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 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