Patti LaBelle- Where My Background Singers?

Patti LaBelle performs "This Christmas" at the 1996 National Tree Lighting. Let's just say that nothing went as planned.

[ChiChisWorld]

That day, the background singers were fired, the card lady was fired, the Christmas tree was fired, Santa Clause was fired, even Christmas got a pink slip.

[tmalone]

This is not a cover of “This Christmas”. This is a cover of “Where Are My Background Singers?!”. It’s a HIT!

[sunnygolightly]

Patti really said if this is gonna be a train wreck, it's gonna be a pitch perfect one.

[TameraLynette]

it was over before it started, she wasn’t even supposed to come out yet 😭

[danielemondmusic]

The funny thing about human nature is that if this performance had been "successful" it would have been long forgotten by now.

[amnedits]

damn that card lady must’ve been having the largest anxiety attack of her life

[osielescalante]

When you have a presentation in class but the person doing all the work is absent that day

[simpleplanfan]

Not the background singers appearing on stage like they were snatched from the Walmart down the street 🤣

[Tdvc]

the background singers finally pop out dressed like they were at home lol

[anninginlove]

At least no one can accuse her for lip syncing.

[ryangriffin]

Patti going through the five stages of grief on stage and then turning around to discover the President has appeared is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[MrsMeeseeks]

She's the true definition of "The show must go on" 😂

[itsPaulLucas]

She was fighting for her life on that stage 😭

[Kfalcione]

This will never not be funny. "I'm gonna ad lib all I can... because I don't have the right words and I don't have no background

[Fergpal]

The “next card honey, next card, WoO WOoOOOoO” took me out 😂😂😂

[ejfdarjuan]

It's December 25, 2024! Who's here commemorating this great tradition? Merry Christmas!

[benhardin]

If there was ever anything that needed to be an SNL skit, this is it!

[missnene]

I’m mad the background singers came out singing and dancing like they’ve been there all along!😂😂😂

[Millie-with]

patti saying “i don’t know the song” just gets funnier when you know that a couple of years before this event, she recorded a christmas album which included a cover of this christmas

[brendanrouth]

The way the backup singers just look like they were pulled out of the crowd last minute