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§ ≡ One of an ongoing series of posts in which I pick, in my not-so-humble opinion, the best songs of the second millennium. Feel free to offer constructive dissenting opinions; preferably set to music.
Song #69 is Up Where We Belong sung by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, 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. 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" and the TV special of the same name.
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
Post #1,302 § I Am Music and I Pick the Songs: Up Where We Belong
§ ≡ One of an ongoing series of posts in which I pick, in my not-so-humble opinion, the best songs of the second millennium. Feel free to offer constructive dissenting opinions; preferably set to music.
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| Up Where We Belong |
Song #69 is Up Where We Belong sung by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, 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. 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" and the TV special of the same name.
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
Post #1,302 § I Am Music and I Pick the Songs: Up Where We Belong
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