
Context: The song comes from David Barrett, a singer and Emmy Award-winning composer. It's a historic song that permeates throughout culture amid March Madness.

Still, it’s Babs who few will remember as the catalyst for “One Shining Moment. I also understand advertising and know that at the moment when one says kpop BTS is the name that easily pops into folks mind who are fully familiar with kpop. Why it matters: 'One Shining Moment' is a music video highlight package that plays after a school snags the national championship at the end of the NCAA Tournament. Future versions would feature Teddy Pendergrass, Luther Vandross and, as of 2016, Ne-Yo on vocals. Austin American-Statesman 0:00 0:15 Another NCAA Tournament has come and gone marked by the playing of 'One Shining Moment' video after UConn emerged from the bracket of 68 teams as national. East Lansing, of course, is the home of Michigan State University. There’s no attention to detail, with highlights (many of them painfully dull) falling haphazardly over the saccharine tune without consideration for timing.įortunately, the next year was the debut of “One Shining Moment.” The original version was sung by the songwriter David Barrett and used until 1993 (and, then again, briefly in the early aughts). While it’s unclear exactly which Larry Bird performance inspired One Shining Moment, what we do know is that Barrett, a Michigan native, came up with the idea for the song while sitting in a bar watching a Celtics game in East Lansing, where he’d just finished up a gig. recalls just stalking YouTube looking for that set-to-song montage. And when its done Win or lose You always did your best Cuz inside you knew. (that) One Shining Moment, you reached deep inside One Shining Moment, you knew you were alive Feel the beat of your heart Feel the wind in your face Its more than a contest Its more than a race.
Even the video (watch it below) was a joke compared to the slick, sometimes overproduced “One Shining Moment” videos you see today. One Shining Moment memory.Rutgers swingman Ron Harper Jr. Towey's original plan was to play 'One Shining Moment' over a highlight montage at the end of the Super Bowl between the Denver Broncos and New York Giants in January 1987, but the song got. Win or lose You always did your best Cuz inside you knew.That’s right, the woman responsible for sappy songs like “Memory” and “Send in the Clowns” was now the final voice you heard during March Madness. All of the emotion and excitement of March Madness set to the tune of 'One Shining Moment.' One Shining Moment, words and music 1986 David Barrett, (p) 1986-2000.

In 1985, shortly after Villanova upset Georgetown to cut down the nets, CBS’s video-compilation coda was backed by the theme song to Police Academy (seriously) and, in 1986, it got even stranger.Īfter Louisville-led by freshman phenom Pervis Ellison-beat Duke, 72-69, on March 31, 1986, the video was now backed by-wait for it-“Being Alive” by Barbra Streisand.
