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
Up Where We Belong credits start to roll as Cocker and Warnes begin singing the song at the chorus. Although "Up Where We Belong" is heard separately from the final scene, it has often taken the place of the score in send-ups of the grand finale over the years. Films and television shows that have used some variation of the song in doing this include "Bridget Jones's Baby", "The Cleveland Show", "Everybody Hates Chris", "Family Guy", "Friends", "The Goldbergs", "The Office", "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", "Scrubs", "The Simpsons", and "South Park". Up Where We Belong "Up Where We Belong" is a song written by