Going Out

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"Going Out"
Supergrass Going Out.jpg
Single by Supergrass
from the album In It for the Money
B-side
  • "Melanie Davis"
  • "Strange Ones" (live)
Released26 February 1996 (1996-02-26) [1]
Studio Sawmills (Golant, UK)
Length4:16
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Supergrass singles chronology
"Alright/Time"
(1995)		"Going Out"
(1996)		"Richard III"
(1997)
Music video
"Going Out" on YouTube

"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. [2]

Contents

"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. [3]

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." [4]

Music video

The bandstand in Battersea Park where "Going Out" and "Late in the Day" were filmed. Battersea Park gazebo.jpg
The bandstand 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

  1. "Going Out"
  2. "Melanie Davis"
  3. "Strange Ones" (live)
  1. "Going Out"
  2. "Melanie Davis"
  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. [9]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [10] 22
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 20
Scotland (OCC) [12] 6
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 5

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References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 24 February 1996. p. 31. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Strange Ones Supergrass Site". strangeones.com. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ↑ The Strange Ones Supergrass Site
  4. ↑ Morris, Gina (28 February 1996). "Singles". Smash Hits . p. 54. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Going Out (UK CD single liner notes). Supergrass. Parlophone. 1996. CDR 6428, 7243 8 82739 2 3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Going Out (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Supergrass. Parlophone. 1996. R 6428, 7243 8 82739 7 8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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