joe jackson sang is she really going out with him.
joe jackson sang is she really going out with him.
who sang is she really going out with him?
joe jackson
since its release, "is she really going out with him?" has appeared on compilation albums such as "", "joe jackson - greatest hits", and "this is it! (the a&m years 1979–1989)". the song was also used in the 1998 romantic comedy film "there's something about mary".









































section::::critical reception and legacy.









































"is she really going out with him?" saw positive reception during the time of its initial release; geoffrey himes of "the washington post" called the song "prime new wave material" and "one of the best reasons for flipping on the car radio this summer".
is she really going out with him?
"is she really going out with him?" has been a mainstay of jackson's live setlist since its release. like many of jackson's songs, "is she really going out with him?" has been rearranged in live concerts to align with jackson's shifting musical interests. these reworkings include an acoustic rendition and an a cappella doo-wop version, performances of which have both been released on "live 1980/86". an a cappella version of "is she really going out with him?" was released as a single in 1988 in some european countries. jackson attributes this tendency to rework his songs to jazz musician duke ellington, a musical idol of jackson's for whom jackson released a tribute album titled "the duke" in 2012; he explained in an interview, "i was ... inspired by ellington's own philosophy, which he thought the same way about his music – he constantly rearranged and reinvented his own compositions. sometimes in quite radical ways".
is she really going out with him?