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Somebody's Watching Me

original song written, composed, and performed by Rockwell
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Somebody's Watching Me

Summary

Somebody's Watching Me is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,623 views/month, #33 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Somebody's Watching Me's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's composer is recorded as Rockwell[4].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's genre is funk[5].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's genre is synth-pop[6].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's genre is contemporary R&B[7].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's genre is synth funk[8].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's genre is electronic music[9].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's genre is new wave[10].
  • Among the performers on Somebody's Watching Me was Rockwell[11].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Somebody's Watching Me was released on 1984[13].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's lyricist is recorded as Rockwell[14].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's main subject is paranoia[15].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's main subject is privacy[16].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's main subject is surveillance[17].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Somebody's Watching Me"}[18].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's different from is recorded as Somebody's Watching Me[19].
  • Somebody's Watching Me's form of creative work is recorded as song[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5ce021cb-747b-3285-aaaa-80182f6f8012[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Somebody's Watching Me was performed by Rockwell[11].

Publication

Somebody's Watching Me was released on 1984[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include funk[5], synth-pop[6], contemporary R&B[7], synth funk[8], electronic music[9], and new wave[10].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include paranoia[15], privacy[16], and surveillance[17].

Why It Matters

Somebody's Watching Me ranks in the top 0.17% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,623 views/month, #33 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Somebody's Watching Me. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/somebody-s-watching-me
MLA “Somebody's Watching Me.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/somebody-s-watching-me.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_somebody-s-watching-me_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Somebody's Watching Me}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/somebody-s-watching-me}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Rockwell
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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