I'm Stepping Out
| "I'm Stepping Out" | ||||
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 US picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by John Lennon | ||||
| from the album Milk and Honey | ||||
| B-side | "Sleepless Night" (Yoko Ono) | |||
| Released | ||||
| Recorded | 6 August 1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:05 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Lennon | |||
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| John Lennon singles chronology | ||||
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"I'm Stepping Out" is the third and last single[3] from the final John Lennon and Yoko Ono album Milk and Honey. In it, Lennon celebrates his enthusiasm for the night life of New York City, and makes tongue-in-cheek reference to his "househusband" period. It reached No. 88 in the UK Singles chart, and in the US it peaked at No. 55 in the US Billboard Hot 100[4] and number 57 on the Cashbox Top 100.[5]
The B-side features Ono's "Sleepless Night."
Recording
"I'm Stepping Out" was the first song to be recorded when the sessions for Double Fantasy/Milk and Honey began at The Hit Factory in New York City on 7 August 1980.[6]
Reception
Cash Box said that the song "was a celebration for Lennon — to escape from the mundane lifestyle of a house-husband — and it is also a musical celebration for the listener which exhibits Lennon's innate talent for articulating universal emotions on three-and-a-half minutes of vinyl."[7] Cash Box also commented on the "accessible lyrics and a tight chorus that Lennon sings with abandon" and noted that the prologue and ending express Lennon's "witty side."[7]
Muriel Gray at Smash Hits said, "For an extraordinary man, John Lennon managed to write a lot of very ordinary material before he died. This is basic and dull, it barely merits criticism."[8]
Personnel
This is the personnel as said.[3][9]
- John Lennon – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Earl Slick, Hugh McCracken – lead guitar
- Tony Levin – bass guitar
- George Small – keyboards
- Andy Newmark – drums
- Arthur Jenkins – percussion
References
- ^ "John Lennon official site".
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 16.
- ^ a b "I'm Stepping Out/Sleepless Nights - John Lennon & Yoko Ono". John Lennon. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ John Lennon's Top 10 Albums & Singles | Billboard
- ^ Blaney, John (2005). John Lennon: Listen to This Book (illustrated ed.). [S.l.]: Paper Jukebox. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-9544528-1-0.
- ^ Madinger, Chip; Raile, Scott (2015). LENNONOLOGY Strange Days Indeed - A Scrapbook Of Madness. Chesterfield, MO: Open Your Books, LLC. pp. 519–520. ISBN 978-1-63110-175-5.
- ^ a b "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 31, 1984. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ Muriel Gray. "Singles". Smash Hits (19 July 1984): 23.
- ^ April 2011, GniknuS Friday 22 (2010-08-23). "I'm Stepping Out". The Beatles Bible. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
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