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Going Out

{{Short description|1996 single by Supergrass}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Going Out

| cover = Supergrass Going Out.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Supergrass

| album = In It for the Money

| B-side =

  • "Melanie Davis"
  • "Strange Ones" (live)

| released = {{start date|1996|2|26|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-02-24.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=24 February 1996|access-date=29 June 2021}}

| recorded =

| studio = Sawmills (Golant, UK)

| genre =

| length = 4:16

| label = Parlophone

| writer =

| producer =

| prev_title = Alright/Time

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Richard III

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Yoik35NtFPI|"Going Out"}}}}

}}

"Going Out" is the first single from English rock band Supergrass's second studio album, In It for the Money (1997). It was released on 26 February 1996 by Parlophone, more than a year before the album, and reached five on the UK Singles Chart and number 20 on the Irish Singles Chart. The song was apparently originally written in the key of E because the engine of Supergrass' tour bus would tick at that same musical pitch.{{cite web|url=http://www.strangeones.com/press/articles/mq960300.htm|title=The Strange Ones Supergrass Site|work=strangeones.com|access-date=13 April 2015}}

"Going Out" caused problems when Danny Goffey accused Gaz Coombes of basing the lyrics of the song on himself and Pearl Lowe's (his then girlfriend) involvement in the British tabloids.

[http://www.strangeones.com/press/articles/ms991001.htm The Strange Ones Supergrass Site]

Critical reception

Gina Morris from Smash Hits gave the song four out of five, writing, "'Going Out' is a slow worker on the WOW! front (designed to sound like it's coming through a knackered transistor radio even on the best stereo) but it'll get you eventually."{{cite magazine|first=Gina|last=Morris|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/32791504020/in/album-72157677432333053/|title=Singles|work=Smash Hits|date=28 February 1996|page=54|access-date=1 December 2024}}

Music video

File:Battersea Park gazebo.jpg in Battersea Park where "Going Out" and "Late in the Day" were filmed.]]

The music video for "Going Out", directed by Dom and Nic, was filmed on a bandstand in Battersea Park (the same bandstand is pictured in the video for "Late In The Day"), and features Supergrass in coats and scarves (due to the cold) playing the song in question. As the middle eight begins, the camera shows a framed photo of Gaz Coombes with Ronnie Biggs (the infamous train robber), which then pans out to Rob Coombes with a thermos flask at his side. Rob is also reading a newspaper entitled the "Evening Rooster", with the headline "SUPERGRASS EAT ROAST DINNERS" and a picture of the band underneath that; he looks over the edge of his newspaper sinisterly as the camera focuses on him.

The band are then seen watching themselves on the bandstand from varying levels of a tree, cradling Golden Retriever puppies in Dalmatian patterned blankets. They are then shown playing with a larger mongrel dog on the grass, and as the middle eight finally ends, the camera goes back to Supergrass performing on the bandstand, only now it is nighttime. The camera then moves to the roof of the bandstand and into the plain black of the night sky, and the end of the video is marked with the caption: "GOING OUT/SUPERGRASS".

Track listings

  • UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Going Out|others=Supergrass|year=1996|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Parlophone|id=CDR 6428, 7243 8 82739 2 3}}
  1. "Going Out"
  2. "Melanie Davis"
  3. "Strange Ones" (live)
  • UK 7-inch and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Going Out|others=Supergrass|year=1996|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Parlophone|id=R 6428, 7243 8 82739 7 8}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Going Out|others=Supergrass|year=1996|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Parlophone|id=TC-R 6428, 7243 8 82739 4 7}}
  1. "Going Out"
  2. "Melanie Davis"
  • Australian Tour EP{{cite AV media notes|title=Going Out|others=Supergrass|year=1996|type=Australian Tour EP liner notes|publisher=Parlophone|id=7243 8 83646 2 1}}
  1. "Going Out"
  2. "Lenny"
  3. "She's So Loose" (live)
  4. "Strange One" (live)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the In It for the Money album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=In It for the Money|title-link=In It for the Money|others=Supergrass|year=1997|type=UK CD album liner notes|publisher=Parlophone|id=CDPCS 7388, 7243 8 55228 2 6}}

Studio

Personnel

Charts

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!Chart (1996)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-03-16.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=11|page=17|date=16 March 1996|access-date=30 June 2020}}

|22

{{single chart|Ireland2|20|song=Going Out|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2019}}
{{single chart|Scotland|6|date=19960309|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2019}}
{{single chart|UK|5|date=19960309|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2019}}

References

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Category:Supergrass songs

Category:1996 singles

Category:1996 songs

Category:Music videos directed by Dom and Nic

Category:Music videos shot in London

Category:Parlophone singles

Category:Songs written by Danny Goffey

Category:Songs written by Gaz Coombes

Category:Songs written by Mick Quinn

Category:Songs written by Rob Coombes