As the rain became a lot heavier, Princes team was very distraught about letting him know of the current situation. They waited as long as they could, hoping the rain would stop but it did not. Reluctantly they went to inform him that it was raining heavily and it may affect his performance. Prince replied “make it rain harder!”

In my 67 years this was by far the best halftime show ever ❤❤❤❤

He goes from Ike and Tina, to Jimi Hendrix to the Foo Fighters without even a blink. He rocks that guitar like he was born with it!!!!

Hey sweetie! There's only ONE Superbowl halftime show that I've watched a ka-zillion times and it's THIS ONE!!! PRINCE, ALL DAY, EVERYDAY, HANDS-DOWN, BEST performance to date!!! NO ONE ELSE even comes close! Love ya! You brighten my days.💛💛💛

The best and there is none close. Who plays cover songs during the Super Bowl Half Time Show? Prince. That is all. And the fact he's killing it during a torrential downpour wearing high heel boots further cements his greatness.

That was real rain. The lightning in the beginning was special effects seen on tv. After the band was done playing all their instruments died because they were water logged. Amazingly they didn’t die during the show.

This halftime show is EPIC! Prince was FIRE 🔥 before there was 🔥 fire! Actual rain that poured harder and harder and then - Purple Rain…in the rain. This was magical and beyond awesome. To me, THIS is THE best halftime show ever. The slow number is All Along the Watchtower by Jimmy Hendrix. RIP dear PRINCE - a mega talent gone way way too soon.

Best Super Bowl halftime ever? THIS ONE! The story is legend now of the producers thinking about not letting Prince perform for worry of electrocution or injury and Prince said “can you make it rain harder”. There’s a short documentary type film somewhere talking with the production team about it. AND LETS GIVE PROPS THE LADIES 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻dancing on the wet stage in stilettos! It WAS a magical show.

Purple Rain being played LIVE in the pouring rain was crazy!!!!

THE BEST EVER💜🔥💜

Best halftime show ever by the best artist ever 💜

Only one artist can swallow the Super Bowl whole, even the players were talking about it!

FINALLY 💜right in time for The Purple Rain 40th Anniversary…Bro…was that even a question?? #prince is absolutely, unquestionably the best halftime show…when Prince graciously allowed a football game at his thunder and rainstorm outdoor concert😁…The NFL President is still talking about this performance to this day.

❤❤❤prince all the way

The woman in white is “Shelby J” his backup artist at that time but now records and tours on her own…The Dancers: known as “The Twinzs ” sisters and twins, Maya and Mandy McClean.

Raining that hard and those 3 ladies are dancing their asses off! Still impressed all these years later

This performance consistently clocks in as the greatest half-time performance ever 👏 🎉

His Purple Highness! Sceez, this one of the best half times shows ever! Prince was a musical genius! I like MJ half time as well. So fortunate to have grown up in era that included both of them! RIP Prince! Glad to see Bertha made it to the show! 💕💕💕💕

Happy to see you back to a Prince performance. Best halftime performance ever 💜💜💜

This is the best halftime show ever. And I've seen them all.

This is the best ever, I’ve seen most since the mid 80’s

The answer is a resounding YES; the BEST halftime show ever. Prince was untouchable ❤

This is the best halftime show ever. During a downpour of rain, due to a tropical storm, IIRC.

Pour it on me Prince....incredible epic performance ❤☆☆☆☆☆

Best Super Bowl half time show ever

Im trying to think of something to say about this man and cant find any words But i think the tears in my eyes say enough for me

My favorite is Prince ❤

Hey big Prince fan here. I always say it was the best SB show ever! 🔥

The song “The Best of You “ is a Foo Fighters song. Lead singer Dave Grohl said he didn’t know Prince was going to cover it. He found out from watching Super Bowl. He said he cried ❤

He was a musician’s musician. Even if they didn’t particularly like his music, they respected his talent. Most people would do only their hits. He did 4 other artists hits: Queen (We Will Rock You), Proud Mary (Ike & Tina Turner version), All Along the Watchtower (Hendrix version), and Best of You (Foo Fighters).

Best SB halftime show ever!

This one right here is my favorite!!

This was my favorite of all time. Hands down.

Both Prince and Taylor are good with rain 😊

Yeah it was real rain. That’s why he had the wrap on his head. And the stage wasn’t slip resistant. And they all has high heels on. The forecast said it wasn’t supposed to rain.

Such a surprise but so happy you reacted to this.

This is my favorite halftime performance.

Good reaction💜. Prince live was often quite different then Prince studio. When Prince played this, it was soon after wardrobe malfunctiongate and the censors were at high alert. So when Prince played his guitar behind the giant sheet, his guitar was a giant phallic symbol and was Prince snubbing the censors (who he had a longtime feud with). Also the Foo Fighters were hanging with Neil Peart and Rush when unbeknownst to them Prince was covering Best of You. Someone ran out to tell them Prince was covering them at the Superbowl. They said "cool"!. He did this because they covered Darling Nikki without telling him. Prince was the only artist (as far as i know)who added multiple covers to his Superbowl setlist. Sampling Queen, Dylan, CCR AND Foo Fighters. All live! No lip syncing like so many including you know who... Or air banding like Red Hot Chili Peppers(embarrassing). Real music played by real musicians. Legendary performance. Master at his craft!! RIP Prince 🥰💜💜

In my opinion, the best halftime show ever

Good catch on the slam of the microphone. A lot of reactors miss that. I wish they would all catch it. Especially those that insist he isn’t singing live. Those of us who are more than casual fans of The Purple One know that he would NEVER lip sync a live performance

This is and will always be the best💜

Don't know what happened to my original comment, so I will try AGAIN... This reaction brought back a lot of memories...we were a young, newlywed military couple, with an infant baby girl in tow back in 1984, assigned to Fort Hood. There was a movie theater on post that cost ONLY $1. The catch was, the SAME movie would play over and over again for a MONTH! One particular month, PURPLE RAIN was the movie showing, so EVERY week we went (baby girl always slept through it) to see it 'cause we couldn't afford to go anywhere else.🤣 LOVED me some PRINCE and I'm sure hubby didn't mind seeing Apollonia. GREAT MEMORIES.

i was there. Never been wetter or colder in my life.

Hey Skeez did you see Purple Rain? You must!!!! 👏👏👏

That song you asked about is by Jimi Hendrix: Along The Watchtower

6:15 Yes sir, that is The FAMU Marching Band! I love the sound of tenm

When Doves Fly..another banger!!!!

Prince is the Best and if you close you see he used 3 different getters in this show ❤❤❤😅😅

I bet you'll change your mind about your favorite after seeing this. According to surveys Prince has been #1 every year!!!!

The Top 4 Halftime Shows are : 4) U2 3) Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem and others, 2) Michael Jackson 1) Prince

My favorite half time show was Bruno Mars and The RHCP jumping up and down to each others music🔥🔥

hey Sceez that song was All Along the Watchtower, originally by Bob Dylan, but Dylan said that Jimi Hendrix's cover is better than his own version.

This and U2 Is by far heads over everyone else!!!

My father (who spent most of his life being racist (that really upset me most of my life)) said himself - out of all the years of watching football and these halftime shows - Michael and Prince were his favorites. Then he passed away but i knew he found his heart. That made me happy. (He knew who they were from all of the posters in my room) 😊

I am 54 yold . So i saw plenty of halftime shows. You can have 40second places . But only ONE on top of the podium still in 2024 ..... Sir Rogers Nelson better known as PRINCE ....