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Best and worst Olympics anthems

Winners and losers through the years, ranked.

- Patrick Ryan

Like competing on the balance beam or sprinting to the finish line, writing a song can be an Olympic-caliber feat. Every two years, an artist is called on to record a tune that will capture the mood of the Summer or Winter Olympic Games. We look back at the best and worst.

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Whitney Houston’s “One Moment in Time” remains atop the podium of Olympics theme songs. RON GALELLA LTD./WIREIMAGE

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