Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Artist: Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes Weeks at #1: 3 weeks Chart dates: November 6, 1982 – November 20, 1982
About
Recorded for the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, this duet was recorded by English folk singer Joe Cocker and American film soundtrack specialist Jennifer Warnes. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 late that year, and reached #7 in the UK. According to Fred Bronson’s The Billboard Book Of Number 1 Hits, the film’s director requested lyricist Will Jennings write an original song for the end of the movie. After watching the film on a Friday, Jennings submitted a demo the following Monday. The director originally rejected the idea of Warnes singing the song until the suggestion of making it a duet with Cocker changed his mind.
