At This Moment
"At This Moment" | ||||
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I Can Take Care of Myself " (US)"Corner of the Night" (Intl.) | ||||
Released | 1981 (rerelease 1986) | |||
Recorded | January 17, 1981 | |||
Venue | Rhino (1986 reissue 4:21) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Vera | |||
Producer(s) | Jeff Baxter | |||
Billy Vera and the Beaters singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative release | ||||
"At This Moment" is a song written by Billy Vera and recorded live by Vera and his band under the name Billy Vera & the Beaters in 1981,[1] during a string of performances at the Roxy in West Hollywood (January 15–17) and featured on their self-titled live album Billy and the Beaters, released that year as the album's second single, on the American subsidiary of Japan's Alfa Records. The song is more notable for its second run on the charts years after its initial release, following its being featured on television's Family Ties series, after which the song became a number 1 hit in early 1987.[1]
Original release
When it was originally released as a single (Alfa 7005), as the follow-up to the album's first single, "I Can Take Care of Myself"
Re-release
Five years after the original release, the studio version of "At This Moment" was included on several episodes of the
In an interview with Rachael Ray in 2007, Michael J. Fox good-naturedly stated, "Tracy and I couldn't get on the dance floor anywhere in the world in the first ten years of our marriage without them playing 'What did you think...' "[8]
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Notable cover versions
The song has been covered by many artists. Among the most prominent versions are ones by Tom Jones, Wayne Newton and Michael Bublé, the latter releasing the song in 2009 on his multi-Platinum album, Crazy Love. Seth MacFarlane has performed the song twice on screen: he sang the song's opening lines in the character of Brian Griffin in the Family Guy episode "Brian the Bachelor", and as the title character in the 2015 film Ted 2.[9] Jimmy Fallon and the Roots performed the song in 2018 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, as part of the show's Cover Room series.[10]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[16] | Gold | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85227-969-9.
- ^ Billy Vera Discography @Billy Vera's Official Site Archived December 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ Chart position for "I Can Take Care of Myself" @AllMusic.com Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ISBN 9781442230682.
- ^ "Billy Vera & the Beaters". Billboard.
- ^ "Chart History: Billy Vera". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Kopf, Dan. ""Old Town Road" is only the third country song in 30 years to make it to make it to number one". Qz.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "Michael J. Fox and Rachael Ray". YouTube. April 27, 2007. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ Marino-Nachison, David (April 7, 2017). "Billy Vera's 'Moment' was a No. 1 '80s hit that beat the odds". MarketWatch. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Reed, Ryan (May 30, 2018). "Watch Jimmy Fallon, the Roots Cover Billy Vera's 'At This Moment'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – At This Moment". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012.
- ^ Musicoutfitters.com
- ^ "1987 Year-end Charts - Top Adult Contemporary Singles". Billboard. December 31, 1987. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Billy Vera – At This Moment". Music Canada. Retrieved August 19, 2022.