"Going Out" is the first single from English rock band

Supergrass Supergrass are an English rock band formed in 1993 in Oxford. For the majority of the band's tenure, the line-up consisted of brothers Gaz (lead vocals, guitar) and Rob Coombes (keyboards), Mick Quinn (bass, backing vocals) and Danny Goffey ( ...

's second studio album, ''

In It for the Money ''In It for the Money'' is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Supergrass, released in 1997. ''NME'' called it "more fun than watching a wombat in a washing machine" and named it the 10th best album of the year. In 1998, '' ...

'' (1997). It was released on 26 February 1996, more than a year before the album, and reached five on the

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and number 20 on the

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. The song was apparently originally written in the key of E because the engine of

' tour bus would tick at that same musical pitch. "Going Out" caused problems when

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accused

Gaz Coombes Gaz Coombes (born 8 March 1976) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the English alternative rock band Supergrass. He first entered the music scene aged 14 as the lead singer of the ...

of basing the lyrics of the song on himself and

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's (his then girlfriend) involvement in the British tabloids.

Music video

The music video, directed by

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, was filmed on a

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(the same bandstand is pictured in the video for "

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"), and features

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

with

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(the infamous train robber), which then pans out to

Rob Coombes Robert Joseph “Rob” Coombes (born 27 April 1972) is an English musician and keyboard player for Supergrass. He is the older brother of the band's lead singer, Gaz Coombes, and the most recent member to join Supergrass, officially joining i ...

with a

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at his side. Rob is also reading a

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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

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puppies in Dalmatian patterned blankets. They are then shown playing with a larger

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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 ''

'' album liner notes. Studio * Recorded at

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(

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, UK) Personnel * Supergrass – writing, production, mixing *

– writing *

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– horns * Sam Williams – production, mixing

Charts

References

{{Authority control Supergrass songs 1996 singles 1996 songs Parlophone singles Songs written by Rob Coombes