Up Where We Belong Up Where We Belong "Up Where We Belong" is a song written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings that was recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for the 1982 film "An Officer and a Gentleman". Warnes was recommended to sing a song from the film because of her previous soundtrack successes, and she had the idea for the song to be a duet that she would perform with Cocker. Jennings selected various sections of the score by Nitsche and Sainte-Marie in creating the structure of the song and added lyrics about the struggles of life and love
Joe Cocker in New York". Cocker also toured Europe and appeared on the German television recording amphitheatre, "Rockpalast", the first of many performances on the show. In 1982, Cocker recorded two songs with the jazz group the Crusaders on their album "Standing Tall". One song, "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today," was nominated for a Grammy Award and Cocker performed it with the Crusaders at the awards ceremony. The Crusaders wrote this song with Cocker in mind to sing it. Cocker then released a new reggae-influenced album, "Sheffield Steel", recorded with the Compass Point All Stars, produced by Chris Blackwell and