Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking - wikipedia Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' Single by Blake Shelton from the album All About Tonight Released September 6, 2010 Format Music download Genre Country Length 3 : 09 Label Reprise Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Earl Bud Lee John Wayne Wiggins Producer ( s ) Scott Hendricks Blake Shelton singles chronology `` All About Tonight '' ( 2010 ) `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' ( 2010 ) `` Honey Bee '' ( 2011 ) `` All About Tonight '' ( 2010 ) `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' ( 2010 ) `` Honey Bee '' ( 2011 ) `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' is a song written by Earl Bud Lee and John Wayne Wiggins and recorded by American country music artist Joe Nichols for his 2007 album Real Things. Blake Shelton covered the song for his EP All About Tonight, from which it was released as a single in September 2010. His version debuted at number 51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in September 2010. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Critical reception 4 Chart performance 4.1 Year - end charts 4.2 Certifications and sales 5 References 6 External links Content The song is a ballad in which the narrator wants to know the characteristics his lover 's hiding from him ( e.g. `` Do you paint your toes ' cause you bite your nails ? '' ). Music video The Blake Shelton music video premiered on October 1, 2010 during CMT 's Big New Music Weekend. It was voted GAC 's No. 1 video of 2010. Critical reception Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song a four - out - of - five - star rating, calling it a `` list song, '' but the lyrics `` an emotion in which anyone who has been in love will certainly relate to. '' Jim Malec of American Twang gave the song a thumbs - up review, calling it an `` intimate rumination on the mystery of a beautiful, graceful woman. '' Karlie Justus of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs - up. She thought that Blake Shelton 's performance was `` flatter '' than Joe Nichols 's, but said that the lyrics were `` grounded and honest. '' Gary Graff of Billboard also described the song positively, saying that it `` mixes humor and pathos with a sweet melody and a wry attitude. '' Chart performance `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' debuted at number fifty - one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of September 18, 2010. It became Shelton 's eighth number one single on the country chart dated March 5, 2011. It has sold 1,098,000 copies in the United States as of June 2013. Chart ( 2010 -- 11 ) Peak position Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 72 US Billboard Hot 100 46 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 2011 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 32 Certifications and sales Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Platinum 1,098,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone References ^ Jump up to : Justus, Karlie ( October 27, 2010 ). `` Blake Shelton -- `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' ``. Engine 145. Retrieved October 29, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' Debuts at # 51 Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt ( September 7, 2010 ). `` Blake Shelton -- `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' ``. Roughstock. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 15. Jump up ^ Malec, Jim ( September 8, 2010 ). `` Blake Shelton -- `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' ``. American Twang. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 15. Jump up ^ Graff, Gary ( July 30, 2010 ). `` All About Tonight review ''. Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2010. ^ Jump up to : Paul Grein ( June 12, 2013 ). `` Week Ending June 9, 2013. Songs : Pretty Fly For A White Guy ''. Chart Watch. Yahoo Music. Jump up ^ `` Blake Shelton Chart History ( Canadian Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Blake Shelton Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Blake Shelton Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2011 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Blake Shelton -- Who Are You When I % 27m Not Looking ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 17, 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Blake Shelton singles Discography Blake Shelton `` Austin '' `` All Over Me '' `` Ol ' Red '' The Dreamer `` The Baby '' `` Heavy Liftin ' '' `` Playboys of the Southwestern World '' Blake Shelton 's Barn & Grill `` Some Beach '' `` Goodbye Time '' `` Nobody but Me '' Pure BS `` Do n't Make Me '' `` The More I Drink '' `` Home '' Startin ' Fires `` She Would n't Be Gone '' `` I 'll Just Hold On '' Red River Blue `` Honey Bee '' `` God Gave Me You '' `` Drink on It '' `` Over '' Based on a True Story... `` Sure Be Cool If You Did '' `` Boys ' Round Here '' `` Mine Would Be You '' `` Doin ' What She Likes '' `` My Eyes '' Bringing Back the Sunshine `` Neon Light '' `` Lonely Tonight '' `` Sangria '' `` Gonna '' If I 'm Honest `` Straight Outta Cold Beer '' `` She 's Got a Way with Words '' `` Came Here to Forget '' `` A Guy with a Girl '' `` Go Ahead and Break My Heart '' `` Friends '' `` Savior 's Shadow '' `` Every Time I Hear That Song '' Texoma Shore `` I 'll Name the Dogs '' `` I Lived It '' Collaborations `` The Truth About Men '' `` Just a Fool '' `` Medicine '' `` You Make It Feel Like Christmas '' Other songs `` Hillbilly Bone '' `` All About Tonight '' `` Who Are You When I 'm Not Looking '' `` Footloose '' `` Over You '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Who_Are_You_When_I%27m_Not_Looking&oldid=847147633 '' Categories : 2007 songs 2010 singles Joe Nichols songs Blake Shelton songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Song recordings produced by Scott Hendricks Country ballads Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy Show Dog - Universal Music singles Reprise Records singles Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from October 2012 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canada Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 23 June 2018, at 07 : 31 ( UTC ). 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