How long was Reba McEntire’s Super Bowl 2024 national anthem?
nypost.comwaaaaaaave?Reba McEntire’s rendition of the national anthem clocked in at 95 seconds (1:35) Sunday night at the 2024 Super Bowl.That was a middle-of-the-pack length, historically.
Renditions of “The Star-Spangled Banner” here have ranged from as little as 62 seconds to more than two and a half minutes.The 68-year-old country music and TV star told Apple Music that, in the lead-up, she typically practiced for the big night in the morning while showering.“I’ve been singing the national anthem in the shower [and] when we get in the car,” she said, referring to boyfriend Rex Linn.“He’ll say, ‘OK, sing it one more time.’ I said, ‘I think I know the words real good right now, so I’m all right.’”The longest-ever Super Bowl “Star Spangled Banner” came in 2013, when “Girl on Fire” singer Alicia Keys performed a version at the piano that lasted 156 seconds (2:36).
And the quickest — short and sweet — was sung by “Sweet Caroline” crooner Neil Diamond. That one was a breezy 62 seconds.This year’s Super Bowl is also a huge night for music.
Joining McEntire in the pregame lineup is singer Post Malone, who performed “America the Beautiful’; and Andra Day, who won the Golden Globe Award for playing Billie Holiday in “The United States vs.
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