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The song took on a life of its own...my mother was inundated with all of her friends saying how proud they were and how they loved the song. It was fantastic.– Lead singer Chris Thompson recalls the pride Kiwis felt in the song, The Sunday Star-Times, 1 April 2018
If Dave Dobbyn had sung it, it would have been a different story ... I was quite happy with what went down considering all the rules we had to abide by.– Billy Kristian on 'This is the Moment' never getting released as a single, The Sunday Star-Times, 1 April 2018
Lyrically unsophisticated, musically repetitive, and yet ridiculously catchy, 'This is the Moment' became a carpe diem rallying cry for a nation giddy on sporting success.– Article on 1990 Commonwealth Games song 'This is the Moment', The Sunday Star-Times, 1 April 2018
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