<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Talking Back to the Night" (1982) </Td> <Td> "Up Where We Belong" (1982) </Td> <Td> "Threw It Away" (1983) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Talking Back to the Night" (1982) </Td> <Td> "Up Where We Belong" (1982) </Td> <Td> "Threw It Away" (1983) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Up Where We Belong" is a Platinum - certified, Grammy Award - winning hit song written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte - Marie, and Will Jennings . It was recorded by Joe Cocker (lead vocals) and Jennifer Warnes (lead and background vocals) for the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman . </P> <P> Richard Gere balked at shooting the ending of the film, in which Zack arrives at Paula's factory wearing his naval dress whites and carries her off the factory floor; he thought that wouldn't work because it was too sentimental . Director Taylor Hackford agreed with Gere until, during a rehearsal, the extras playing the workers began to cheer and cry . When Gere saw the scene later, with the song added, he said it gave him chills . Gere was later convinced Hackford made the right decision . </P>

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