- Watching You
Infobox Single
Name = Watching You
Artist =Rogue Traders
from Album =Here Come the Drums
B-side =
Released = January 29, 2006 (Australia ) October 16, 2006 (United Kingdom )
Format =CD single
Recorded =2005
Genre =Alternative dance Electropop Dance rock
Length = 3:29
Label = Sony BMG Australia
Writer = Doug Fieger
Berton AverreJames Ash
Melinda Appleby
Producer =James Ash
Certification = Gold (ARIA)
Last single = "Way to Go! "
(2005)
This single = "Watching You"
(2006)
Next single = "We're Coming Home "
(2006)"Watching You" (
2006 ) is the third song released by Australian bandRogue Traders from their second album "Here Come the Drums ". The song was released as their second single in theUnited Kingdom in late 2006.This high-energy
electropop dance track is based around the distinctiveguitar riff from the1979 hit song "My Sharona " byThe Knack .Chart performance
The song was their fourth top ten hit in Australia and their second top forty hit in the UK. It debuted into the Australian Singles Chart on February 6, 2006 at number seven. On its second week in the chart it moved up to its peak position at number five and stayed there for two weeks. It then stayed in the top ten for another three weeks and re-entered two weeks later at number eight moving up three places from eleven. It fell slowly down the charts not making a rise and after twelve weeks it fell out of the top fifty after spending twenty weeks in the charts and accrediting Gold by ARIA.
The song was released in the UK on October 16, 2006 and entered the charts on October 28, 2006 at number thirty three. The song only spent two weeks in the chart after falling out of the charts at number fifty-eight.
Track listing
Promo Jewel Case
#Watching You (Radio Edit)Promo Slipcase
#Watching You (James Ash’s ‘Take Me Down’ Club Mix)
#Watching You (Dirty South Vocal Mix)
#Watching You (Dirty South Dub)UK Promo # 1
#Watching You (Original Radio Edit)
#Watching You (Chris Lake's Downtown Vocal)
#Watching You (Dirty South Vocal Mix)
#Watching You (Olli Collins & Fred Portelli Remix)
#Watching You (Chris Lake's Downtown Dub)
#Watching You (Dirty South Dub)UK Promo # 2
#Watching You (Original Radio Edit)UK Promo # 3
#Watching You (Original Radio Edit)UK Promo # 4
#Watching You (James Ash's 'Take Me Down' Club Mix)Australian CD single
#"Watching You" - 3:29
#"Watching You" (Dirty South Vocal Mix) - 7:00
#"Watching You" (James Ash's 'Take Me Down' Club Mix) - 6:45
#"Watching You" (Dirty South Dub) - 7:00
#"Way to Go!" (James Ash remix) - 6:41UK CD # 1
#Watching You (Olli Collins Remix)
#Watching You (Radio Edit)UK CD # 2
#Watching You (Olli Collins Remix)
#Watching You (Dirty South Dub)
#Watching You (Chris Lake Mix)
#Watching You (Radio Edit)
#Watching You (James Ash Remix)
#Watching You (Video)UK 12” Vinyl # 1
*Watching You (Chris Lake Mix)
*Watching You (Dirty South Dub)
*Watching You (Radio Edit)UK 12” Vinyl # 2
*Watching You (Dirty South Vocal Mix)
*Watching You (James Ash's "Take Me Down" Club Mix)UK 12” Vinyl # 3
*Watching You (Chris Lake's Downtown Vocal)
*Watching You (Olli Collins + Fred Portelli Remix)Charts
Notes
*The song was used in a commercial for the 2007 Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjTIKf8z_pw]
*Old Navy used this song in its commercial of shorts in the summer of2007 .
*Gossip Girl uses this song in the Season 2 Promo.
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