Whitney Is ICONIC | Whitney Houston National Anthem(Star Spangled Banner) | Reaction 

This rendition will never, ever be topped! Pure perfection! 🏆🏆🏆🏆

This is by far my favorite rendition. To me this is the way the national anthem was supposed to sound and it’s amazing. Dare I say it might be one of the absolute best pieces ever composed. Huge shout out to John Clayton for re-harmonizing it! John never gets enough credit

That voice!! As a metalhead.. nothing was more impressive than this performance.. Love to Whitney and her beloved family.. xo

I remember watching that game and seeing her perform. To this day, NOBODY has done it better.

Best National Anthem ever! I will miss not just her voice, not just her beauty, but her exuberance. She always seemed to put all of herself into her songs. RIP Whitney.

No one can top Whitney's SB it was phenomenal. Perfection. Most emotional moment in Super Bowl history 🤩🇺🇸 ❤ miss Whitney. Spot on no room for disrespect.

her voice was so incrediby beautiful.

She was the only person I've ever seen sing the national anthem and looked so happy to be singing it with so much pride and joy.

I get goosebumps everytime I here her sing this!!

Untouchable!! Magic!! Perfection!! Angels kissed her vocal cords at birth❤❤

Beautiful voice beautiful lady. She was the best I’ve ever heard star spangled banner.

The greatest!

I appreciate your kind words for Whitney young man. She didn't over do it. You should give her singing America the Beautiful a listen. I definitely appreciate you addressing disrespect for artists on your channel & I agree there isn't a need for that. May God bless you.

My favorite is Whitney Houston anything. The best rendition of the Star Spangled Banner RIP Whitney. Miss u

She made the blue print. Everyone studied her rendition.and she was the first person to sing the anthem live. 1991 is when it all started. That’s why she’s the VOICE 🌹🌹🌹

She is the best to ever do it!!!

The girls could NEVER ✌🏾

Perfection❤❤❤

It was Super bowl XXV (25) in 1991. I was living in Germany at the time because my then husband was in the military. When the game aired, he was deployed to the Persian Gulf War. All of the spouses & kids living on the military base & those soldiers who stayed behind organized a community watch party with a big BBQ potluck. I'll never forget when Whitney started singing, everyone was standing either saluting or hand over heart in complete silence. As she sang, more & more people started sniffling & wiping their eyes because we were all feeling the patriotism & the collective hope that all of our husbands & wives serving in the war would come home alive & safe. When she finished, everyone was in shocked awe but soon erupted into thunderous applause (like the people in the stadium). I would say for a week after the game people were still commenting on Whitney's performance.... She released it as a single & then released it again after 9/11 attacks, donating all proceeds to charity. I saw her give an interview once shortly after she hit it big on the music scene. I can't remember who was interviewing her, it may have been one of the hosts of MTV or maybe it was VH1 (back in the day when those channels were all about music & not reality shows). I think it was around early 1986. During the interview she mentioned watching Marvin Gaye sing the anthem at an NBA All Star Game (1983) & loved how he put his own signature spin to the song, giving it a soulful jazzy-blues twist. I never saw that because I was living overseas as my dad (US Army soldier) was stationed in Seoul, Korea for my 9th & 10th grade of high school. i did see Marvin's performance many years later & it was my favorite rendition until Whitney's performance in 1991. She's my top favorite, Marvin is #2, and finally the iconic Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, with his electric guitar version, which sparked a ton of controversy. This was back in 1969 & any deviations from the traditional anthem were unheard of. Lots of folks thought he was being disrespectful which was far from the truth. He was anti-war, but he wasn't anti-American as some people accused him of being. Many didn't realize that he even served in the US Army, as part of the 101st Airborne Division.

THE ONE AND ONLY, THIS RENDITION WILL NEVER EVER BE DUPLICATED NO MATTER WHO YOU PUT UP THERE!! DON'T BE A HATER TALK ABOUT, "SHE OVER DID IT!!" STOP BEING JEALOUS OF SOMEONE #YOU CAN NEVER BE.....NEVER!!!!!! I ADORE YOU WHITNEY R.I.P WHIT

PEOPLE WANTED IT!!! WHITNEY DONATED ALL PROCEEDS TO CHAIRITY AND THE RED CROSS

We had just gone to war against Iraq. Shock & Awe. The mood in the country after 9-11 was beyond patriotic. What this performance did...@ the Super Bowl, at that moment in time sealed it as THE most Iconic-epic- inspring- beauriful and BEST version of ALL-TIME. 🇺🇸 Period. Theres no comparison and never will be

Never will be topped by anyone. Male or female.

Yessss!! You’re absolutely correct!! WHITNEY IS THE BEST VOCALIST EVER!!!🎤🎼🎵💯❤️❤️ Her voice had so much clarity, control, her strong vibrato, tone and dynamic range on the drop of a dime, the power behind “the voice “ is unmatched!!!❤❤❤❤ WHITNEY KNOWN AS “ THE VOICE “!! Miss her soooo much!!!🌹🌹🌹🌹 Like ya reactions!! Listen to AMA ‘93 Awards her performance was unstoppable and dynamic!!❤ Listen to

I LOVED WHAT CHRIS DID, BUT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, NO ONE, AND I MEAN NO ONE BEATS WHITNEY!!!!!!!!

1991 Giants/ Bills Super Bowl. I cried watching it 31 years ago. i still tear up watching her when i see this.

She is the Queen supreme!!!!! She is a pure American beauty and a national treasure.

Hi MMB, I still remember hearing this sung at the opening of the game. Normally hearing the Anthem was secondary to the actual game. Not the biggest deal. And then I was totally blown away. And as a 1970's rocker, I was not normally a "Whitney Fan". She won me over, totally owned me, and everyone else lisening. She was more powerful then the jets flying overhead! And aside from how great her voice was, the musical choices she made were new. The way she went high with "freeee", and then low at the final "brave", sent chills up my spine. Almost everyone does some version of that Whitney structure now. ---- By the way, a constant theme when listening to great music is "Is this (singer/guitarist/drummer/bassist/band) the BEST EVER?" It's sort of a way that we listeners can torture ourselves. The fact is, ALL these performances are GREAT. I don't really need to ask who is better,,, Whitney's vocal skill or Bobby Hatfield's skill???, but I still can't help asking that question. And how do those two singers compare to the vocals of a rocker like Ian Gillan? Or the blues-rock vocals of Janis Joplin or Joe Cocker? Each is best in a different way. That question is part of the fun when reacting to music. It's an enjoyable way to inspire and tourture ourselves. The main thing is, thank God for all this great talent! And thank God that we get to see these performances on video any time we want. And one more time, thanks again MMB for your great MOB! -Jeremy

Chills. I heard this live and instantly thought, I hope somebody recorded this, cuz I want to buy that tape. Lol, back then digital didn’t exist.

1991 super bowl!!! Will always be a vivid memory for me!!! There is no toping this!!! That's why it was recorded!!!

Man, what a great voice

It's from superbowl XXV 1991 held in Tampa, Florida

🇺🇸👉 W H I T N E Y 👈🇺🇸 The greatest!! EVER 😁 😭😭😭 I shed tears every time I hear it! 🥹🥹

Checkout I Have Nothing live at the 1993 Billboard Music Awards

I felt like Dolly did it her way. And it was great. Whitney took that song to another level "I will always love you". So I don't appreciate any disrespect for Whitney. She has one of the best voices ever. And there will never be another Whitney Houston. Boo on any Haters.

Frank Gifford announced her onto the field that year , he said it was the most electric moment In sports that he can remember. That's a good compliment coming from him. Whitney wanted it slow , until she unleashed her booming voice to the heavens . We miss her ❤

It goes like this: Whitney, Chris Stapleton, Meatloaf

I’m so glad you did this so quickly.. it’s epic. I did love Chris’s version too, so original.. keep up the great work

WHITNEY IS THE GREATEST VOCALIST OF ALL TIME…. OVER 270 RECORDS SOLD WORLDWIDE😘

How about the version by Marvin Gaye at the NBA All Star Game in the early 80s

Great Reaction to a Great Perfomance...... I would also recomend listening to Mealof doing the National Anthem at the 1994 ASG (Baseball All Star Game)......

Like everyone else- this is and shall remain the best national anthem version if you are hating on that get a real life with meaning there should be no disrespect to this version at all

According to Rollingstone list of top 200 Greatest singers of all time, Whitney Houston was ranked #2 as of Jan. 2023. Aretha Franklin #1.

DOLLYS SONG WAS 1ST DONE FOR THE MOVIE"BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS" WON BUNCH OF AWARDS FOR HER VERSION..BUT WHITNEY TOTALLY OWNED THAT SONG..

It should’ve charted at #1.

the other version you should hear is by Meatloaf. another level just magic

So many criticize Whitney's performance here because it was pre-recorded and lip synced. Who gives a damn!? It was done beautifully. Chris may not have topped this but he is right up top with Whitney.

Disrespectful of Whitney Houston? A-holes abound. She was a miracle. Dolly Parton wrote the song and she was thrilled by Whitney’s performance. She made a fortune off this song.

You talk too much! Just play the video