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Wikipedia article




"'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, 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.

"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]


Music video



in Battersea Park where "Going Out" and "Late in the Day" were filmed.

The music video, 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'

# "Going Out"

# "Melanie Davis"

# "Strange Ones" (live)

'UK cassette and limited-edition 7-inch single'

# "Going Out"

# "Melanie Davis"

'Australian Tour EP'

# "Going Out"

# "Lenny"

# "She's So Loose" (live)

# "Strange One" (live)

Credits and personnel



Credits are taken from the 'In It for the Money' album liner notes.

'Studio'

* Recorded at Sawmills Studio (Golant, UK)

'Personnel'

* Supergrass writing, production, mixing

* Rob Coombes writing

* The Kick Horns horns

* Sam Williams production, mixing

Charts



References



Category:Supergrass songs

Category:1996 singles

Category:1996 songs

Category:Parlophone singles

Category:Songs written by Rob Coombes

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