Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell: Unmasking the Paranoid Pop Anthem of the ’80s
Somewhere between the catchy beat and the eerily relatable lyrics, Rockwell’s ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’ became a defining anthem of ’80s pop paranoia. As the synth-heavy notes rise, an everyman’s fear bubbles to the surface in a harmony of suspicion and pop culture. Released in 1984, a time marked by the burgeoning surge of technology, the Cold War’s constant eye for surveillance, and the omnipresent eye of the media, this track tapped into a universal sentiment that has only ripened with the digital age.
