Christina Aguilera Explains National Anthem Flub

First Published: February 7, 2011 9:50 AM EST Credit: Getty Images

Caption Christina Aguilera performs during the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLV Pregame Show at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on February 6, 2011

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Christina Aguilera says she got lost in the power of the National Anthem while performing the song at the Super Bowl on Sunday.

“I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of it’s [sic] anthem still came through,” Christina said in a statement to the Associated Press following her performance in Arlington, Texas.

Instead of singing the line “O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming,” she repeated a previous line of the song singing, “What so proudly we watched at the twilight’s last gleaming.” In the botched line she also sang “watched” instead of “hailed.”

The 30-year-old singer isn’t the only one to have trouble with the song. In 2001, Macy Gray was booed after her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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