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010 - One Shining Moment writer David Barrett 033026

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🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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One Shining Moment writer David Barrett

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0:00.0

But listen, you know, this many people consider this time of year to be the best sport moment of the season, of the year, right?

0:13.5

The NCAA tournament and the song that's synonymous with the NCAA tournament, the song that certainly if you cut down the nets

0:22.3

gives you that feeling inside,

0:27.3

it's this song,

0:28.7

one shining moment.

0:30.8

And it was written by one of us,

0:32.6

one of ours,

0:33.7

right here at Ann Arbor.

0:36.9

David Beirrit joins us.

0:38.5

David, good morning. How are you?

0:40.5

Good morning to you. I'm doing fine.

0:43.9

Yeah, I'm sure you heard that a lot.

0:46.8

David, that that song, when anyone hears it,

0:51.1

it's they think of the NCAA tournament.

0:53.7

You're synonymous. The song you penned is

0:56.3

synonymous with maybe the biggest sports, certainly one of the biggest sports events of the year.

1:04.3

What does that feel like, man? Have you thought about that? Well, you know, I, by the way, Sam, I cut it in Ann Arbor, too, by the way, just to finish that up to.

1:17.9

I cut it the song at Solid Sound, which is not a studio anymore, but we cut it right here, and it is a virtual miracle that it found its way to CBS the way

1:32.4

it did. And next thing you know, going on 39 years later, it's on the air. Is it wild?

1:41.5

It is. I mean, it's a child.

1:44.9

That's the song that from a knee high to a bullfrog.

1:50.2

We all want to be a part of that song.

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