Somebody's Watching Me

"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) and Jermaine Jackson and Norman Dozier (additional backing vocals). The song became a major commercial success internationally, topping the charts in Belgium, France, and Spain, and reaching the top 5 in Canada, West Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. In the UK, it reached No. 6 and is Rockwell's only top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart. Rolling Stone magazine called the song "an international and enduring smash hit that, more than 30 years later, remains the perennial paranoia-rock anthem and Halloween mix go-to song."

"Somebody's Watching Me"
Side-A label of the US 12-inch vinyl single
Single by Rockwell
from the album Somebody's Watching Me
B-side"Somebody's Watching Me (Instrumental)"
ReleasedDecember 27, 1983
Recorded1983
StudioMars Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length
  • 4:59 (album/12-inch single version)
  • 3:57 (single version)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Kennedy "Rockwell" Gordy
Producer(s)
  • Curtis Anthony Nolen
  • Rockwell
Rockwell singles chronology
"Somebody's Watching Me"
(1983)
"Obscene Phone Caller"
(1984)
Music video
"Somebody's Watching Me" on YouTube
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