One Moment In Time * Whitney Houston Official Site

RIAA Certification:

Gold

Whitney Houston’s “One Moment In Time” was the official song of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The song was the title track for the 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment In Time, and was released as a worldwide single, reaching #1 in the U.K. and Germany, and the Top 5 in the U.S. and many other countries. Whitney received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, and opened the award show with a live performance of the song, which was later released on the compilation album Grammy’s Greatest Moments, Vol II and the 2014 album Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances.

Songwriters: Albert Hammond, John Bettis

Producer: Narada Michael Walden for Perfect Light Productions, Inc.

B-Side: Love Is A Contact Sport

Lyrics

Each day I live
I want to be
A day to give
The best of me
I’m only one
But not alone
My finest day
Is yet unknown

I broke my heart
Fought every gain
To taste the sweet
I face the pain
I rise and fall
Yet through it all
This much remains

I want one moment in time
When I’m more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I’m racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity

I’ve lived to be
The very best
I want it all
No time for less
I’ve laid the plans
Now lay the chance
Here in my hands

Give me one moment in time
When I’m more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I’m racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity

You’re a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine

Videos

Alternate Versions

Zimbabwe 7″, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Love Is A Contact Sport

Mexico 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Promo Un Momento En El Tiempo / Espiritu Olimpico

Un Momento En El Tienpo = One Moment In Time
El Espiritu Olimpico = Olympuc Spirit

Australasia 7″, 45 RPM, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy – 4:03

Europe 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Midnight Wind – 5:03
Olympic Joy (Instrumental) – 4:03

UK 12″, 45 RPM One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Love Will Save The Day (Jellybean Remix)
Olympic Joy (Instrumental) – 4:03

UK 7″, 45 RPM, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy (Instrumental) – 4:03

Japan Single, Mini One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:44
Olympic Joy – 4:04

Germany Maxi-Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:47
Midnight Wind – 5:04
Olympic Joy (Instrumental) – 4:00

Japan 7″, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy – 4:03

UK 12″ One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time
Midnight Wind
Olympic Joy (Instrumental)

Europe 7″, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy – 4:03

South Africa 7″, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Love Is A Contact Sport

US 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Promo One Moment In TIme

One Moment In Time – 4:42
One Moment In Time – 4:42

Portugal 7″, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy – 4:03

Germany 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy – 4:03
Rise To The Occasion – 4:43

Canada 7″ One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy – 4:03

US One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Love Is A Contact Sport – 4:16

Spain 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time
Olympic Joy
Rise To The Occasion

France 7″, 45 RPM One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy (Instrumental) – 4:03

US 7″, 45 RPM, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Love Is A Contact Sport – 4:16

Barbados 7″, 45 RPM, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Love Is A Contact Sport – 4:16

Europe Maxi-Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time
Olympic Joy (Instrumental)
Rise To The Occasion
One Moment In Time (Instrumental)

Europe 7″, 45 RPM, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy – 4:03

Germany Maxi-Single, Misprint One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time
Midnight Wind
Olympic Joy (Instrumental)

Italy 7″, 45 RPM One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy (Instrumental) – 4:03

Spain 7″, Single One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy – 4:03

Europe 7″, Single, 45 RPM One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy (Instrumental) – 4:03

Greece 12″ One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time
Olympic Joy
Rise To The Occasion

Japan 7″, Single, Promo One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time – 4:42
Olympic Joy – 4:03

UK 12″ One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time
Olympic Joy
Rise To The Occasion

UK 12″, 45 RPM One Moment In Time

One Moment In Time
Olympic Joy
Rise To The Occasion

Chart Performance

Country: United States

Chart: Billboard Hot 100

Title	Weeks On Chart	Peak Position	Peak Date
One Moment In Time	17	5	11/12/1988

Country: United Kingdom

Chart: Official Singles Chart

Title	Weeks On Chart	Peak Position	Peak Date
One Moment In Time	16	1	09/24/1988

Country: Germany

Chart: Top 100 Singles Chart

Title	Weeks On Chart	Peak Position	Peak Date
One Moment In Time	22	1	09/26/1988

Awards

Awards	Date	Nomination	Category	Result
The 31st GRAMMY Awards	02/22/1989	"One Moment In Time" Toggle Information	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female	Nominated

Credits And Personnel

Published by WB Music Corp./Albert Hammond Enterprises/John Bettis Music (ASCAP)
Vocal Arrangement: Whitney Houston
Executive Producer: Clive Davis
Executive Music Supervisor: Gary Borman
1988 Arista Records, Inc.

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