Watching You Watching Me

~ Recording by Bill Withers

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:47Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • JP1985-06-21
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)28AP 3032
1.5Watching You Watching Me?:??Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)FCT 39887
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:52Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)FC 39887
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:52Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 39887
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:47Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • JP1986-01-22
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)32DP 267
1.6Watching You Watching Me5:49Bill WithersRockstar Compilation 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special ProductsCSP 982511 2
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:47Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • JP1991-10-10
Sony Records (Japanese imprint)SRCS-6132
1.15Watching You Watching Me5:51Bill WithersLean on Me: The Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-08-09
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 52924
1.15Watching You Watching Me5:51Bill WithersLean on Me: The Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)480506 2
1.15Watching You Watching Me5:51Bill WithersLean On Me - The Best Of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
1.10Watching You Watching Me5:48Bill WithersAin't No SunshineBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1997-09-08
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 985506 2
1.6Watching You, Watching Me5:45Bill WithersSimply the BestBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)493431 2, COL 493431 2
2.7Watching You Watching Me5:49Bill WithersThe Ultimate Bill Withers CollectionBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2000-10-21
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)500604 2
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:49Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Anthology’s3072002
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:49Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697894672-9
1.10Watching You Watching Me5:48Bill WithersOriginal HitsBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media
1.6Watching You, Watching Me5:46Bill WithersThe Best of the Soul ManBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.12Watching You, Watching Me5:49Bill WithersLovely Day: The Very Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)520146 2
1.12Watching You, Watching Me5:49Bill WithersLovely Day: The Very Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)520146 2
1.12Watching You, Watching Me5:49Bill WithersLovely Day: The Very Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-07-24
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)82876845522
2.4Watching You Watching Me5:48Bill WithersMastercuts Gold: Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-02-02
Pinnacle (UK-based distributor & label)
2.4Watching You Watching Me5:48Bill WithersMastercuts Gold: Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Apace MusicMCUTGCD02
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:50Bill WithersWatching You Watching Me (Apple Digital Master)Bill WithersAlbum
  • US2008-09-05
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:49Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • XW2008-10-14
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.14Watching You Watching Me5:48Bill WithersLovely Day: The Best Of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009
9.5Watching You Watching Me5:50Bill WithersThe Complete Sussex and Columbia AlbumsBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-11-05
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697894672
9.5Watching You Watching Me5:50Bill WithersBill Withers: The Complete Sussex and Columbia AlbumsBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-11-06
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
3.10Watching You Watching Me5:50Bill WithersThe Real Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-04-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88843054952
5.5Watching You Watching Me5:50Bill WithersOriginal Album ClassicsBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88843065752
1.15Watching You Watching Me5:49Bill WithersLean on Me: The Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-04-24
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)G010002010524M
1.5Watching You Watching Me5:50Bill WithersWatching You Watching Me (24-bit 96 kHz high definition)Bill WithersAlbum
  • -2015
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.5Watching You Watching Me?:??Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • JP2016-07-27
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP-4859
1.13Watching You Watching Me5:49Bill WithersThe Ultimate CollectionBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-07-27
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.3Watching You Watching Me5:49Bill WithersTop 40 Bill Withers. His Ultimate Top 40 CollectionBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)8985456742
1.10Watching You Watching Me5:48Bill WithersLean on MeBill WithersAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

assistant engineer:Eddie Heath
engineer:Kendall Brown
Keith Seppanen (Engineer)
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
producer:Denny Diante
Ralph MacDonald
Bill Withers
bass guitar, brass, clavinet, glockenspiel [bells], harpsichord, strings and synthesizer:Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
drums (drum set):Buddy Williams (drummer)
guitar:Dann Huff
percussion:Ralph MacDonald
Rhodes piano:Richard Tee
synthesizer [synthesizer strings]:Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
background vocals:Lonnie Groves
Yvonne Lewis
Maretha Stewart
vocals:Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1985)
recorded at:Rosebud Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Yamaha R&D Recording Studios
recording of:Watching You Watching Me

Watching You Watching Me

lyricist and composer:William Eaton (US producer & arranger)
publisher:BMG Ruby Songs
フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
Antisia Music Inc. (from 1981 to present)