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"One Shining Moment" is an inspirational song written by David Barrett about the Men's College Basketball Championship (at the end of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament). "One Shining Moment" is traditionally played at the end of CBS Sports' coverage of the championship game of the tournament. The song is played as the winning team's players cut down the nets, to a montage of highlights from the tournament.
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Barrett was the original artist, but CBS has also played remakes by Teddy Pendergrass and Luther Vandross (starting with the 2003 NCAA Tournament Montage). It is believed to be the last song Vandross recorded before his stroke and subsequent death. Vandross' version is the one that was played the most recently.
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Barrett, a singer/songwriter from Michigan, wrote the song after seeing Larry Bird star for Indiana State in the 1979 NCAA tournament. However, CBS originally planned to debut the song not after a basketball game, but after a football game, Super Bowl XXI. It was to have been the postgame montage from that contest, but CBS ran past the expected airtime and had a primetime show to debut in the next time slot, so the montage was canceled. CBS then asked Barrett for use of the song after the 1987 NCAA championship game, in which Indiana beat Syracuse. Barrett was asked to change the opening lyrics, "The ball is kicked," to "The ball is tipped." He agreed to the change, and this time there was time to play the song. The positive public response led to it becoming an annual feature.
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