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The video opens with Rockwell coming home to discover that a newspaper in Chinese has been delivered to his doorstep. As he takes a quick shower, he begins to have strange visions of himself being pursued around his house by assorted ghoulish apparitions, of the looming figure of a cadaverous-looking man, and of finding a tombstone engraved with his own name. His shower is interrupted when he hears something outside and goes out on his balcony to investigate. He is shocked to see the man from his visions standing at his gate, but as he struggles to get a better look in spite of the sun in his face he is greatly relieved to see that he is merely a mailman, coming to deliver the correct newspaper. As the mailman walks up the path towards the front porch, however, a brief close-up of his arm reveals that he is, in fact, a zombie. Rockwell emerges onto the porch to receive the paper, which the mailman genially hands over. As the mailman brings his other arm around to strike, Rockwell has ...

Michael Jackson sings background. . .

"Somebody's Watching Me" became a major commercial success internationally, topping the charts in Belgium, France and Spain.

The song reached No. 6 in the United Kingdom, Rockwell's only Top 40 hit there.

The song reached the Top 5 in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland.

In the United States, it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Somebody's Watching Me" was written in the key of C-sharp minor in 4/4 time with a tempo of 124 beats per minute.

The music video to "Somebody's Watching Me" (which uses the radio edit instead of the album version) underscores the song's paranoid tone with a haunted house-inspired theme, including imagery of floating heads, ravens, graveyards, and shower scenes referencing Psycho.

Due in part to the popularity of the music video, the song is sometimes used for Halloween celebrations, with cover versions found in various collections of Halloween music.

Canada (Music Canada) Gold certification with 5,000 sales.

United States (RIAA) Gold certification with 1,000,000 sales.

Spain (AFYVE) peak position 1, 1984.


Credited cast:
Jermaine Jackson Jermaine Jackson - (singing voice)
Michael Jackson Michael Jackson - (singing voice)
Jon Leonoudakis Jon Leonoudakis - Guy looking through porthole of the front door
Rockwell Rockwell
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