Up Where We Belong just feel it." Hackford said that "the final version was absolute magic—or at least Joel and I thought so." They now had to present this song that they weren't budgeted to make to the executives at Paramount. "When we played it for Michael Eisner and Don Simpson, they hated the record and said it would never be a hit." Simpson even bet Sill $100 that it wouldn't be. Hackford and Sill "called another prominent record executive, who said, 'Forget it. Jennifer Warnes has never had a hit song and Joe Cocker's a has-been. Eisner and Simpson made Hackford "meet with
Joe (singer) Joe (singer) Joseph Lewis Thomas (born July 5, 1973) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Raised in Opelika, Alabama, Joe later relocated to New Jersey. In 1992 he signed a record deal with Polygram Records. He rose to prominence after releasing his debut album "Everything" the following year. He followed it with a series of successful albums under Jive Records, including "All That I Am" (1997), the international bestseller "My Name Is Joe" (2000) as well as the multi-certified albums "Better Days" (2001) and "And Then..." (2003). Several songs from these albums became hit singles on the pop