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| released = {{Start date|2005|02|21}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hilaryduff.com.au/news/index.php |title=Hilary Duff.com.au - the official Australian website for all things Hilary Duff! |publisher=Web.archive.org |accessdate=2013-11-25 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405142538/http://www.hilaryduff.com.au/news/index.php |archivedate=April 5, 2005 }}</ref>
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| genre = [[Pop rock]]
| genre = [[Soft Rock]]
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| label = [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]
| label = [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]
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"'''Someone's Watching Over Me'''" is a song recorded by American actress and singer [[Hilary Duff]] for her 2004 [[Hilary Duff (album)|self-titled]] third studio [[album]]. It was released by [[Hollywood Records]] as the second single. The song was written by [[Kara DioGuardi]] and [[John Shanks]], who also produced the song.
"'''Someone's Watching Over Me'''" is a song recorded by American singer [[Hilary Duff]] for her [[Hilary Duff (album)|self-titled third studio album]] (2004). It was released by Hollywood Records as the second single. The song was written by [[Kara DioGuardi]] and [[John Shanks]], who also produced the song.


==Background and composition==
==Background and composition==
The song was written by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks for the 2004 film ''[[Raise Your Voice]]'', in which Duff stars. In the film, which is set at a performing arts summer school, Duff's character writes the song with her fellow student Jay, played by [[Oliver James (entertainer)|Oliver James]], and performs it at the film's climax in front of the students, staff and parents.
The song was written by DioGuardi and Shanks for the film ''[[Raise Your Voice]]'', in which Duff stars. In the movie, which is set at a performing arts summer school, Duff's character, Terri, writes the song with her fellow student Jay, played by [[Oliver James (entertainer)|Oliver James]], and performs it at the film's climax in front of the students, staff and parents.


Musically, "Someone's Watching Over Me" is a moderately paced [[Pop music|pop]] song, moving at a tempo of 78 beats per minute.<ref name="sheet"/> Written in the key of [[C-sharp minor|C# Minor]], the song has the sequence of C#m—F#m—B—B/G{{music|sharp}}—G#m—G#/C as its chord progression.<ref name="sheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0069120 |title=Unsupported Browser or Operating System |publisher=Musicnotes.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-25}}</ref> Lyrically, the song speaks about "holding on no matter what happens in life, believing that someone's watching over".
Musically, "Someone's Watching Over Me" is a moderately paced [[pop music|pop]] song, moving at a tempo of 78 beats per minute.<ref name="sheet"/> Written in the key of [[C-sharp minor|C# Minor]], the song has the sequence of C#m—F#m—B—B/G{{music|sharp}}—G#m—G#/C as its chord progression.<ref name="sheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0069120 |title=Unsupported Browser or Operating System |publisher=Musicnotes.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-25}}</ref> Lyrically, the song speaks about "holding on no matter what happens in life, believing that someone's watching over".


==Reception==
==Critical reception==
According to Paul Broucek, executive vice president of music for [[New Line Cinema]], in November 2004 "Someone's Watching Over Me" was one of the studio's possible contenders for an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[77th Academy Awards]].<ref>Guerin, Ada. [http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4905275-1.html "Sound Investments"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. November 16, 2004.</ref> The ''[[Herald Sun]]'' wrote of "Someone's Watching Over Me", which it awarded one [[Star (classification)|star]], "Yeah, that'd be [[Lindsay Lohan]]. They're [[Single White Female|single-white-femaling]] each other when it comes to music, though Duff got in first with the polite [[Avril Lavigne|Avril]]-lite [[soft rock]]. However, this positivity-laden [[Ballad (music)|ballad]] sucks."<ref>Adams, Cameron. "the singles". ''[[Herald Sun]]''. February 24, 2005, Hit, pg. I08.</ref> ''[[The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]]'' published a two-star review of the song, editorializing that "The banging migraine kicked in somewhere around the lyrics: "I've seen that ray of light/It's shining on my destiny" [...] a brainless, infectious dose of made-to-order teen empowerment pop."<ref>Holmes, Peter. "CD Reviews". ''[[The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]]''. February 13, 2005, Features, ExpressMusic, pg. 124.</ref>
According to Paul Broucek, executive vice president of music for [[New Line Cinema]], in November 2004, "Someone's Watching Over Me" was one of the studio's possible contenders for an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[77th Academy Awards]].<ref>Guerin, Ada. [http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4905275-1.html "Sound Investments"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. November 16, 2004.</ref> The ''[[Herald Sun]]'' wrote of "Someone's Watching Over Me", which it awarded one [[Star (classification)|star]], "Yeah, that'd be [[Lindsay Lohan]]. They're [[Single White Female|single-white-femaling]] each other when it comes to music, though Duff got in first with the polite [[Avril Lavigne|Avril]]-lite [[soft rock]]. However, this positivity-laden [[ballad (music)|ballad]] sucks."<ref>Adams, Cameron. "the singles". ''[[Herald Sun]]''. February 24, 2005, Hit, pg. I08.</ref> ''[[The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]]'' published a two-star review of the song, editorializing that "The banging migraine kicked in somewhere around the lyrics: "I've seen that ray of light/It's shining on my destiny" [...] a brainless, infectious dose of made-to-order teen empowerment pop."<ref>Holmes, Peter. "CD Reviews". ''[[The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]]''. February 13, 2005, Features, ExpressMusic, pg. 124.</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
"Someone's Watching Over Me" failed to enter the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. As of July 27, 2014, the song had sold 238,000 digital copies in the United States.<ref name="Nielsen Soundscan sales figures">{{cite web|url=http://billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6189519/ask-billboard-how-has-enrique-iglesias-bailando-become-such-a?page=0%2C2|title=Ask Billboard: How Has Enrique Iglesias' 'Bailando' Become Such A Big Hit?|date=July 27, 2014|work=Billboard|accessdate=July 27, 2014}}</ref>
"Someone's Watching Over Me" failed to enter the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. As of July 27, 2014, the song had sold 238,000 digital copies in the United States.<ref name="Nielsen Soundscan sales figures">{{cite web|url=http://billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6189519/ask-billboard-how-has-enrique-iglesias-bailando-become-such-a?page=0%2C2|title=Ask Billboard: How Has Enrique Iglesias' 'Bailando' Become Such A Big Hit?|date=July 27, 2014|work=Billboard|accessdate=July 27, 2014}}</ref>
Outside US, during the week of the single's radio release in Australia in January, it was the fifth most added song to station playlists.<ref>"hit list". ''[[Herald Sun]]''. January 19, 2005, Guide, pg. H10.</ref> After its release as a single the following month, it peaked at number 22 on the [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] [[ARIA Charts|Singles Chart]] and remained in the top 40 for nine weeks.<ref>[http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/2562 "Hilary Duff - Someone's Watching Over Me"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221641/http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/2562 |date=2007-09-26 }}. MusicSquare. Retrieved August 16, 2006.</ref>
Outside US, during the week of the single's radio release in Australia in January, it was the fifth most added song to station playlists.<ref>"hit list". ''[[Herald Sun]]''. January 19, 2005, Guide, pg. H10.</ref> After its release as a single the following month, it peaked at number twenty-two on the [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] [[ARIA Charts|Singles Chart]] and remained in the top forty for nine weeks.<ref>[http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/2562 "Hilary Duff - Someone's Watching Over Me"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221641/http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/2562 |date=2007-09-26 }}. MusicSquare. Retrieved August 16, 2006.</ref> The single's [[B-side]] is a cover of [[The Who]]'s "[[My Generation (The Who song)|My Generation]]".


==Music video==
==Music video==
The performance scene on the film served as the single's [[music video]], which premiered on the program ''[[Rage (TV program)|Rage]]'' on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] Broadband in mid-January 2005.<ref>[http://www.popdirt.com/article35866.html "Hilary Duff's 'Someone's Watching Over Me' Video"]. popdirt.com. January 14, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2006.</ref>
The performance scene on the movie served as the single's [[music video|video]], which premiered on the program ''[[Rage (TV program)|Rage]]'' on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] Broadband in mid January 2005.<ref>[http://www.popdirt.com/article35866.html "Hilary Duff's 'Someone's Watching Over Me' Video"]. popdirt.com. January 14, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2006.</ref>


==Track listing and formats==
==Track listing==
;CD single
;CD single
# "Someone's Watching Over Me" &ndash; 4:11
# "Someone's Watching Over Me" &ndash; 4:11
# "My Generation" &ndash; 2:41
# "[[My Generation (The Who song)|My Generation]]" &ndash; 2:41


==Charts==
== Charts ==
===Weekly charts===
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Revision as of 00:58, 14 February 2020

"Someone's Watching Over Me"
Single by Hilary Duff
from the album Hilary Duff
B-side"My Generation"
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)[1]
Recorded2004
GenreSoft Rock
Length4:11
LabelHollywood
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Shanks
Hilary Duff singles chronology
"Fly"
(2004) 		"Someone's Watching Over Me"
(2005) 		"Wake Up"
(2005)

"Someone's Watching Over Me" is a song recorded by American singer Hilary Duff for her self-titled third studio album (2004). It was released by Hollywood Records as the second single. The song was written by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, who also produced the song.

Background and composition

The song was written by DioGuardi and Shanks for the film Raise Your Voice, in which Duff stars. In the movie, which is set at a performing arts summer school, Duff's character, Terri, writes the song with her fellow student Jay, played by Oliver James, and performs it at the film's climax in front of the students, staff and parents.

Musically, "Someone's Watching Over Me" is a moderately paced pop song, moving at a tempo of 78 beats per minute.[2] Written in the key of C# Minor, the song has the sequence of C#m—F#m—B—B/G♯—G#m—G#/C as its chord progression.[2] Lyrically, the song speaks about "holding on no matter what happens in life, believing that someone's watching over".

Reception

According to Paul Broucek, executive vice president of music for New Line Cinema, in November 2004, "Someone's Watching Over Me" was one of the studio's possible contenders for an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 77th Academy Awards.[3] The Herald Sun wrote of "Someone's Watching Over Me", which it awarded one star, "Yeah, that'd be Lindsay Lohan. They're single-white-femaling each other when it comes to music, though Duff got in first with the polite Avril-lite soft rock. However, this positivity-laden ballad sucks."[4] The Sunday Telegraph published a two-star review of the song, editorializing that "The banging migraine kicked in somewhere around the lyrics: "I've seen that ray of light/It's shining on my destiny" [...] a brainless, infectious dose of made-to-order teen empowerment pop."[5]

Chart performance

"Someone's Watching Over Me" failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100. As of July 27, 2014, the song had sold 238,000 digital copies in the United States.[6] Outside US, during the week of the single's radio release in Australia in January, it was the fifth most added song to station playlists.[7] After its release as a single the following month, it peaked at number twenty-two on the ARIA Singles Chart and remained in the top forty for nine weeks.[8] The single's B-side is a cover of The Who's "My Generation".

Music video

The performance scene on the movie served as the single's video, which premiered on the program Rage on ABC Broadband in mid January 2005.[9]

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Someone's Watching Over Me" – 4:11
  2. "My Generation" – 2:41

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 22

References

  1. ^ "Hilary Duff.com.au - the official Australian website for all things Hilary Duff!". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on April 5, 2005. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  2. ^ a b "Unsupported Browser or Operating System". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  3. ^ Guerin, Ada. "Sound Investments". The Hollywood Reporter. November 16, 2004.
  4. ^ Adams, Cameron. "the singles". Herald Sun. February 24, 2005, Hit, pg. I08.
  5. ^ Holmes, Peter. "CD Reviews". The Sunday Telegraph. February 13, 2005, Features, ExpressMusic, pg. 124.
  6. ^ "Ask Billboard: How Has Enrique Iglesias' 'Bailando' Become Such A Big Hit?". Billboard. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  7. ^ "hit list". Herald Sun. January 19, 2005, Guide, pg. H10.
  8. ^ "Hilary Duff - Someone's Watching Over Me" Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine. MusicSquare. Retrieved August 16, 2006.
  9. ^ "Hilary Duff's 'Someone's Watching Over Me' Video". popdirt.com. January 14, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
  10. ^ "Hilary Duff – Someone's Watching Over Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
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