Is She Really Going Out with Him ? - Wikipedia Is She Really Going Out with Him ? `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' Single by Joe Jackson from the album Look Sharp ! B - side `` You Got the Fever '' ( UK ) `` ( Do the ) Instant Mash '' ( US ) Released September 1978 May 3, 1979 ( reissue ) Recorded 1976 Genre Pop rock, new wave, power pop Length 3 : 33 Label A&M - AMS 7392 Songwriter ( s ) Joe Jackson Producer ( s ) David Kershenbaum Joe Jackson singles chronology `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' ( 1978 ) `` Sunday Papers '' ( 1979 ) `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' ( 1978 ) `` Sunday Papers '' ( 1979 ) `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' is the first single released by British musician Joe Jackson in September 1978. The track, which was to achieve greater commercial success when reissued in 1979, was included on Jackson 's debut album, Look Sharp !. Contents 1 Background 2 Live performances 3 Charts 3.1 Weekly singles charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Kid Courageous version 4.1 Track listing 4.2 Chart history 5 Other cover versions 6 References 7 External links Background According to Joe Jackson, the song originated from when he heard the title. From there, he came up with the basis for the song lyrics of `` pretty women '' dating `` gorillas. '' He said of the song 's origins in an interview : Now, that is just one of those songs that started with the title. I heard that phrase somewhere and I thought that could be a kind of funny song about gorgeous girls going out with monsters. It just started from there. It was just a funny song, or supposed to be funny. It was a great surprise to me when some people interpreted it as being angry. -- Joe Jackson, Songfacts, 2012 Initially being released as a single in 1978, the song saw little chart success, failing to chart in both Britain and America. However, when the single was reissued in the summer of 1979 ( catalogue number AMS 7459 ), the song saw greater success, reaching # 13 in Britain and # 21 in America. It also appeared in the charts in Australia, Canada and the Netherlands. The UK B - side of the single, `` You Got the Fever '' was a non-album track that later appeared as a bonus track on later reissues of Look Sharp ! In the U.S., however, `` ( Do the ) Instant Mash, '' which also appeared on Look Sharp !, was issued as the B - side instead. An alternate recording of the song was released as the B - side to Jackson 's 1981 single, `` Beat Crazy. '' The song was featured in the 1998 romantic comedy film, There 's Something About Mary, The Simpsons episode `` Rome - Old and Juli - Eh '' and Live From Daryl 's House episode No. 3 with the Plain White T 's. Live performances Live versions appeared on Live 1980 / 86 ( containing three versions of the song including an acoustic version and an a cappella doo - wop version ) ``, on Two Rainy Nights in 2002, and on the bonus CD of Volume 4 in 2003. Charts Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1979 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart 13 Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 15 Canada Singles Chart 9 Irish Singles Chart 8 Netherlands Singles Chart 46 New Zealand Singles Chart 18 Billboard Hot 100 21 Year - end charts Chart ( 1979 ) Position Australia Singles Chart 98 Canada 67 Kid Courageous version `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' Single by Kid Courageous from the album Dear Diary Released 4 April 2005 Genre Pop punk Length 2 : 52 Label RockSugar Music Songwriter ( s ) Joe Jackson Producer ( s ) Rick Will Kid Courageous singles chronology `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' ( 2005 ) `` Life 's A Movie '' ( 2005 ) `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' ( 2005 ) `` Life 's A Movie '' ( 2005 ) A cover of the song was the first single released by Australian pop punk band Kid Courageous, and charted # 25 on the ARIA Singles Charts and # 3 on the Australian Independent Charts. This was the leading single from the band 's debut album Dear Diary. Track listing No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' ( Radio ) J Jackson 2 : 52 2. `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' ( Acoustic ) Jackson 2 : 51 3. `` Farewell Letter '' ( Acoustic ) M Anderson, H Griffiths, P Ricapito, L Saligne, D Simon 3 : 35 4. `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' ( Video ) Jackson 3 : 49 Total length : 13 : 07 Adapted from the liner notes : Chart history Chart ( 2005 ) Peak position Australian Albums ( ARIA ) 25 Other cover versions Alternative rock band Sugar Ray recorded a cover of the song for their fifth studio album In the Pursuit of Leisure. Comedic A capella singing group Da Vinci 's Notebook recorded a cover of the song for their album The Life and Times of Mike Manning. References ^ Jump up to : Strong, Martin C. ( 2000 ). The Great Rock Discography ( 5th ed. ). Edinburgh : Mojo Books. pp. 485 -- 486. ISBN 1 - 84195 - 017 - 3. Jump up ^ MacIntosh, Dan. `` Joe Jackson interview ''. songfacts.com. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 274. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. `` Dutch Charts ''. Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Official Charts > Joe Jackson ''. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 04. Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992 ( illustrated ed. ). St Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. p. 151. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. Jump up ^ `` Screen shot of search results for ' Joe Jackson ', from http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement ''. Fireball Media. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 04. External link in title = ( help ) Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. `` Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1970s ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. ^ Jump up to : `` Kid Courageous - Is She Really Going Out With Him ? ''. Discogs. Retrieved 2 March 2017. ^ Jump up to : Hung, Steffen. `` australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal ''. australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017. Jump up ^ Is She Really Going Out with Him ? ( Liner notes ). RockSugar Music. 2005. access - date = requires url = ( help ) External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics. Joe Jackson Studio albums Look Sharp ! I 'm the Man Beat Crazy Jumpin ' Jive Night and Day Body and Soul Big World Blaze of Glory Laughter & Lust Night and Day II Volume 4 Rain The Duke Fast Forward Classical albums Will Power Night Music Heaven & Hell Symphony No. 1 Soundtrack albums Mike 's Murder Tucker Live albums Live 1980 / 86 Summer in the City : Live in New York Two Rainy Nights Afterlife At the BBC Live in Germany 1980 Live Music - Europe 2010 Live at Rockpalast Compilation albums Stepping Out : The Very Best of Joe Jackson Joe Jackson - Greatest Hits This Is It ! ( The A&M Years 1979 -- 1989 ) Joe Jackson - Collected Steppin ' Out - The Collection Notable singles `` Is She Really Going Out with Him ? '' `` Sunday Papers '' `` One More Time '' `` I 'm the Man '' `` It 's Different for Girls '' `` The Harder They Come '' `` Beat Crazy '' `` Jumpin ' Jive '' `` Steppin ' Out '' `` You Ca n't Get What You Want ( Till You Know What You Want ) '' `` Home Town '' Other songs `` Got the Time '' `` Come On '' `` In 20 - 0 - 3 '' Book : Joe Jackson Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Is_She_Really_Going_Out_with_Him%3F&oldid=799596446 '' Categories : Joe Jackson ( musician ) songs 1978 singles 2005 singles Songs written by Joe Jackson ( musician ) Debut singles 1978 songs A&M Records singles Song recordings produced by David Kershenbaum Hidden categories : CS1 errors : external links Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL EngvarB from January 2014 Use dmy dates from January 2014 Articles with hAudio microformats Track listings with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 8 September 2017, at 17 : 44. 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Question: who sang is she really going out with him
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