“Up Where We Belong” is the title of a song written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Will Jennings. It was recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for the 1982 film, An Officer and a Gentleman. 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 music added (“Up Where We Belong”), he said it gave him chills. Gere is now convinced Hackford made the right decision. Producer Don Simpson unsuccessfully demanded “Up Where We Belong” be cut from An Officer and a Gentleman, saying, “The song is no good. It isn’t a hit.” The single, released by Island Records in 1982, became a number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 6, 1982 and kept the position for three weeks, also reaching number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. “Up Where We Belong” won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1983. It also won the BAFTA Film Awards for Best Original Song in 1984. Cocker and Warnes also won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1983 for their rendition of this song.
An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American drama film that tells the story of a U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart and directed by Taylor Hackford. It starred Richard Gere, Debra Winger and Louis Gossett, Jr., and was produced by Lorimar Productions for Paramount Pictures. The film’s title uses an old expression from the British Royal Navy and subsequently from the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice, as being charged with “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman” (from 1860). An Officer and a Gentleman was commercially released in the U.S. on July 28, 1982.
By Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Lyrics
| Who knows what tomorrow brings In a world where few hearts survive All I know is the way I feel When it’s real, I keep it alive *The road is long There are mountains in the way But we climb a step every day **Love lift us up where we belong Where the eagles cry on a mountain high Love lift us up where we belong Far from the world we know Up where the clear winds blow Some hang on to used to be Live their lives looking behind When all we have is here and now All our lives out there to find(*) Time goes by, no time to cry Life’s you and I Alive… today(**) |
誰知道明天會是什麼？ 在一個心靈極少存活的世界裡 我所知道的是我的感受 當那是真實的，我會使它繼續 路很漫長 且有重山阻隔 但我們可以每天爬一步上去 愛會帶我們上去，到我們所屬的地方 那兒有蒼鷹鳴叫，在重山峻嶺之上 愛會帶我們上去，到我們所屬的地方 遠離我們所知的世界 那兒有明淨的風吹拂著 有人眷戀著過去 過著頻頻回首的日子 當我們只擁有這兒與現在 我們的人生必須在那兒才能尋獲 韶光飛逝，無暇哭泣 人生就是你我 為了活下去，為了今天 |