Somebody's Watching Me

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single song

"Somebody's Watching Me" is a 1984 synth-pop and R&B hit single by Rockwell, best known for its paranoid lyrics and Michael Jackson-sung chorus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Somebody's Watching Me self-link ⓘ
artist Rockwell ⓘ
backgroundVocalist Jermaine Jackson ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 6 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2 ⓘ
chorusSinger Michael Jackson ⓘ
composer Rockwell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasBside Taxman ⓘ
hasCertification Music Canada Gold ⓘ
RIAA Gold ⓘ
hasCoverArt Somebody's Watching Me single cover ⓘ
hasISRC USMO18400015 ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
hasTempo mid-tempo ⓘ
includedIn 1980s one-hit wonder lists ⓘ
isDebutSingleOf Rockwell ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:57 ⓘ
lyricist Rockwell ⓘ
musicVideoSetting haunted house ⓘ
musicVideoStyle horror-themed ⓘ
notableFor Michael Jackson-sung chorus ⓘ
paranoid lyrics ⓘ
partOf album Somebody's Watching Me ⓘ
performer Rockwell ⓘ
producer Curtis Anthony Nolen ⓘ
publisher Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
recordedIn 1983 ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
releaseDate 1984-01-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
theme paranoia ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
usesInstrumentation drum machine ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
vocalFeaturing Jermaine Jackson ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ
writer Rockwell ⓘ

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Somebody's Watching Me → album → Somebody's Watching Me self-link ⓘ
Kennedy William Gordy → debutAlbum → Somebody's Watching Me ⓘ
subject surface form: Rockwell
Kennedy William Gordy → notableSingle → Somebody's Watching Me ⓘ
Rockwell → notableSingle → Somebody's Watching Me ⓘ
Kennedy William Gordy → notableWork → Somebody's Watching Me ⓘ
Rockwell → notableWork → Somebody's Watching Me ⓘ