This is the inspirational hit performed by Whitney Houston for the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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And this 12″ is the only release it ever appeared on. One Moment in Time By Albert Hammond and John Bettis / arr. This UK 12″ contains a super rare mix of “Love Will Save the Day”! This mix is an early version of the slightly easier to find Jellybean & Morales Mix, but this contains some vocal adlibs that never appeared in any other version of the song. In the United Kingdom, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 24, the week ending date of September 24, 1988, and within four weeks of its release reached the top position, a peak it maintained for two weeks, becoming Houston’s third UK number-one single. It ranked number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End chart of 1988. On the issue date of November 5, 1988, the single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart, making it her seventh number-one single on the chart, and stayed on the top for two weeks. It also debuted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (formerly “Hot Black Singles”) at number 78, the issue dated September 17, 1988, and six weeks later reached a peak of 22, her lowest position on the R&B chart at the time. Nine weeks later, it peaked at number five on the chart, the issue date of November 12, 1988, becoming Houston’s tenth top 10 hit on the Hot 100, and spent 17 weeks on the chart. The song debuted at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100, the issue dated September 10, 1988. “One Moment in Time” was released by Arista Records in August 1988 as the first single from The 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time, the soundtrack to the Games in Seoul, South Korea. The song video ends with the 1988 Olympic Cauldron blazing. When the chorus is sung for the last time, midway through it, scenes of the awarding from 19 are shown. As the song plays throughout, footage from the games in 19 are shown. It opens with footage of Olympic games from 19 until the lighting of the cauldron from the 1988 games is shown which fades from black and white to color. The video for the song does not show Houston performing the song but is a basic collage of clips from previous Olympic ceremonies. One Moment In Time se estrenó el 27 de agosto de 1988.Esta canción está incluida dentro del disco One Moment in Time (1988 Summer Olympics Album). The track is an anthem for believing in yourself against all odds as Houston asks for “One moment in time/when I’m racing with destiny/Then, in that one moment of time, I will feel eternity”. It appeared on the album 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time, produced in conjunction with NBC Sports’ coverage of the Seoul games and which, in addition to Whitney Houston who sang it live at the main ceremony, also featured artists such as: The Four Tops, The Bee Gees, Eric Carmen, Taylor Dayne and the film composer John Williams. The song’s melody was inspired by the timeless figure of Elvis Presley, with Hammond imagining it as being sung by Presley at the opening of the Olympics. “One Moment in Time” is an Emmy Award winning song written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, produced by Narada Michael Walden and recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Paralympics held in Seoul, South Korea.
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