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"Watching You"
Single by Rogue Traders
from the album Here Come the Drums
Released29 January 2006 (2006-01-29)
Recorded2005
Length3:28
LabelSony BMG Australia
Songwriter(s)
  • Doug Fieger
  • Berton Averre
  • James Ash
  • Melinda Appleby
Producer(s)James Ash
Rogue Traders singles chronology
"Way to Go!"
(2005) 		"Watching You"
(2006) 		"We're Coming Home"
(2006)

"Watching You" (2006) is the third song released by Australian band Rogue Traders from their second album Here Come the Drums. The song was released as their second single in the United Kingdom in late 2006.

The song replays the guitar riff from The Knack's song "My Sharona"

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 6 February 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 16 October 2006 and entered the charts on 28 October 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

Australian CD single

  1. "Watching You" - 3:29
  2. "Watching You" (Dirty South Vocal Mix) - 7:00
  3. "Watching You" (James Ash's 'Take Me Down' Club Mix) - 6:45
  4. "Watching You" (Dirty South Dub) - 7:00
  5. "Way to Go!" (James Ash remix) - 6:41

UK CD single 1

  1. Watching You (Olli Collins Remix)
  2. Watching You (Radio Edit)

UK CD single 2

  1. "Watching You" (Olli Collins Remix)
  2. "Watching You" (Dirty South Dub)
  3. "Watching You" (Chris Lake Mix)
  4. "Watching You" (Radio Edit)
  5. "Watching You" (James Ash Remix)
  6. "Watching You" (Video)

Australian promo 1

  1. "Watching You" (Radio Edit)

Australian promo 2

  1. "Watching You" (James Ash's 'Take Me Down' Club Mix)
  2. "Watching You" (Dirty South Vocal Mix)
  3. "Watching You" (Dirty South Dub)

UK promo 1

  1. "Watching You" (Original Radio Edit)
  2. "Watching You" (Chris Lake's Downtown Vocal)
  3. "Watching You" (Dirty South Vocal Mix)
  4. "Watching You" (Olli Collins & Fred Portelli Remix)
  5. "Watching You" (Chris Lake's Downtown Dub)
  6. "Watching You" (Dirty South Dub)

UK promo 2

  1. Watching You (Original Radio Edit)

UK promo 3

  1. Watching You (James Ash's 'Take Me Down' Club Mix)

UK 12-inch vinyl 1

  • "Watching You" (Chris Lake Mix)
  • "Watching You" (Dirty South Dub)
  • "Watching You" (Radio Edit)

UK 12-inch vinyl 2

  • "Watching You" (Dirty South Vocal Mix)
  • "Watching You" (James Ash's "Take Me Down" Club Mix)

UK 12-inch vinyl 3

  • "Watching You" (Chris Lake's Downtown Vocal)
  • "Watching You" (Olli Collins + Fred Portelli Remix)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date
Australia 29 January 2006 (2006-01-29)
United Kingdom 30 October 2006 (2006-10-30)

References

  1. ^ "Rogue Traders – Watching You". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Issue 831" ARIA Top 50 Dance Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Rogue Traders". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2006". ARIA. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 50 Dance Singles 2006". ARIA. Archived from the original on 15 April 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2020. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 15 April 2020 suggested (help)
  9. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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