Talk:Somebody's Watching Me

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should "duet with Michael Jackson" be changed to "featuring Michael and Jermaine Jackson", as per Rockwell_(musician)? --202.160.21.16 03:58, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and have made the change verbatum :), well spotted! --81.99.181.231 21:34, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

This record should be merged with the Warmen cover because the article is for the song itself. Since a cover is a replaying of a song (albeit with some artistic license), it should be discussed with the original in the same article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.252.210.45 (talk • contribs) 17:17, 23 March 2006

I think so too, whats all with this discussion think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.78.225.33 (talk • contribs) 21:23, 8 April 2006

I think the Warmen page should be kept separate becaue it refers to a CD single, not just the song itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arclance (talk • contribs) 22:00, 9 May 2006

I think that the page on the single should be kept seperate, with the Warmen page simply have a mention of their cover(as there is now) simply because it is a cover and calling it Warmens single would seem as if Rockwell didn't do the original, when he quite clearly should be given credit for his song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.54.202.82 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 10 August 2006

I agree. These pages should be kept seperate, since they are refering to two different things. I propose either a link at the top of the somebody's watching me page to the Warmen page or alternatively that a disambiguation page is created. The articles should not simply be merged (it would be like merging the article on the country China, with that on tableware made from china). --Username132 (talk) 15:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with this policy but since it IS a policy, it should be followed. I agree that the articles should be merged. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhythmnation2004 (talk • contribs) 02:08, 7 October 2006

Wrong year?

In discogs, most of the singles are marked released in 1983? Like this: http://www.discogs.com/release/451245 Album come out 1984 tahts right but Should single be dated to 1983? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.153.219.195 (talk) 08:11, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DJ BoBo Version

Could somebody clean up this section and make sense of the text? As it stands now it reads like it has been translated from German through an online translation tool and I can't make heads or tails from it. I assume it is meant to say that the US record company filed a complain over it or something? If so could you also find a reference to this? Ferdinandhudson (talk) 08:55, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone? Ferdinandhudson (talk) 15:23, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is NOT a cover verison and should be removed. The lyrics to the chorus are changed, the chords in the chorus are not even the same,and the verse is completely different. In effect, All DJ Bobo's done is steal the lead melody in the chorus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aikclaes (talk • contribs) 19:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

as always

Articles full of irrelevant information... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.97.25.116 (talk) 08:19, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then Be Bold and fix it. Empath (talk) 16:44, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A missing "in common culture" tidbit. This song is currently used in Geico Insurance commercials featuring a stack on money with a pair of glasses on top (sort of making a face) with the tagline "That's the money you could be saving by switching to Geico". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.161.188.11 (talk) 21:25, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Remix vs. Cover

I don't know enough about the remixes and covers to know which is which, but I at least know the Beatfreakz version is a REMIX, which is not the same as a cover. Someone who knows more about the alternate versions should fix that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheesehenderson (talk • contribs) 07:12, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Mysto & Pizzi version

Shouldn't a section mentioning the Mysto & Pizzi version of the song be included?

It was featured in the Geico "Kash" ads and was available for download from the official Geico website for a time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.41.99.85 (talk) 17:09, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Chart performance page position

To match the structure of other Wikipedia pages about songs, I would propose having the "Background and composition" section at the top of the page, and the chart performance under it (For instance, that is the case for the good article Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'). Would this change make sense, or is the current formatting intentional? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leafy46 (talk • contribs) 22:02, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a Halloween song?

I see there's a question over whether the Halloween songs category applies to this song. I checked Category:Halloween songs and it says that the category is for "songs which deal directly with Halloween, or deal with related themes and have appeared on a widely released Halloween compilation album." There might be other albums, but I know that Somebody's Watching Me was featured on Michael Jackson's Scream album, an album of Halloween-themed songs. So, it seems to me that this qualification is met. As a comparison, I checked Thriller, a somewhat similar song from around the same time frame and it's in the Halloween song category. I also checked to see if I can find a reliable source which specifically calls Somebody's Watching Me a Halloween song, and I found this article from Rolling Stone: "an international and enduring smash hit that, more than 30 years later, remains the perennial paranoia-rock anthem and Halloween mix go-to song".[1] So, based on my analysis, it seems like the Halloween songs category is appropriate, but perhaps I'm missing something. @Binksternet: what is your objection? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 16:08, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My objection is that it is not described as such in the article. WP:V would be satisfied if it was. Binksternet (talk) 19:23, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the response. I added the afore-mentioned quote from Rolling Stone magazine calling the song a Halloween song.[2] A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 12:58, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Since there doesn't seem to be any objection anymore, I added back the Halloween songs category.[3] Thanks. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 20:38, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]