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'"Moments"' is a song written by Sam Tate, Annie Tate and Dave Berg, and recorded by Canadian country music band Emerson Drive. It was released in November 2006 as the third single from the album 'Countrified'. The song was a Top Five hit on the Canadian country music charts. It also reached Number One on the 'Billboard' U.S. Hot Country Songs charts, becoming the first Number One single not only for the band, but also for their label, Midas Records Nashville. "Moments" was the most played country music song of 2007 in Canada. The song was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.

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The song is a ballad in which the narrator, a young man, plans to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. While on the bridge, he notices an older, homeless man, to whom he gives money, figuring that he "wouldn't need it anyway". Upon receiving the money, the old homeless man tells of his past, saying that he "hasn't always been this way", and that he has had his "'Moments, days in the sun / Moments [he] was second to none'". Upon hearing the story, the young man then ponders his own life, wondering if anyone will miss him, should he decide to take his own life. He remembers his own "'Moments, days in the sun.'" The young man then walks away from the bridge, imagining the older man telling his friends about his moments, including "'that cool night on the East Street bridge / When a young man almost ended it / I was right there, wasn't scared a bit / And I helped to pull him through'".

The song originated when songwriter Annie Tate and her husband, Sam, were working with their friend and songwriting partner Dave Berg to construct a song about people having their moments. Sam came up with the idea of basing the song around a homeless man. After the song was written, he stated, "I've always wanted to write a song about redemption and how everyone has the ability to redeem themselves somehow".

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Category:2006 singles

Category:Emerson Drive songs

Category:Music videos directed by Steven Goldmann

Category:Songs about suicide

Category:Songs written by Dave Berg (songwriter)

Category:Song recordings produced by Josh Leo

Category:Country ballads

Category:Midas Records Nashville singles

Category:2006 songs

Category:Songs about homelessness

Category:Canadian Country Music Association Single of the Year singles

Category:Canadian Country Music Association Video of the Year videos

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