Watching You (Rodney Atkins song)

Infobox single
Name = Watching You


Artist = Rodney Atkins
from Album = If You're Going Through Hell
Released = start date|2006|9
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 3:49
Label = Curb
Writer = Rodney Atkins, Steve Dean, Brian Gene White
Certification = Gold (U.S.)
Last single = "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)"
(2006)
This single = "Watching You"
(2006)
Next single = "These Are My People"
(2007)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = If You're Going Through Hell
Type = Studio
prev_track = "About The South"
prev_no = 2
this_track = "Watching You"
track_no = 3
next_track = "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)"
next_no = 4

"Watching You" is a single by country music artist Rodney Atkins. Released in late 2006, the single became Rodney's second Number One single on the "Billboard" U.S. Hot Country Songs chart. "Watching You" was named the No. 1 song of 2007 on the Billboard magazine year-end countdown chart.

Content

The song is a moderate up-tempo portraying two examples of a son learning from his father. In the first verse, the father and son are in the car together, driving through town. The son is eating a Happy Meal in the passenger seat, just as the father slams on the brakes at a red light, causing the boy to spill his food all over himself and say "shit". The father asks where his son learned to swear, and the boy then responds with, "I've been watching you, dad, ain't that cool / I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be like you".

In the second verse, the father heads out to his barn and begins to pray ("Lord, please help me help my stupid self"). Still later, at bedtime, the boy kneels beside his bed to pray as well, with his father watching. Upon hearing the boy's prayers, the father asks, "Where'd you learn to pray like that?", to which the boy again responds by saying that he has been watching his father. The father then responds by hugging his son and stating his pride in the boy's growing up.

The song was inspired by Atkins's son, Elijah. After having found out that Elijah had been singing Atkins' 2006 hit "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" to his teachers, he then had to explain to his son that it "might not be appropriate for him to be singing that in school". [ [http://www.frontpagepublicity.com/rodneyatkins/clips/020107/AssociatedPress2007.pdf AssociatedPress2007.pdf] ] [ [http://www.lonestarcountryradio.com/news.htm Lonestar Country WITX Internet Country Radio] ]

Music video

The video portrays the events which are laid out in the song's lyrics. Elijah also portrays the child in the song's video, and as a result, he has gained recognition in public. [ [http://www.gactv.com/gac/cda/article_print/0,3008,GAC_26063_5450873_DS-ARTICLE-RIGHT-RAIL,00.html Rodney Atkins' Son Has Fans] ]

Charts

References

External links

*YouTube|oqYUns2YQik|Music video

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