One Moment More

Album: One Moment More (2004)
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • Mindy Smith was still grieving the loss of her mother, who died after a long battle with breast cancer in 1991, when she moved to Nashville in the late '90s. The heart-wrenching title track of her debut album takes her back to when her mom was dying and the singer was pleading for her to stay, even for just one moment more. It was the first song she wrote in Nashville. She explained in a Songfacts interview:

    "Nashville was the first place I was alone with myself, and the healing and realizing I have to make this life work. I was very close to my mother. I was sort of forced to take the reins. In that sense, it was not a difficult song to write. Did I cry while writing it? I'm not a crier, but I did cry while writing that song."
  • One Moment More also includes Smith's breakout debut single, "Come To Jesus."
  • The album features harmony vocals from Dolly Parton, who met Smith when the up-and-comer covered "Jolene" for the 2003 Parton tribute album Just Because I'm A Woman.
  • This was used on the TV series Smallville in the 2004 episode "Covenant." It was also featured in the 2010 movie Ways To Live Forever.

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins

Tom Bailey of Thompson TwinsSongwriter Interviews

Tom stopped performing Thompson Twins songs in 1987, in part because of their personal nature: "Hold Me Now" came after an argument with his bandmate/girlfriend Alannah Currie.

Prince

PrinceFact or Fiction

Prince is shrouded in mystery, making him an excellent candidate for Fact or Fiction. Is he really a Scientologist? Does he own an exotic animal?

Vince Clarke

Vince ClarkeSongwriter Interviews

An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.

Paul Williams

Paul WilliamsSongwriter Interviews

He's a singer and an actor, but as a songwriter Paul helped make Kermit a cultured frog, turned a bank commercial into a huge hit and made love both "exciting and new" and "soft as an easy chair."

Dar Williams

Dar WilliamsSongwriter Interviews

A popular contemporary folk singer, Williams still remembers the sticky note that changed her life in college.

Song Cities

Song CitiesMusic Quiz

Nirvana, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen are among those who wrote songs with cities that show up in this quiz.