Just Looking (song)

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"Just Looking"
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Single by Stereophonics
from the album Performance and Cocktails
B-side "Postmen Do Not Great Movie Heroes Make"
WrittenSeptember 1997 (Amsterdam)
Released22 February 1999 (1999-02-22) [1]
Studio Real World (Bath, Somerset, England)
Length4:13
Label V2
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Kelly Jones
Producer(s) Bird & Bush
Stereophonics singles chronology
"The Bartender and the Thief"
(1998)
"Just Looking"
(1999)
"Pick a Part That's New"
(1999)
Music video
"Just Looking" on YouTube

"Just Looking" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics, issued as the second single from their second album, Performance and Cocktails (1999). It was released on 22 February 1999, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart and number 18 in Ireland. In 2022, it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales and streams of over 400,000. A live acoustic version is featured on CD two of the "Step On My Old Size Nines" single. [2] The song's music video features the band in a car with Stuart Cable driving. He offers the other members a Jelly Baby, and the car ends up sinking underwater.

Contents

Track listing

UK limited-edition 7-inch single [3]

A. "Just Looking"
B. "Postmen Do Not Great Movie Heroes Make" (featuring Marco Migliari)

UK CD1 [4]

  1. "Just Looking"
  2. "Postmen Do Not Great Movie Heroes Make" (featuring Marco Migliari)
  3. "Sunny Afternoon" (the Kinks cover)

UK CD2 [5]

  1. "Just Looking" (album version)
  2. "Local Boy in the Photograph" (recorded live for Radio One)
  3. "Same Size Feet" (recorded live for Radio One)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Performance and Cocktails album booklet. [6]

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [7] 18
Ireland (IRMA) [8] 18
Scotland (OCC) [9] 3
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 4
UK Indie (OCC) [11] 2

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [12] Gold400,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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