Jim Cornelison performs 'Back Home Again in Indiana' at 2019 Indianapolis 500

[@homeperson11244]

If he's keep this performance, he'll be the part of tradition. May rest Jim Nabors soul...

[@johnschwindt3049]

Give it to him. Better than an acapella group

[@Brandon-bq6df]

It’s been him since he started

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

As a chicagoan, i have absolutly no problem lending jim out for a week for the indy 500. Make some noise!!

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

From one Jim to another Jim. 😅

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@plisskenationbackfromthede3657 his voice has some nuff too.

[@johnnystir9796]

That last note gives me chills. I'll always miss the great Jim Nabors, but Jim Cornelison has made himself a part of Race Day at Indianapolis.

[@mountcomfort740]

Same no matter when I hear this

[@funkywunkyyy]

1:04 The Firestone bird knew the beat drop 😂

[@TotoDG]

The entire IndyCar community on KZbin approves.

[@ryansheehan9462]

Indianapolis Motor Speedway managed to find the only person who could possibly take Jim Nabors place. This guy is great.

[@twicethechamps]

An IU Jacobs grad paired with the Purdue band. Perfect way to unite our state.

[@shukanzaki]

We don't have to compare Cornelison with Nabors, for both sing the song, BHAI, so well.Also we don't have to compare Indy 500 with Kentucky Derby, for both have great traditional anthems.

[@darkowl5795]

I’m gonna be going to my first Indy 500 this year!!! Can’t wait to hear this in person!!

[@michaeleverson3801]

You'll go from getting the chills listening to that deafening silence during Taps, then a frenzy of excitement and anticipation during this song. God, I love the 500. It really is the best event in all of sports.

[@AlanpittsS2b]

You’ll love it. Indy really is a special place

[@toddc8523]

So glad you’re coming to see the greatest spectacle in racing! From a fan who’s been going since the 65th running! Enjoy everything about it. Take it all in!

[@alexcov05]

Loved this moment

[@Karterarts2020]

I am proud to be a part of the Hoosier community. God bless Indiana!

[@nascarfan88ta]

He's the only one that can come close to Jim

[@jamesgentry13]

By close you mean still miles apart.

[@pichipachu]

Good job, Jim! (love that last high note!... beautiful tone!)

[@stevemishler4510]

I thought about this for a while, and I think he is a great Person to continue the tradition.

[@antoniusbritannia8217]

Hear, hear! Love the symmetry of an IU vocalist with a Purdue band!

[@josephbrewer5523]

He's very good. Very good. He'll be around for many years to come.

[@facundoferreyra6326]

One of my favorite moments in Indy 500!!

[@racerknight99The2nd]

He Might Be The New Jim Nabors

[@jamesgentry13]

Not as good tho

[@foobarmaximus3506]

Not quite, but he is good. This song is actually difficult to sing correctly. Jim just made it seem easy. :)

[@mattheisen99]

Hes awesome! Hope he sings this year too!

[@comeausautomotiveradioshow]

He will

[@Kev-O]

Love this video have you watch every now and again

[@d.d.7287]

Indy 500 = G.O.A.T.

[@williamerekson9503]

Greatest state in the Union. Hands down.

[@shineministries7]

This guy is worthy!

[@vicenteorozcosantacreu]

Hermoso. Algún día espero estar presente allí. Greetings from Argentina.

[@Zman_fnaf]

I love the crescendo at the end!

[@weatherfan1925]

We should be here Sunday!

[@adiposerex5150]

Beautiful.

[@JulianneRemley-l2q]

I miss my home town and state

[@Forzafredo94]

Ugh in my feels. We should be hearing this soon but Corona.....

[@coryrydon5908]

Simply lovely

[@PHX787]

New Jim, same tradition!

[@garrettburkle8401]

Goosebumps

[@dannyjones9580]

Damn man

[@tabese]

best state song , because it has a railroad name in it

[@DixietheGoat9]

Behind every great is a successor

[@DonBistrow1]

Hoosier Daddy!

[@RonaldReaganRocks1]

It really should be the Glonky Kid singing this. If you know, you know.

[@sysrqstoic]

Fkn awesome 🎉

[@matthewpaluch777]

😁👍🇺🇸JIM!

[@GEMINI_THE_BES89]

It was on my Birthday

[@projoebiochem]

Cornelison does a great job, partly because he sings with the Purdue Band, so that keeps him on the tune so we can sing along. He uses a slightly different version of the lyrics than Jim Nabors did, but I’ll get used to that soon enough. I give Clarkson a 4 for the Anthem, and God Bless America was just awful. They get these “recording artists” who are more concerned about performing to show off their pipes than they are in leading a community patriotic moment. And the country singers are the worst. Speedway needs to make it clear. You sing with the band, on a marching band arrangement, in a way that encourages a couple of hundred thousand people to sing with you. If you don’t like that, no one is there to see you anyway.

[@blin4823]

You couldn’t be more wrong about GBA. Easily one of the best performance in many many many races. Love my Florence RIP. but her pipes left her long ago. If you have trouble singing along with that young lady, whoever she was, then sthu; actually that’s good bc it was a lump in the throat performance, she nailed it; and the 300k’s response afterward made obvious that she should be given the torch to carry on with the storied tradition from here on out. Not a IMO but fact.

[@nascarfan88ta]

Cornelison sings the original lyrics. Jim Nabors was known to replace shining bright with burning bright

[@projoebiochem]

B Lin 300k would cheer for the end of any song. Not only did she butcher the melody, her voice quality was terrible. At least KC has a good voice, she just doesn’t get the purpose of doing the song in that venue.

[@christopheradams5607]

He's good.

[@R3user-p5q]

He did a great job, but I still love Jim Nabors' rendition best.

[@callen8000]

Fantastic voice. One note: the g;leaming candlelight is "still burning bright" not "still shining bright."

[@JohnSmith-mk5jt]

"Shining bright" is actually the correct way to sing the song. "Burning bright" was something that only the Nabors version of the song used.

[@katevand]

Hoosier pride is strong.

[@paulhanke1]

Hoosier approved 👌

[@pbennett13]

🎵BARS🎵

[@johnneedy3164]

Since time ,when I started going to the500 Gomer Pile " Jim Nabors " WAS THE VOICE " so I guess it was time to hand the Raines so to say ,indy sure has changed ,for me 1965 was first year driving ,missed 500 when drafted 1969 ,now this C19 crap no one at race ,our world is up side down

[@annachrissy4874]

Good, but I still miss Jim.

[@mountcomfort740]

He is not Jim but he dose a hell of a job

[@brad4841]

Bring back the balloons!

[@navrajbajwa6067]

Im feelin' pretty glonky right now

[@maddoxwca]

So basically we’re just switching Jim’s. 😂😂

[@pkaill81]

Pretty glonky!

[@bradbasham]

So much better than the silly Kentucky song that sung at the Derby.

[@garrettburkle8401]

Brad Basham lmao. My social studies teacher tried to tell me that the stupid horse race was better than the 500🤦‍♂️

[@michaelcramer5595]

He is no Jim Nabors

[@IDF1987]

in a perfect world, Jim would be unavailable on race day due to the Blackhawks having game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final... however we don't live in a perfect world.

[@ledzeppelin5647]

He's good, but no "Gomer Pyle"

[@evana1900]

Does anyone think of the consequences that releasing thousands of balloons may cause?

[@JohnSmith-mk5jt]

Those consequences (environmental ones) are why they don't do these balloon releases anymore

[@IDF1987]

Jim should be singing the anthem instead of whatever washed-up pop star they bring in. Have Frank Pellico play the organ for good measure during it too.

[@annikawilson5277]

Are you calling Jim Cornelius a washed- up pop star?

[@Ben-bb7mi]

@@annikawilson5277 The opposite. I'm calling the people they bring in to sing the anthem after this washed up pop stars

[@vikeirishman]

no one is jim nabors.....

[@exilfromsanity]

Jim Nabors he's not.

[@amycollins9657]

NOPE

[@TheGrayPrincess]

Bring back straight no chaser

[@josephbrewer5523]

Oh God no. They were bad.

[@rcoers99]

No

[@pensacola07]

To me he's rushing the song, go back and listen to the way Jim Nabors sang it

[@DavidReese-i8x]

The song was so disappointing,

[@ethancargill3159]

Goosebumps