Somebody's Watching Me
Somebody's Watching Me is a song by singer Rockwell from 1984 .
history
The song is about a paranoid narrator who is afraid of being watched and followed. The chorus of the song written by Rockwell was sung by his school friends Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson . The title reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 , number 6 in the UK Top 40 and number 2 in Germany . Positions in the top 10 were also achieved in other European countries.
Music video
The music video was designed to match the song, including: floating heads, ravens, cemeteries, a shower and scenes from the film Psycho . The postman seen in this music video is also seen in the music video for Obscene Phone Caller .
Cover versions
- 1992: DJ BoBo (Somebody Dance with Me)
- 2001: dc Talk
- 2001: Toby Mac
- 2004: Royal Gigolos
- 2004: Morris Day (from The Haunted Mansion - Music from & inspired by the film )
- 2005: warm
- 2006: Beatfreakz
- 2008: Raunchy
- 2008: Jeffree Star
- 2009: Mysto & Pizzi
- 2011: Bryce feat. Carlprit (Dance with Me)
- 2013: DJ BoBo , Manu-L & Remady (Somebody Dance with Me 2013)
- 2015: Natalia Mateo
Trivia
In the pilot of the 1980s television series Miami Vice , known for its use of contemporary pop music , one of the main characters, Ricardo Tubbs, dances to Somebody's Watching Me in a nightclub .
swell
- ↑ radioBERLIN 88.8 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ BR-Online ( Memento from July 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Allmusic
- ↑ Swisscharts
