Outstanding

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{{Infobox song

| name = Outstanding

| cover = GapBandOutstanding.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the Gap Band

| album = Gap Band IV

| B-side = The Boys Are Back in Town

| released = November 1982

| format =

| recorded = 1982

| studio =

| genre = Funk[http://www.allmusic.com/album/la-haine-métisse-mw0000647569 La Haine/Métisse - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic]

| length = 3:19 (album version)
6:13 (extended version)

| label = Total Experience

| writer = Raymond Calhoun

| producer =

| prev_title = You Dropped a Bomb on Me

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Party Train

| next_year = 1983

}}

"Outstanding" is a song originally performed by the Gap Band and written by member Raymond Calhoun. The song originally appeared on the group's platinum-selling 1982 album Gap Band IV. It is one of their signature songs and biggest hits, reaching the number one spot on the U.S. R&B Singles Chart in February 1983. "Outstanding" peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=223}}