly the most gifted voice.
After what I saw this Sunday. I had to come back to watch someone properly sing our anthem.
I agree
Whitney Houston is the best artist to perform at the Super Bowl I agree. However Usher executed 15 mins of paying tributes to countless black artists through his entire tribute if you go back and watch he paid homage to the likes of Josephine Baker, Janet Jackson and so many others. Most of whom have performed at the Super Bowl. It is black history month as well and it’s usually black artists they call upon to perform at the superbowl😊
Unmatched!!! Whitney Houston had an incredible voice. That was effortless excellence! No one has even came close to this performance. Just play this every year. No need for anybody to bother. Y’all go head and focus on the halftime show. 🤣
By far the best rendition ever, it was completely effortless for her, like a Ferrari navigating a simple highway, effortless, simply amazing!
I love this analogy 🎯♥️
@@texasgirl8486 Was going to say the same and luckily read this first! Where did all the patriotism go?!?
Very hard song to sing ...she hit every note perfectly ! What a talent !!
Effortless because she was lip synching here.
Not a soul in this world can top our national anthem like Whitney did in 1991 she had the whole stadium clapping and cheering for her at the end , even they knew they experienced the greatest National anthem sung by a Artist … She cannot be beat with this one I can’t think of anyone else that can do this … She truly has a voice of angles , she is truly missed
Chris Stapleton did a dang good job on his rendition. I believe him and Whitney’s are the top 2
@@abbieforbus yup was thinking the same thing , I truly believe both performances can’t be beat … Especially with todays music which is horrendous… After hearing Fergies Rendition I’m convinced that our current generation can’t sing , all auto tune nowadays…
But Whitney and Chris definitely the top 2 …
I love this and I love America! I like Chris Stapleton though, this sounds a bit "Disney-ish" to me. Not taking nothing away. I feel where the world was then and where it is currently plucks on the Americans heart strings too. Great job, and RIP Whitney!
@@abbieforbus Chris Stapleton was basic compared to this. Common man stop it. You white folks just don’t know when to throw in the towel lol leave singing to black folks smh
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Some performances are simply timeless. Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma and Huston's Star Spangled Banner deserve to live forever.
It's sad that she was not as happy as she made others feel just listening to her. She was that day.
The ending will forever be magical
I'm not American, I'm Italian... and I have tears in my eyes hearing her... something fantastic, exceptional... just wonderful
She was beautiful and graceful
Me too my friend, me too. She really put her soul into what ever she sang.
I’m a Brazilian musician and tears also fall down my face when listening to this beautiful performance and wonderful arrangement
Being American isn’t a race it’s a mindset🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@_alpha_salmon_2001 it's neither
Wow. Did anybody else get goosebumps listening to her amazing voice?
I just cried because I felt her passion and her gift. It’s breathtaking
I get goosebumps on an instrumental version . This makes want to run down the street waving a flag with tears streaming from my eyes. This video is almost a drug. USA 🇺🇸
No matter how many times I see this, I get goosebumps and shed a few tears every single time. God, she was so damn talented.
This is an eternal song and performance by Whitney and them all.
Me and Benjamin Franklin both did.
The best rendition ever!to be able to keep that pitch with the noise and all!!!!👍 raising from the dead 😊
The finest, EVER, rendition of the American national anthem. Bar none. 🙌🏻🫶🏻👍🏻
31 years later, and who has even come close to capturing the emotion and patriotism like Whitney did in this interpretation?! Girl no one, she literally set the Golden Standard, and few have met it, and none has surpassed it. A true legend.
Jennifer Hudson has come the closest. But even she is miles behind whitney.
This version was played every morning in high school after the Pledge of Allegiance... I still get goosebumps. Nobody sang it better...
Not even Fergie?! 😮
@@Kirtap305 lol
and no one ever will.
That. Sounds. Awesome.
If I was President, I would do this for all schools.
Dats kool if ya school played this every morning
Nobody can’t top Whitney Houston ❤ I get teary eyes every time rip 🕊️
This is the best rendition of the Star Spagled Banner ever! No one has done it better .
This is the Pinnacle of human performance. The arrangements, the perfect timing of the orchestra and of course the incredible voice of Whitney Houston. A masterpiece
Goosebumps. Every. Single. Time. I. Watch. This.
Same here
It's hard to not get emotional whenever I hear Whitney. I grew up with that voice that was always there, until it wasn't.
No one ever sang it as well as Whitney. Timeless!!! Powerful
She sings this so well and her voice control is sooooo good it looks like she was having fun showing you she is YES that good of a singer. RIP MRS HOUSTON
That orchestra deserves credit too. Awesome!
Absolutely! The orchestral arrangement by John Clayton was just perfect.
For drowning her out? It’s horrible.
Yes, gorgeous arrangement, especially the percussion at the start and strings on "whose broad atripea and bright stars"... so magical ...
Who else could get up in front of thousands in a white jumpsuit and hair band and just belt out those notes with such ease? No fuss no over the top theatrics just a voice so pure and rich that it just washes over you with such emotion. Rest In peace the indomitable the fabulous the greatest ever Whitney Houston we will never forget you ♥️
I’m an Australian, and a big fan of the American national anthem, Whitney just blew that out of the park, great rendition, no ones come close, I’ve watched many anthems and she absolutely dominates!!! Great to watch!!!