It Took Aretha Franklin a Few Decades to Sing the National Anthem

Aretha Franklin sang the American National Anthem at today’s annual Thanksgiving Day NFL game in the United States.

It took her more than 4 minutes to get through the whole thing.

Twitter of course had the best jokes.

??Y’all better let Aretha Franklin sing this National Anthem. No interruptions. Happy Thanksgiving! #MINvsDET #NFL https://t.co/jyoUfv4nwn

— Gerren Peterson (@GerrenPeterson) November 24, 2016

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— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) November 24, 2016

Aretha Franklin just made the national anthem last about as long as it took Francis Scott Key to write it

— ??? (@TightOff) November 24, 2016

Aretha Franklin just took so long with the national anthem that both teams have to warm up again

— Bailey Jordan (@brjordann) November 24, 2016

Aretha Franklin just took so long to sing the anthem that a kneeling Colin Kaepernick forgot what he was protesting #DETvsMIN

— Kyle Morel (@kylemorel13) November 24, 2016

My turkey fully cooked during that anthem.

— Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) November 24, 2016

Note to national anthem singers: only Aretha can get away with that, so don't get any ideas #respect

— Will Graves (@WillGravesAP) November 24, 2016

Aretha Franklin is doing a ball-control national anthem. It's all about clock management everyone.

— Allen Trieu (@AllenTrieu) November 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/JustChillin247/status/801842243787177984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/Ratchetveli/status/801841859454767104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

OVER on the Aretha Franklin National Anthem would've been the lock of the century.

— Covers (@Covers) November 24, 2016

Bad news: Football is cancelled
Good news: 13-hour Aretha Franklin concert. Leave it on through dinner. Everybody will love it.

— The Ringer (@ringer) November 24, 2016

Delay of game: Aretha Franklin

— TheMachine (@MachinesPicks) November 24, 2016

Aretha Franklin: Keep it short and sweet.
Also Aretha: Longest anthem ever pic.twitter.com/LOu7Zxz6uB

— Nathan Baskerville (@NateBa_55) November 24, 2016

No word yet on if she’s still singing.