One Moment in Time

The song's melody was inspired by Elvis Presley, with Hammond imagining it as being sung by Presley "in lavish style" at the Olympics' opening ceremony.{{Cite book |last=Walden |first=Narada Michael |title=Whitney Houston: The Voice, The Music, The Inspiration |publisher=Insight Editions |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-60887-200-8 |location=San Rafael, CA |pages=64–71 |language=English}} It appeared on the aforementioned 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time compilation album, which (in addition to Houston) also featured artists such as The Four Tops, The Bee Gees, Eric Carmen, Taylor Dayne and film composer John Williams. 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."

Houston recorded the song in May 1988 while in London for nine consecutive sold-out concerts at Wembley Arena during her Moment of Truth World Tour.{{Cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Tufayel |date=August 5, 2016 |title=Whitney Houston's 'One Moment In Time': The Anatomy of an Olympic Anthem |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/anatomy-olympics-anthem-487188 |access-date=November 5, 2023}} Houston's vocals and orchestral backing by the London Symphony Orchestra were recorded at the AIR Studios complex owned by former Beatles producer George Martin, with additional backing recorded at Walden's [https://www.tarpanstudios.com/ Tarpan Studios] in San Rafael, California. At Clive Davis's request, Houston recorded a final set of vocals at her home studio in Mendham Township, New Jersey in July 1988. According to Walden, Houston resented that Davis had interrupted her brief rest at home during a year-long world tour but agreed to make the final recording.

"One Moment in Time" was released by Arista Records on August 27, 1988, as the first single from 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time, the soundtrack for the Games in Seoul, South Korea.{{cite magazine | author = Gary Trust | url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/959370/going-for-the-gold-platinum | title = Going For The Gold (& Platinum) | magazine = Billboard | date = February 16, 2010 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} The song debuted at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100, the issue dated September 10, 1988.{{cite magazine | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/1988-09-10/hot-100?order=gainer | title = The Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart listing for the week of September 10, 1988 | magazine = Billboard | date = September 10, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} 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.{{cite magazine | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/1988-11-12/hot-100 | title = The Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart listing for the week of November 12, 1988 | magazine = Billboard | date = November 12, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} 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.{{cite magazine | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/1988-09-17/r-b-hip-hop-songs?order=gainer | title = The Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart listing for the week of September 17, 1988 | magazine = Billboard | date = September 17, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} 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.{{cite magazine | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/1988-11-05/adult-contemporary | title = The Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart listing for the week of November 5, 1988 | magazine = Billboard | date = November 5, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}}{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=119}} It ranked number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End chart of 1988.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1988.php |title=Billboard Hot 100 Year-End chart of 1988 |website=Longboredsurfer.com |access-date=January 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204001127/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1988.php |archive-date=February 4, 2010 }}

Worldwide, it was a big hit. 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.{{cite web | url = https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19880918/7501/ | title = Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive: the week ending 24th September, 1988 | publisher = Official Charts Company | date = September 24, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19881016/7501/ | title = Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive: the week ending 22nd October, 1988 | publisher = Official Charts Company | date = October 22, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} The single was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 200,000 copies on October 1, 1988.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=BPI certification searchable database |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |date=October 1, 1988 |access-date=January 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202052642/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=February 2, 2016 }} According to The Official Charts Company, the single has sold 400,000 copies in the country.{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.co.uk/music/charts/official-uk-countdowns/whitney-houston-official-top-20 | title = The Official UK Countdowns: Whitney Houston > Official Top 20 | publisher = MTV (UK and Ireland) | access-date = January 26, 2011 | archive-date = August 12, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120812085757/http://www.mtv.co.uk/music/charts/official-uk-countdowns/whitney-houston-official-top-20 | url-status = dead }} In West Germany, it debuted at number 58 on the Media Control Top 100 Singles chart, the week dated September 26, 1988, and the following week went straight into the top ten.{{cite web | url = http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1988&date=19881003&x=36&y=14 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140707085110/http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1988&date=19881003&x=36&y=14 | archive-date = July 7, 2014 | title = The Official Media Control Top 100 Singles, the week date of October 3, 1988 | publisher = Media Control GfK International | date = October 3, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011 }} On October 24, 1988, the fifth week of its release, the song reached number one on the chart and stayed there for two weeks, making it her second West German number-one hit.{{cite web | url = http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1988&date=19881031&x=29&y=12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141208042244/http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1988&date=19881031&x=29&y=12 | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 8, 2014 | title = The Official Media Control Top 100 Singles, the week date of October 31, 1988 | publisher = Media Control GfK International | date = October 31, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} The single was certified Gold for shipments of 250,000 copies or more by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) in 1988.{{cite web | url = http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/ | title = Gold-/Platin-Datenbank [Gold/Platinum database] | publisher = Bundesverband Musikindustrie | access-date = January 26, 2011 | language = de}} Across Europe, "One Moment in Time" was successful, topping the European Hot 100 Singles chart for five weeks. It peaked inside the top five in Austria,{{cite web | url = http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=One+Moment+In+Time&cat=s | title = "One Monet in Time" performances on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 chart | publisher = Hitradio Ö3 | date = January 15, 1989 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} Belgium,{{cite web|url=http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/chart-list/1311 |title=Radio 2 - Top 30 van zaterdag 5 November 1988 |publisher=Radio 2 |date=November 5, 1988 |access-date=January 26, 2011 |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409063716/http://top30-2.radio2.be/ |archive-date=April 9, 2012 }} Finland, Iceland, Norway,{{cite news | url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=One+Moment+In+Time&cat=s |title = "One Moment in Time" performances on the Norwegian VG-lista Singles chart | newspaper = Verdens Gang | year= 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} Sweden,{{cite web | url = http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=One+Moment+In+Time&cat=s | title = "One Moment in Time" performances on the Sverigetopplistan (Swedish Singles Chart) | publisher = Swedish Recording Industry Association | date = October 19, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} and Switzerland,{{cite web | url = http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=One+Moment+In+Time&cat=s | title = "One Moment in Time" performances on the Schweizer Hitparade (Swiss Singles Chart) | publisher = Media Control AG | date = December 4, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} and reached top ten in France{{cite web | url = http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=One+Moment+In+Time&cat=s | title = "One Moment in Time" performances on the French SNEP Singles Chart | publisher = the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique | date = March 18, 1989 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} and the Netherlands.{{cite web | url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=One+Moment+In+Time&cat=s | title = "One Moment in Time" performances on the Dutch Top 40 | publisher = Radio 538 | date = October 29, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} But the single became a minor hit in Oceania region, peaking at number 53 and 34 on the singles chart, in Australia and New Zealand, respectively.{{cite web | url = https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=One+Moment+In+Time&cat=s | title = "One Moment in Time" performances on the RIANZ Singles Chart | publisher = Recording Industry Association of New Zealand | date = December 4, 1988 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart for week ending February 18, 2012, following Houston's death.{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-charts-idUKTRE81I0JP20120219 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112010511/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-charts-idUKTRE81I0JP20120219 | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 12, 2016 | work=Reuters | first=Peter | last=Griffiths | title=Whitney Houston back in UK charts after funeral | date=February 19, 2012}}

Pan-European magazine Music & Media described "One Moment in Time" as "a grand ballad in a pompous production by Narada Michael Walden."{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-09-24.pdf|title=Previews: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|date=September 24, 1988|page=21|accessdate=July 20, 2022}} Following Houston's death, Entertainment Weekly published a list of her 25 best songs and ranked it #14 because: "The Seoul Olympics needed an anthem, and Houston rose to meet the challenge with this majestic carpe diem chest-thumper. The song, a staple of sports montages, yielded one of Houston's all-time best performances at the 1989 Grammys ceremony."{{cite magazine | url=http://redir.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20569554_20572589,00.html | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | first1=Kyle | last1=Anderson | first2=Henry | last2=Goldblatt | first3=Leah | last3=Greenblatt | first4=Ray | last4=Rahman | title=Whitney Houston: Her 25 Best Songs | date=February 17, 2012 | access-date=March 16, 2012 | archive-date=December 11, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211062743/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20569554_20572589,00.html | url-status=dead }}

• 1989: Houston performed the song at the opening of the 31st Grammy Awards on February 22, 1989, where she was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.{{cite news | author = Jon Pareles | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/23/arts/grammys-to-mcferrin-and-chapman.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm | title = Grammys to McFerrin and Chapman | newspaper = The New York Times | date = February 23, 1989 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} This performance was broadcast live on CBS and released on the videos and CD: Grammy's Greatest Moments, Vol II (1994),{{Cite AV media|ASIN=6303029256 | title = Grammy's Greatest Moments, Vol 2 (VHS, 1994) | publisher = Amazon.com | date = February 8, 1994 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002IY1 | title = Grammy's Greatest Moments, Vol 2 (CD, 1994) | website = Amazon | date = February 9, 1994 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} and Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2000).{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.com/Whitney-Houston-Greatest-Hits/dp/B00004ST9Q/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1295976234&sr=1-2 | title = Whitney Houston - Greatest Hits (2000) | website = Amazon | date = May 16, 2000 | access-date = January 26, 2011}} It also appears on the CD/DVD Live: Her Greatest Performances.
• 1989: Houston performed the song during Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration in Show Business, taped at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on November 13, 1989 and broadcast on ABC on February 4, 1990.{{cite book | author = Aldore Collier | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eIsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 | title = Hollywood Honors Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60 Years in Show Business | publisher = Jet | date = December 4, 1989 | access-date = January 26, 2011}}{{cite news | author = John J. O'Connor | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/02/arts/tv-weekend-american-indian-dancers-and-sammy-davis-tribute.html | title = TV Weekend; American Indian Dancers and Sammy Davis Tribute | newspaper = The New York Times | date = February 2, 1990 | access-date = January 26, 2011}}
• 1992: Houston performed the song at the 1992 Olympic Flag Jam at Atlanta's Georgia Dome on September 17, 1992. The concert, which Houston co-hosted with Dick Clark, was organized to welcome the Olympic flag to Atlanta ahead of the city hosting the 1996 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Ellen |date=September 17, 2019 |title=Hear Whitney Houston, Trisha Yearwood and More Gather in Atlanta on This Day in 1992 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/whitney-houston/whitney-houston-trisha-yearwood-1992-olympics |access-date=November 5, 2023 |website=Paste Magazine}}
• 1997: Houston performed the song again at the US Open Tennis Championships: the Arthur Ashe Stadium Inauguration Ceremonies on August 25, 1997.{{cite news | author = Clifford Krauss | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/22/nyregion/arthur-ashe-stadium-s-opening-serve-is-in-giuliani-s-court.html | title = Arthur Ashe Stadium's Opening Serve Is in Giuliani's Court | newspaper= The New York Times | date = August 22, 1997 | access-date = January 26, 2011}}

The music video for the song does not show Houston performing the song but is a basic collage of clips from the 1988 Summer Olympics. It opens from a clip of the Olympic torch in Seoul as a black and white video until the lighting of the cauldron at the opening ceremony is shown, during which it fades to color. As the song plays throughout, more scenes from the games are shown. When the chorus is sung for the last time, midway through it, scenes of the awarding of winners are depicted. The video ends with the aforementioned games' cauldron blazing.

The featured athletes include Florence Griffith Joyner, Greg Louganis, Janet Evans, Kennedy McKinney, Matt Biondi, Phoebe Mills, Rosa Mota, John Smith, and Sergey Bubka.

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• West Germany 12" maxi-vinyl/Maxi-CD single/UK 12" vinyl single (Version 1){{cite AV media notes | title = One Moment in Time | date = 1988 | type = German 12-inch Vinyl Single liner notes | publisher = Arista | location = West Germany | id = 611 725}}{{cite AV media notes | title = One Moment in Time | date = 1988 | type = UK 12-inch Vinyl Single (Version 1) liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = United Kingdom | id = 611 725}}

1. "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston ― 4:42
2. "Midnight Wind" by Tony Carey ― 5:03
3. "Olympic Joy" (Instrumental) by Kashif ― 4:03

• UK 12" vinyl single (Version 2){{cite AV media notes | title = One Moment in Time | date = 1988 | type = UK 12-inch Vinyl Single (Version 2) liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = United Kingdom | id = 611613}}

1. "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston ― 4:42
2. "Olympic Joy" (Instrumental) by Kashif ― 4:03
3. "Rise to the Occasion" by Jermaine Jackson & Lala ― 4:43

• UK 12" vinyl single (Version 3){{cite AV media notes | title = One Moment in Time | date = 1989 | type = UK 12-inch Vinyl Single (Version 3) liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = United Kingdom | id = 611 866}}

1. "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston ― 4:42
2. "Love Will Save the Day" (Jellybean Remix)
3. "Olympic Joy" (Instrumental) by Kashif ― 4:03

• UK / Europe 7" vinyl single{{cite AV media notes | title = One Moment in Time | date = 1989 | type = UK 7-inch Vinyl Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = United Kingdom | id = 111 613}}{{cite AV media notes | title = One Moment in Time | date = 1988 | type = Europe 7-inch Vinyl Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = Europe | id = 111 725}}

1. "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston ― 4:42
2. "Olympic Joy" (Instrumental) by Kashif ― 4:03

• US 7" vinyl single{{cite AV media notes | title = One Moment in Time | date = 1989 | type = US 7-inch Vinyl Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = United States | id = AS1-9743}}

1. "One Moment in Time" ― 4:42
2. "Love Is a Contact Sport" ― 4:16

• West Germany 5" maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes | title = One Moment in Time | date = 1989 | type = West German 5-inch CD Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = West Germany | id = 661613}}

1. "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston ― 4:42
2. "Olympic Joy" (Instrumental) by Kashif ― 4:03
3. "Rise to the Occasion" by Jermaine Jackson & Lala ― 4:43
4. "One Moment in Time" (Instrumental) ― 4:42

• JPN 3" CD single{{cite AV media notes | title = One Moment in Time | date = 1989 | type = Japanese 3-inch CD Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = Japan| id = A10D-111}}

1. "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston ― 4:42
2. "Olympic Joy" (Instrumental) by Kashif ― 4:03

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• Whitney Houston: vocals, vocal arranger
• Narada Michael Walden: producer, arranger, drums
• Walter "Baby Love" Afanasieff: keyboards
• Randy "The Emperor" Jackson: Moog Source synth bass
• Robert "Bongo Bob" Smith: SP-12 percussion, drum sampling, programming
• Ren Klyce: Fairlight synthesizer
• Vernon "Ice" Black: guitar
• The London Symphony Orchestra: orchestra
• Claytoven Richardson, Jeanie Tracy, Jim Gilstrap, Karen "Kitty Beethoven" Brewington, Lynette Stephens, Rosie Gaines, Walter Hawkins: background vocals

"One Moment in Time" was performed live by then-11-year-old Teodora Sava in the auditions of the first edition of the Romanian children's talent show Next Star in 2013. Her performance gathered praise and positive reactions from all of the judges (who were seeing her for the first time) and online, and had 2.65 million combined YouTube views, making her well known to a wider audience in Romania and abroad.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w563z1BMltw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/w563z1BMltw |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title= Teodora Sava - Whitney Houston - "One Moment In Time" - Next Star|via=YouTube|access-date=February 3, 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34bSPWaDYhk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/34bSPWaDYhk |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title= Teodora Sava -Next Star sez.1.2013-One moment in time(Whitney Houston )|date=September 10, 2013 |via=YouTube|access-date=February 3, 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTLUhB5SxTY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/dTLUhB5SxTY |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title= Teodora Sava - One Moment in Time (Whitney Houston) live la Next Star Romania|date=June 6, 2013 |via=YouTube|access-date=February 3, 2019}}{{cbignore}} Soon after, she recorded the song in a studio.{{cite web|url=https://teodorasava.com/track/1618516/one-moment-in-time|title=One Moment in Time by Teodora Sava - Official Site|website=Teodorasava.com|access-date=February 3, 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204065721/https://teodorasava.com/track/1618516/one-moment-in-time|url-status=dead}}

British instrumental rock group the Shadows did a version on their 1989 album, Steppin' to the Shadows: 16 Great Tracks As Only the Shadows Can Play Them.{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000025R4K | title = Steppin' to the Shadows: 16 Great Tracks As Only the Shadows Can Play Them by The Shadows (Audio CD) | publisher = Amazon.co.uk | date = May 8, 1989| access-date = January 26, 2011}}

In 1998, diva Jane McDonald did a cover of the song that was included as the first track on her self-titled album.

Dana Winner also covered the song; her version has garnered more than 35 million views on YouTube.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDo4kvip-cQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/pDo4kvip-cQ |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Dana Winner - One Moment In Time - live [English Lyrics] HD | English|date=July 12, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Appropriately for the song's origins as an Olympic anthem, British Olympic gold medal-winning heptathlete Denise Lewis selected the song as one of her eight recordings on the BBC's Desert Island Discs in February 2012. That same month, the song was featured at the beginning of the 2012 Brit Awards at London's O2 Arena in tribute to Houston (who had died earlier in the month), accompanied by a 30-second-video montage of her music videos.{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/celebrity-news-video/9097919/Brit-Awards-2012-Rhianna-and-Bruno-Mars-win-international-gongs-at-Brit-Awards-2012.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120222215845/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/celebrity-news-video/9097919/Brit-Awards-2012-Rhianna-and-Bruno-Mars-win-international-gongs-at-Brit-Awards-2012.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 22, 2012 | title = Brit Awards 2012: Rhianna and Bruno Mars win international gongs at Brit Awards 2012 | work = The Daily Telegraph | date = February 22, 2012 | access-date = February 22, 2012}}

The song was featured in the Saved by the Bell revival episode "Let the Games Begin." It was also included on the soundtrack to the 2022 biographical film Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody.

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