| Part of | Super Bowl XXXIII | |||
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| Date | January 31, 1999 | |||
| Location | Miami,Florida | |||
| Venue | Pro Player Stadium | |||
| Theme | "A Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing" | |||
| Headliner | Gloria Estefan Stevie Wonder | |||
| Special guests | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | |||
| Sponsor | Progressive Auto Insurance | |||
| Producer | Radio City Productions | |||
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TheSuper Bowl XXXIII halftime show was a performance that took place at thehalftime ofSuper Bowl XXXIII.
The show was titled "A Celebration ofSoul,Salsa andSwing"[1] and featuredBig Bad Voodoo Daddy,Stevie Wonder, andGloria Estefan.
A native to the Super Bowl host city ofMiami, Estefan had previously performed as a solo artist at the halftime show forSuper Bowl XXVI and as a member of theMiami Sound Machine in the halftime show forSuper Bowl XXIX.
The halftime show was sponsored byProgressive Auto Insurance.[2] Progressive, in doing so, was the first auto insurer to be the title sponsor of a Super Bowl halftime show.[2] The show was produced byRadio City Productions.[2][3] The show featured 1,000 performers.[2][4] Effects included large lighted balloon balls,lasers,pyrotechnics.[4]
The show took place around the time of the end of commercial success of theswing revival.[5][6] Music journalistRob Sheffield has likened it to marking an end of 1990s music culture in the same that many regard theAltamont Free Concert as marking an end of the 1960s youth culture, remarking, "in a way, this halftime show did for the '90s what Altamont did for the '60s".[6]
The show was preceded with a brief skit featuring Estefan and Wonder with the characterE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, who had appeared in Super Bowl advertisements run that night for the show's title sponsor Progressive Auto Insurance.[7][8]
The performance began with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy performing "Go Daddy-O".[4]
Wonder then entered the field in a vintage automobile, while performing "Sir Duke".[4] He sat at akeyboard and performed "You Are the Sunshine of My Life". During this song, dancers unrolled large swaths of cloth to form an image of a sun on the field.[4] He then performed "I Wish", during which he was joined on stage bytap dancerSavion Glover.[4] Wonder briefly joined Savion in tap dancing.[4]
The performance then saw Miami native Estefan make her entrance.[4] She sang "Oye!" followed by "Turn the Beat Around".[4] During "Turn the Beat Around", dancers on the field swung long lighted ropes.[4]
The performance ended with Wonder and Estefan both performing "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)".[9] During this final song, Wonder wore a jacket with the word "African" on one sleeve and the word "American" on the other.[10]
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