Watcher of the Skies
| "Watcher of the Skies" | ||||
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| Single by Genesis | ||||
| from the album Foxtrot | ||||
| B-side | "Willow Farm" | |||
| Released | February 1973 | |||
| Recorded | August 1972 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 7:23 3:42 (single version) | |||
| Label | Charisma/Phonogram (UK) Atlantic (U.S.) | |||
| Songwriters | Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford | |||
| Producer | David Hitchcock | |||
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| "Watcher of the Skies" on YouTube | ||||
"Watcher of the Skies" is the first track on the English progressive rock band Genesis' fourth studio album Foxtrot (1972). 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.