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"Watcher of the Skies"
Single by Genesis
from the album Foxtrot
B-side"Willow Farm"
ReleasedFebruary 1973[1]
RecordedAugust 1972
GenreProgressive rock[2]
Length7:23
3:42 (single version)
LabelCharisma/Phonogram (UK)
Atlantic (U.S.)
Songwriter(s)Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford
Producer(s)David Hitchcock
Genesis singles chronology
"Happy the Man" / "Seven Stones"
(1972)
"Watcher of the Skies" / "Willow Farm"
(1973)
"I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"
(1973)
Official audio
"Watcher of the Skies" on YouTube

"Watcher of the Skies" is the first track on English progressive rock Genesis' 1972 album Foxtrot. It was also released as the album's only single. The song was re-recorded in 1972 in a radically altered and shortened single version. This version was re-released in 1998 as part of the Genesis Archive 1967–75 box set.

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ Murphy, Sean (22 May 2011). "The 25 Best Progressive Rock Songs of All Time". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

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