"Right Time of the Night," Jennifer Warnes (1977)
The first hit from the 80s soundtrack queen
Peak: #6 on the Hot 100
Streams: 6.3 million
Any serious discussion of 80s soundtracks must include Jennifer Warnes. In 1982 she got to #1 on the Hot 100 with “Up Where We Belong,” a duet with Joe Cocker that served as the love theme for An Officer and a Gentleman. The song won an Oscar and earned Warnes and Cocker a Grammy. Warnes might’ve assumed that w…
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