As proven by his stirring rendition of the U.S. national anthem tonight, if there’s anybody who has the ability to make anything sound like a love song, it’s singer/songwriter Ne-Yo.

The Grammy winning hitmaker took to the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada tonight in front of a star-studded audience to lend his take on the historic number.  Sending the crowd (and viewers at home from the looks of Twitter) into a much deserved eruption, tuck in below to see if you feel the same after hearing the crooner’s twist on ‘The Star Spangled Banner’:

Your thoughts?