Star Spangled Banner(American Anthem) God Bless America

[ForeverYoung2u]

Whitney is just one of the few singers that can give you goosebumps on the first note.

[schizlor]

This is the measuring stick by which all other renditions of the national anthem are judged.

[shikkadance]

Nothing can top that!

[snafusnatcher]

I was in the Persian gulf for Desert Storm and it still brings tears to my eyes to listen to her sing this song...

[summbich]

she was born to sing our anthem

[Pleaver]

Every soldier on duty should listen to this every morning when they wake up... on headphones... full blast.

[wheels0503]

@Pleaver lol it should be their alarm clock

[dia480]

in my favorites

[conversescooby]

I love that she starts out shy but by the end shes waving her arms all around :D

[pattersonkid1]

Holly fucking shit!!! That was oh-so- sick. This was the first time I have ever seen this but it will not be the last.

[nisha28ful]

YEESSS !!!! gave me goose bumps watching this

[VTiana]

Nobody like Whitney... she knocked it out of the park.

[trompetayritmo]

wow...breathtaking

[aliveagain2006]

No one will EVER top that performance of the anthem.

[Pleaver]

21 people are deaf unAmerican freedom haters.

[jamescram87]

@Pleaver To think American is a free country anymore is terribly naive.

[Pleaver]

@jamescram87 Try going to North Korea. Then tell me what the difference is.

[jamescram87]

@Pleaver If saying "at least we're not North Korea" is ur barometer of success then u have VERY low expectations. That's like saying, "Living in my mom's basement isn't so bad. At least I'm not living in a box." If u call getting molested & zapped with radiation at the airport by the TSA, having the government spy on you at all times, imprison you for victimless crimes, having militarized police beat you if you protest & countless other atrocities freedom then I feel VERY sorry for you.

[swiftapollo91]

The gold standard for the anthem

[lobelia2]

if i had her voice i'd never smoke. not even a cig

[frnkjones40]

This rendition would have made Hitler proud to be an American!

[drinny26]

with a voice like that I bet people are just throwing cocaine at you!

[sastaroo]

My goodness. Whitney hit this on the button! Outstanding!

[Mongin34]

ENGLAND RULES!!!!!!

[UN2US]

@Mongin34 America banged England a long time ago. Apparently, you have come back for more you little queen. England can suck America's dick again, if you'd like...  You are sloppy seconds. But, we'll still let you polish our shiney red nob.

[SAMSIZZLE123]

To this day i give whitney houston the #1 star spangled banner performance. Its flawless. Girls got talent.

[Pacioney]

WOW!!! Goosebumps. Neva tired of listening to this one of a kind voice!!! Yr voice is equal to none.

[dorothy148]

I have never seen a singer singing this without giving all of the energy to vibrate those voice chords. It's so energy consuming but yet sounds so patriotic and charged up!

[LluviaAva]

lol I can't stop listening to this, put it in my favorites... Why am I listening to our Anthem??? It's still good after ALL these years lmao.

[tjsbeaner]

Whitney....there aren't near enough words to describe your beautiful gift of voice and song, but I do say that you're God gifted and wonderfully AWESOME and you proudly represented our country, our National Anthem and our military so very well, so full of feeling, warmth and heartfelt appreciation to be an American.  God bless our military, God bless you and God bless The United States of America. Thank you!

[asphyxiafeeling]

GOD BLESS THE EMPIRE OF LIBERTY

[notastampcollector]

I dread the day China becomes more powerful than the USA. It will be a bad day for the world.

[jeveuxetrelegionar]

fuck you fat bastards

[UN2US]

@jeveuxetrelegionar Look around you faggot. Everything you use on a daily basis was invented by an American., including Youtube. So, save a lollipop and suck a dick bitch!

[liquidhax]

nobody does it better

[braunychick]

#NeverForget #911 #GODBLESSAMERICA

[700Ezalb]

Never forget. God Bless America

[LolitaR0ck]

martin luther king would be so proud :)

[KAWORU19LAB]

すげーー・・・。

[saraaababyyy3]

ive seen this numerous times and i just shed a tear right now.

[lobelia2]

too bad her pipes are all fucked now

[torishanxox]

shes amazing

[theborujoa]

perfect

[denngaku]

beautiful

[Destinyteen]

What a chest voice. Great!!

[theoneandonly2503]

By farr the best rendition EVER of the Star Spangled banner, her voice is majestic.

[SteelersAFC1]

Thats how its done, folks.

[chunky347]

Good Ol' Whitney! AND the good ol' 90's!

[OliviaDoyleMusic]

i love the way she comes out in her shell suit and just nails it! This makes me sad i am not american!

[macuser5555]

Nobody has ever done it better than her since then!!!

[ilikezappa]

man she has a pair of lungs ! Good job ( I think it needs a banjo medly in the middle tho )

[MyNameIsGrace]

incredible!

[codydeer]

NOBODY! can do like Whitney! NOBODY!!

[Destinyteen]

@codydeer PAttie and celine.

[richardbkite]

I still get chills! Amazing video! I miss that Whitney

[nsuspartanlegion]

STILL the best version EVER!!! Top it of with the F-16 fly over I still get chills when I see this video...GREAT POST!!

[jewelz2k5]

USA USA!!! Have a safe and happy 4th everyone!

[newphx]

Best Ever.

[xxLilly05xx]

am I the only one watching random vids of ppl sining the national anthem and comparing them??

[newphx]

@xxLilly05xx nope..me too...Happy Independence Day!



[aarondavidofficial]

What a lot of people miss about this performance is the amazing orchestral arrangement. Combined with Whitney's amazing voice, it created a masterpiece which we all keep coming back to, and will keep coming back to years later. God bless America!

[SupraNirvana]

20 people are candians

[withfootnotes]

Amazing! She is singing a song with everything in her that was written before slavery was even ended. And yet, she sings the BEST rendition of this song and does it more justice than anyone ever could. I am so proud of my African-American brothers and sister- moreover my AMERICAN brothers and sisters. WE make this country what it is, regardless of the mistakes of the past.

[Robstailey]

crazy woman but damn she had them pipes

[rodgermourtagh]

@Robstailey hey she´s not crazy! It´s just that ghetto devil Bobby Brown who destroied her life.

[DevlPB]

when people actually knew what it meant to be american.

[SpeakDigg]

America at its finest.... and its peak.

[SpeakDigg]

America at its finest.... and its peak.

[coolmanwc4]

Watch Whitney sing the National anthem and then watch Beyonce sing it.

Does anyone else notice how much our standards of talents have declined?

Beyonce doesn't even look like she was trying. Whitney meanwhile looks like she gave it her all.

[TheTomBales]

@coolmanwc4 how is it bad thing that she doesnt look like shes trying?

[mavswegner]

18 people are pakistani

[creolefreak22]

She slaughtered it.

America....FUCK YEAH.

[pearpeas]

who whitey set free @ 2:13 was FREE indeed. like am not christian, but i was speaking in tongues!

[bronxboy1952]

Absolutely!! This has been my favorite rendition since I first heard it at the Super Bowl. It is so great and so appropriate to be played with the death of Bin Laden!

[elteicox]

OH OH MY MY GOD GOD

BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!!!

[nds091488]

Whitney Houston Is THEE BEST Singer In The World

[tojin]

So much better than this year's Christina's performance.

[jallboy89rap]

whitney is the best singer in the past and present

[DPLIKE]

It is impressed by a wonderful skill as a singer. （＾◇＾）Ｖ

And,

The height in the United States☆

[sheilamontijo]

She is so perfect singing

[SeeSarahGo]

How can someone even possess a voice like this? I can't even wrap my head around it. She has so much effortless (at least she makes it look effortless) control of her voice. And I can feel the joy she gets from singing. PASSION

[RyanMeel]

16 Justin Biber's fan rate this video !

[hanrobec]

My second favorite rendition of the SSB. I prefer the Dixie Chicks rendition, but Whitney certainly set the bar high.

[honeysvw]

Effortless

[Ejai8202]

And the worst thing about it all is it flawless and effortlessly done and NOBODY in my life time (im 28 y/o) will ever do it better than this. She WERKED!

[RiseofBane]

American anthem makes me to become more patriot of America. I can feel the spirit and the efforts that made us become, who we are now. I am Asian, but a citizen of America, therefore I am an American. Long live America!!!!

[futureWestPointhero]

On just about every other anthem on youtube the comment section is about the nation in the video but not our American anthem because people seem to care more about who sings it rather than what the song is about. Have some national pride.

[joseph78380]

She tore that shit up man!! EPIC!

[kirkblud]

the best rendition of star spangled banner can anyone else match up?????

[MainEvent628]

Such a sad story....that such a golden voice can go down the shithole.....

crack is a helluva drug.......

[XtQfH]

ironic how the choir leader is asian.

just saying lol

[Seriouslydnb]

im not even american or from there and this shit nearly made me cry !! epic version

[jnjrivera92]

Amen man. Whitney's and Leann Rimes are my two favorite ones

[supremes1964]

pre-recorded track for WHIITNEY to lip-sync it prefect! CHEATER! CHEATER!

[4290cris]

DAMN! AMAZING HARMONY,ON POINT,PERFECT! SHE DEFINETLY PUTS ALL THE ARTIST OF THE NEW MILLENIUM TO SHAME!!!!

[saturninedecember]

was this the only time our anthem didnt sound embarassing ? :O

[GarbageState]

I only know the first three words of this song - Jose can you seeeeee....

[Kelt4ever]

@LTDANMAN44 No, but I think your girlfriend was... :) and I will repeat - it was in all the papers - hello - reality check... IT WAS IN ALL THE PAPERS - and I know you can read since you read my post and you know how to use a computer cause you're logged in here - research it on-line - oh wait, your mind is made up, why confuse you with facts... ROFLMAO :)

[Kelt4ever]

@LTDANMAN44 No, but I think your girlfriend was... :)

[JohnSmithIsAmazing]

2:33 Canadian Flag lol

[Kelt4ever]

This was pre-recorded and she lip-synced it - and it was in all the papers after the game. At least Cristina sang it live and isn't afraid to admit she was so nervous singing it. Anybody can do it in a studio and this was hardly the best live version - as far as lip-synced/pre-recorded versions, it's a tie between Whitney and Jennifer Hudson.

[LTDANMAN44]

@Kelt4ever your on crack

[d0z3rr]

It matters that it is lip syncing because if it is pre-recorded she can do multiple takes and redo multiple sections. Takes far less effort in the comfort of a studio. I am dissapointed that this is lip syncing.

[shortydog27]

That's how ya do it Christina Aguilera!

[dirtsa22]

I am not a US Citixen, but I absolutely love their national anthem. I also noticed that it really does something to me (can't put it into words), its just very magic. Withney's version along with Kelly Clarkson and Carry Underwood are among the best!

[paremusic]

@microkorugh idk if you know how to sing or not, but she would have too be an insanely good lip syncer in order too have her vocal chords and jaw vibrate at exactly the same moment as her vibrato quivers. not too mention that when she opens her mouth you usually do so a second before you actually sing the word in order to take a breath. this is by far the best rendition of the anthem ever.

[beatinitup79]

if you had to hear this after aguileras trashy so called performance can i get a 1 lol

[flynster1]

I don't understand why it matters if she pre-recorded it or not. It is Whitney singing. And a WONDERFUL job she does of it, too.

@ microKORGUH: And it's "lip-syncing".

[flynster1]

I don't understand why it matters if she pre-recorded it or not. It is Whitney singing. And a WONDERFUL job she does of it, too.

And it's "lip-syncing".

[microKORGUH]

idk if you all noticed or heard, but this is lip singing...

[ThePharaoho]

@microKORGUH I don't think it's lipped. Whitney is terrible at lipping and always sings live. I think Christina sang it live too because there is no way she would have left it as is. She forgot some of the words and she scream through the last half, all those messy runs. I know she would have done that over. Another reason why I think it's live is because of how nervous Christina was which tranferred into her performance. she wouldn't have been so nervous if it was pre-recorded.

[ajaybubbles4u]

Whitney's rendition was so good that it was sold as a single. Not only was it sold in stores, but it was as aired on TBN, which by the way is christian television station, for many years

[shortydog27]

@ajaybubbles4u yep! this is is true. My friend had the single, and we listnened to it all the time

[shiroshiro00]

God Bless Iran and United States...Persian Gulf remains Persian forever

[TikiTubeable]

If only Whitney didn't fuck up her pipes with the good shit, she could had just been called on time after time to perform this at the superbowl instead of certain shitty fucktards that forget the lyrics, and try too hard.

[compnerd2797]

Her vibrato is just amazing. Soooo good

[southwestpilot]

Still give chills

[SilentPartner79]

Smashing.

[eklektikone]

What's so great about her version, beside the fact she's hitting other-worldly notes, is that she's not straining, concentrating or struggling. In fact, she's having a good time -- that's talent unparalleled. She can't do that today, but no one else can either! HA!!!

[Kenteman]

@eklektikone That's called God Given Talent.

[texcardsfan]

This is absolutely THE best version EVER! No one can beat Whitney. The feeling that someone gets when they hear this...is what America is all about.

[DorothyandToto2]

She was the best, no one could sing like her! People try but still can't.

[aupabelasko]

me quedo con la boca abiertaaa !!!!

[weweallthewayhome]

better than beyonce....better than jimi....better than marv...better than anyone

[smartbomb33]

One word: Epic.

[aranamin]

beyonces ones better

at the ending omg of beyonces one i get chills!!

[weweallthewayhome]

@aranamin are you kidding me, bey cant hold a match to this....

[aranamin]

@weweallthewayhome whitney ones is amazing

but the ending of beyonces one it blows ur miind!

[golffreak68]

they say this was best ever singing at a super bowl this sucked was expecting better for lip synching

[weweallthewayhome]

after you hear this you just wanna laugh at anyone else who attempts to sing the Star Spangled Banner

[weweallthewayhome]

WTFFFF why are there dislikes....

[timtrek]

America fuck yeah! Set off some nukes!

[steph2buysell]

I Love Mariah Carey Song;s Better... As Much I Hate To Say IT Whitney Houston Has The Best Voice Of Allllll Time And Its The Truth

[tartfuel]

@steph2buysell HAD the best voice. Then she ruined it with smoking and allegedly smoking crack. Now her voice is blah. Too bad. She was once one of the greats.

[Cowness09]

i cry every time i listen to this.

[cedneko]

Sends chills down your spine

[TheNaomiengland]

Madonna should sing this!!

[steph2buysell]

@TheNaomiengland No The Hell Madonna Should

[daisydukes333]

Absolutely NO ONE has a better voice than Whitney. 

[karaokegil]

@babyboy182121 ... are you kidding me?!! mariah carey has NOTHING on whitney houston. that was laughable. mariah carey just screeches. being a signer myself and taking lessons for 20+ years, you should do your research before you make such a bold statement, sir.

[koisumisensei]

what a truly moment !

I'm not american but you guys must have been so proud , I can feel her energy

[x015388]

I agree with the comments here...Whitney sang this the best of everybody! They should make this the official version....it gave me chills listening to it!!

[codydeer]

beautiful, gave me chills. 

[Melan98]

J'adore L'hymne Américain !! C'est Super Emouvant et Whitney Houston L'interprete Magnifiquement Bien <3

[NickMadison]

It's a shame what happened to her now...but DAMN I love this SONG she sang. It's excellent!!!!!!!!!!! I can't seem to find anyone who is better than she is. Thanks for posting.

[GogolBordelloLover]

It's a great song when someone with an awesome voice sings it. It's sad when pop artists always try to change it up (because they can't just sing it beautifully and naturally). Whitney sings the best version.

[ahorshack]

Whitney's finest moment

[ciarra06283]

(shakes head in tears) every single time I see this...!!

[phiwedlamini]

What a voice!!! It gave me goosebumps. I am convinced no one will ever sing it better than Whitney. I am not even American but i was patriotic when she sang LOL

[weweallthewayhome]

freeeeeeeEEEEEEEE

[78912nature]

8 people in the world of YouTube have lost their dame minds. Any huw, I'm not an American but more times when I view Whitney Huston's rendition I cry like a bitch. For me and I don't care what anyone says. This is the best sung Star Spangled Banner of all time, period.

[Harpenfarker]

@78912nature: Particularly emotional as it invokes memory of what America is supposed to represent and the sacrifice of those dedicated to that purpose.

[MsMerising]

@78912nature

Agreed. I'm in Australia right now and this version makes me shed a tear or two as well :D Mx

[brc028]

FLAWLESS

[simammo]

Incredible Whitney, the best voice in the world!

[tsibooki]

the Star Spangled Banner is one of the greatest anthems ever written... and thats coming from a Canadian who is just as patriotic and proud if our anthem. what you may not know is that the tune was actually a very old British beer drinking song

[rotazchik]

omg so many fantastic voices today but Whitney will always be 'THE BEST IN THE WORLD'. What a shame she married an idiot, ruined her voice.

[W3llDunn]

Simply nailed it....

[jonnysilver312]

I wanna know what was that note she reached at the end!! Damn!!

[timothylwharton]

breathtaking performance, didn't sound like I was listening to a national anthem.

[calafornialove]

gave proof is the hardest part the song

[ladytrumpet010]

She does it with ease...smh

[calicoboy]

i dont think we will ever her the national anthem sang as good as that.

[JamRocDoc]

GIves me chills...and notice how it didn't look like she was even trying hard...this was a walk in the park to her, but probably the greatest performance of the anthem to many of us.

Her voice is sooo strong and crisp and sharp...it cuts through everything like a trumpet

[xeeng1]

@JamRocDoc Agreed!!!!

[cjfranchot]

by far the greatest perfomance of the Star Spangled Banner EVER! I still get chills listening to this

[parthshin]

no one can beat her

[s0012823]

USA FTW! Grz from The Netherlands!

[IWOP1]

Best Rendition Ever. Fuckin' cry like a girl whenever I hear it...lol