Heard this song a lot growing up. At family reunions, cookouts, roller rinks, etc.
Had no idea it was sung by the Tempts until much later.
Paramore is one of my favorite bands but damn this song annoyed the s*** out of me. Heard it at work at Burger King and all the time in the grocery store before I knew who it was
heard this song in a ton of things but never knew it was elvis
heard this song in a ton of things but never knew it was elvis
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGJTaP6anOUthe amount of hits elvis had was unreal.
Beacuse of the lack of crediting, I always just thought they got a really good MJ impersonator
Paramore is one of my favorite bands but damn this song annoyed the s*** out of me. Heard it at work at Burger King and all the time in the grocery store before I knew who it was
One of their greatest songs tbh.
Heard this song a lot growing up. At family reunions, cookouts, roller rinks, etc.
Had no idea it was sung by the Tempts until much later.
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHVKb2j6rfcnice
So y'all telling me this isn't a Neil Young song?
America was a British band too.
Beacuse of the lack of crediting, I always just thought they got a really good MJ impersonator
the story behind this is so nice:
"Kennedy Gordy (son of Berry Gordy, CEO of Motown at the time) had been writing songs as a child he later called ‘mediocre at best’. In his frustration, he prayed ‘to write a song that’ll go to the top of the charts’. Over the next two days, he wrote “Somebody’s Watching Me”.
He played a demo of the song for his father, but he was not impressed. So Kennedy then sang the song for long-time childhood friend Michael Jackson, who liked it so much he asked Kennedy to perform it multiple times, each time adding more of his own family members to the audience. When Jackson then asked who Kennedy planned to have sing backups, he asked Jackson to do it.
Kennedy, wanting to not use his father’s name, secretly submitted the song to Motown under the name Rockwell. When Motown signed Rockwell without his father’s knowledge, Berry Gordy was initially flabbergasted – but later very proud of his son, even referring to him as Rockwell in public."
cliche but thought it was beyonce
!https://youtu.be/bbqVg_23otg????? wait this isnt a beyonce track
????? wait this isnt a beyonce track
nah man completely different woman lmao shoutout amerie though she’s talented. i guess cos it reminds me of crazy in love i just assumed beyonce
never knew that song that goes “why’d you have to go and make tings so complicated” was avril lavigne
I thought Duffle Bag Boy was a Lil Wayne song for the longest time.
everybody did lol
the story behind this is so nice:
"Kennedy Gordy (son of Berry Gordy, CEO of Motown at the time) had been writing songs as a child he later called ‘mediocre at best’. In his frustration, he prayed ‘to write a song that’ll go to the top of the charts’. Over the next two days, he wrote “Somebody’s Watching Me”.
He played a demo of the song for his father, but he was not impressed. So Kennedy then sang the song for long-time childhood friend Michael Jackson, who liked it so much he asked Kennedy to perform it multiple times, each time adding more of his own family members to the audience. When Jackson then asked who Kennedy planned to have sing backups, he asked Jackson to do it.
Kennedy, wanting to not use his father’s name, secretly submitted the song to Motown under the name Rockwell. When Motown signed Rockwell without his father’s knowledge, Berry Gordy was initially flabbergasted – but later very proud of his son, even referring to him as Rockwell in public."
‘Hey Rebbie! Hey Janet! You gotta hear this song Kennedy did.’