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"Somebody's Watching Me" is a song recorded and written by American singer Rockwell, released by the Motown label in December 1983, as the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name. It features guest vocals by Michael Jackson (in the chorus), Randy Jackson , and Jermaine Jackson performing (additional backing vocals). [ 8 ]
"Someone to Watch Over Me" is a 1926 song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, assisted by Howard Dietz who penned the title. [5] It was written for the musical Oh, Kay! (1926), with the part originally sung on Broadway by English actress Gertrude Lawrence while holding a rag doll in a sentimental solo scene. [ 6 ]
Somebody's Watching Me is the debut studio album by singer-songwriter Rockwell, released in 1984 on Motown. It features the title track (with Michael Jackson on vocals in the chorus), as well as the US top 40 hit " Obscene Phone Caller ".
In 1984, Rockwell released his most successful single "Somebody's Watching Me", with childhood friend Michael Jackson singing the chorus lyrics and Jermaine Jackson singing backing vocals. [1] [3] "Somebody's Watching Me" became a RIAA gold-certified [3] #2 song in the U.S. and peaked at #6 in the UK. [6] It held #1 on Billboard's R&B chart for ...
The song states that in all the challenges Terri needs to overcome in her journey to fulfill her dream, although not physically present, someone is still there watching over her. Musically, "Someone's Watching Over Me" is a moderately paced pop song, moving at a tempo of 78 beats per minute. [ 3 ]
In 2009, Mysto and Pizzi produced a remix of the Rockwell/Michael Jackson song "Somebody's Watching Me" which was used as the theme music for GEICO's "Kash" campaign. [8] [9] In 2010, the R&B Group Brutha released their single "One Day on This Earth" which was a track produced by Mysto & Pizzi and written by R. Kelly. [10]
The group's first big hit was a song making prominent use of a sample from Rockwell's hit "Somebody's Watching Me". Instead of using the original voice of Rockwell, aka Kenneth Gordy, they used the voice of Dennis Delano, a Dutch singer. The song peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart in May 2006 and
Along with the 11 songs on the album, other songs were also recorded, including "Body Language" (subsequently released in 1983 on the compilation album Scoop), a track called "Man Watching" (released as the B-side of "Face Dances, Pt. 2"), and "Dance It Away" (which was also performed in various forms live by the Who between 1979 and 1981, usually as a coda to their cover version of "Dancing ...