| "Watcher of the Skies" | ||||
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| Single by Genesis | ||||
| from the album Foxtrot | ||||
| B-side | "Willow Farm" | |||
| Released | February 1973[1] | |||
| Recorded | August 1972 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock[2] | |||
| Length | 7:23 3:42 (single version) | |||
| Label | Charisma/Phonogram (UK) Atlantic (U.S.) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford | |||
| Producer(s) | David Hitchcock | |||
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| "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.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ Murphy, Sean (22 May 2011). "The 25 Best Progressive Rock Songs of All Time". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 July 2016.