UP WHERE WE BELONG - JOE COCKER AND JENNIFER WARNES - (1982)

John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE (born 20 May 1944, Sheffield, England) is an English rock/blues musician, composer and actor who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles. He is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his song "Up Where We Belong", a duet which he performed with Jennifer Warnes. He was ranked #97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.

Later career (1982--present)

Cocker performing in Hallandale, Florida in 2003In 1982, at the behest of producer Stewart Levine, Cocker recorded the duet "Up Where We Belong" with Jennifer Warnes for the soundtrack of the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. The song was an international hit, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and winning a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo. The duet also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song while Cocker and Warnes performed the song at the awards ceremony. Several days later, he was invited to perform "You Are So Beautiful" with Ray Charles in a television tribute to the musician.

UP WHERE WE BELONG

"Up Where We Belong" is a song from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Written by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie, with lyrics by Will Jennings, it was performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes.

Charts and awards

The single, released by Island Records in 1982[1], became a number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 6, 1982 and kept the position for three weeks, also reaching number 7 in the UK, where the film was less popular. "Up Where We Belong" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1983. It also won the BAFTA Film Awards for Best Original Song in 1984. Cocker and Warnes also won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1983 for their rendition of this song. Producer Don Simpson unsuccessfully demanded "Up Where We Belong" to be cut from An Officer and a Gentleman, saying, "The song is no good. It isn't a hit."

Availability

The song was part of the An Officer and a Gentleman Original Soundtrack, and was later released as part of The Best of Joe Cocker (1993). In 1991, it was re-released as a Jennifer Warnes CD-single alongside "First We Take Manhattan" and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". The song's composer, Buffy Sainte-Marie, did a cover of the song for her album Up Where We Belong[3] and the TV special of the same name.

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Tags:

• UP
• WHERE
• WE
• BELONG
• JOE
• COCKER
• AND
• JENNIFER
• WARNES
• blues
• rock
• blues-rock
• blue-eyed
• soul

[MrLarson40]

@grandma914 Thanks for your comments, cheers.

[grandma914]

BEATIFUL BEATIFUL SONG, ITS GOING TO BE AN ENDLESS SONG, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LOVES THE LIFE !!!

[MrLarson40]

@msazzaaaaa Ok...

[msazzaaaaa]

ki  amorr amo!! amo te amoooo!!!

[MrLarson40]

@adammacmillan Cool,.....cheers.

[adammacmillan]

this was the number one song when i was born

[Tsuki003]

This song has such a beatiful lyrics... I cried when I understood... Can I click the like button more then once? :)

[MrLarson40]

Merci.......

[fafapapyrus28]

très belle vidéo sur la chanson UP WHERE WE BELONG**, j aime bien cette chanson*, les images sont pleine d émotions*, mélancolique*...merci à vous : )

[MrLarson40]

Thanks for your comments, cheers.