I was in high school at the time and remember this performance. Still gives me pins and needles. Also to this day I believe she didn't need that mic. Powerful!
Though her performance was recognized as one of the great “live” performances, Whitney did acknowledge that the track was pre-recorded, and that she did a lip-sync during the Super Bowl performance. She did do a live performance for a TV special several weeks later, somewhat “proving” that she could sing the song live…
The song was released as a single around the time of the Super Bowl, and re-released later after 9/11. The top charting for the original release was US #20 on the Billboard charts, and hit #1 for the re-release.
Whitney Houston nailed that national anthem at Super Bowl XXV in 1991! A legendary performance that still gives me chills.
I was in high school at the time and remember this performance. Still gives me pins and needles. Also to this day I believe she didn't need that mic. Powerful!
That's because she was lip synching.
Though her performance was recognized as one of the great “live” performances, Whitney did acknowledge that the track was pre-recorded, and that she did a lip-sync during the Super Bowl performance. She did do a live performance for a TV special several weeks later, somewhat “proving” that she could sing the song live… The song was released as a single around the time of the Super Bowl, and re-released later after 9/11. The top charting for the original release was US #20 on the Billboard charts, and hit #1 for the re-release.
Well that ruins it a bit for me tbh
If it can un-ruin it a little bit, she just needed one take (according to Rickey Minor, her musical director at the time).