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Whitney Houston recorded this title track for the "1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment In Time." The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and Whitney's performance earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal in 1989.

Written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis

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 for every gain
To taste the sweet, I faced the pain
I rise and fall, yet through it all
This much remains
I want

Chorus:
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 in time
I will feel, I will feel eternity

I live 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

Chorus

You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine
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 in time
I will be, I will be
I will be free
Oh, I will be, I will be free