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Houston was asked to perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXV in Tampa in 1991, when U.S. troops were still fighting in the first Gulf War. Her now-legendary rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” was patriotic, powerful and poignant. The response to the song was so overwhelming that the unusual decision was made to release the performance as a single, which eventually reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.