ONE HIT WONDERLAND: “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell
Rockwell felt like somebody was watching him, but they weren’t watching him for very long.
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Rockwell felt like somebody was watching him, but they weren’t watching him for very long.
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@barryjeanfontenot4502
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Listen, the Jheri curl is one of the only things for which “It was the 80’s” is a completely appropriate excuse.
@Nostaljack
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Not feeling the DeBarge and Teena Marie slander ONE BIT. Still, the rest is dead on. Salute…and such.
@MrSmith1984
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Is this really a One Hit Wonder? Because you get the impression that this is actually a Michael Jackson song that features Rockwell, rather than the other way around.
@denistuohy2535
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
9:50 that’s an awesome instrumental though
@miche1df
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
fun fact: Rockwell is Jimmy Carter's second cousin once removed
yes, that Jimmy Carter
@natedash11
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
When I was little, there was period of time when "Somebody's Watching Me" was my favorite thing ever; in spite of this, I never had the urge to listen to anything else by Rockwell.
@DreFromMaine8472
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Nepotism: The Song. I hate it!
@fernandoorozco3751
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Having Michael Jackson Senior hook is pretty top notch. During this time the best thing on Motown records was definitely Rick James. I think he actually saved the label. He's Rick James, b****.
@fernandoorozco3751
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Todd, if you ever do another Halloween edition of one hit wonders I request the Monster Mash by Boris Pickett and the crypt kickers
@hiimemily
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
In case you were wondering what blocked this from #1: "Jump" by Van Halen for one week, followed by "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins for two. 1984 was kinda stacked.
@NemesisApoc
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
So, all the problems with the rap same existed in the motown days? Imagine my shock. If only there was some sort of commonality between the two….
@trillian777
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
The DeBarge and Teena Marie slander is crazy.
@pardonmybumbershoot5085
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
I always thought this was a Michael Jackson song. Huh.
@Seang-um8lk
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Morris Day????
@Aak_SamsonSpeaks
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Thriller is a little too cheesy but this is an “awesome song” Get TF out of here
@fleshjuicerecipe
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
c'mon man not all 80s motown shit is lame rick james is awesome
@suehiromaruofangirl
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
My hottest take is a kinda like Peeping Tom but I like 80s cheese lmao. Knife and the Taxman cover are genuinely bad though.
@whatr0
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
I cannot be the only one who basically only ever heard the hook to this song for years and just assumed this was actually a Michael Jackson song
@onreload
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
good video as always, but c'mon…no Teena Marie slander, please. she rocks
@StringedGuitar17
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
so, uhh… he came back
@OnlyGamingClips
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
I remember the No Limit records version of this when I was a teenager. Lol
@kvarner6886
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Fun fact: I first discovered this song from a motion-activated black cat Halloween decoration my family bought around 2000. It would play clips of this song and move it's head, arch it's back, and always ended the clip with a very low-fidelity "REEEEEOOW!" That cat decoration still functions to this day, and I adore it.
I also grew up assuming this was a Michael Jackson song, then was told it wasn't and believed that for about 10 years, and finally saw this video when it came out years ago and found out the truth. Thank you for finally settling the decades-long confusion!
@mattwhitaker7174
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Obscene Phone Caller actually made it to #35
@jonmcknlegg
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm
10:47 I'm surprised to learn that he sang "Knife". This song is massive in the Philippines (I checked out a lyric video and it appears to be massive in some parts of Southeast Asia as well). The song sounds like a 70's easy-listening ballad so I never thought it came from an 80's pop artist. Interesting how some mid songs in another part of the world can be massive somewhere else
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