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 . 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 . " '' 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 . " " 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 . 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 . 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 . The single 's B-side is a cover of The Who 's " My Generation "
77th Academy Awards
77th Academy Awards
Someone's Watching Over Me