| "Steppin' Out" | ||||||||
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| Single by Joe Jackson | ||||||||
| from the album Night and Day | ||||||||
| B-side | "Chinatown" (U.S. 7") | |||||||
| Released | August 1982 (U.S.) , October 1982 (UK) |
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| Format | 7", 12" | |||||||
| Genre | Synthpop, New Wave | |||||||
| Length | 4:23 (album version) 3:43 (single version) |
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| Label | A&M | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Joe Jackson | |||||||
| Producer | David Kershenbaum, Joe Jackson | |||||||
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"Steppin' Out" is a song written by Joe Jackson, originally included on his 1982 album, Night and Day.[1]
The song is about the anticipation and excitement of a night out on the town.[2] Released as a single in August 1982, it became Jackson's biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit in the U.S., peaking at number six.[1] It was his second biggest hit on the UK Singles Chart, also reaching number six.[1] Only "It's Different for Girls", which reached number five in the UK in 1980 did better.[3] The music video for the song, directed by Steve Barron, featured a housekeeper pretending she was a Cinderella figure. It was filmed over one night in the St. Regis Hotel in New York during the summer of 1982.[2]
"Steppin' Out" eventually earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.[4]
The song was covered by Fantastic Plastic Machine for his 1998 self-titled album. Gabriella Cilmi sampled the bassline on her 2010 song On a Mission.[5]
In 2002, "Steppin' Out" appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, playing on pop radio station Flash FM. A loop of the instrumental portion of this song is used as the theme music for the WYES-TV (New Orleans, Louisiana) weekly arts and entertainment program, Steppin' Out.
The song is heard as background music in the 2009 film, L'affaire Farewell. It is used in a scene set in 1981, which predated the actual release of the song.
The song is covered by Stanley Jordan on his 2008 album "State of Nature"[6] and Kurt Elling on his 2011 album "The Gate".[7]
A snippet from the song appears at the end of a 2011 Target television commercial for Pedigree dog food.
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