What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., also Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses), Zombie (The Cranberries) and Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N’ Roses)
Part of Shooting Straight in the Dark, also Down at the Twist and Shout, Halley Came to Jackson and Middle Ground
Written by John Jennings, also Bells Are Ringing, Guide Me (Glen Campbell) and Never Had It So Good
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mary Chapin Carpenter wrote 99 songs on fono
Mary Chapin Carpenter’s most frequent co-writer is Don Schlitz (4 songs together)
John Jennings’s most frequent co-writer is Mary Chapin Carpenter (3 songs together)
John Jennings first appears on fono in 1977, 13 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- John Jennings and Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Released on
- BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
- Written by
- John Jennings and Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Released on
- BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: John Jennings
Same label: BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Same release: Shooting Straight in the Dark
Same writer: John Jennings
Same label: BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Same release: Shooting Straight in the Dark
Same writer: John Jennings
Same label: BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Going Out Tonight was written by John Jennings
Going Out Tonight was written by John Jennings
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Going Out Tonight was written by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Going Out Tonight was written by Mary Chapin Carpenter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Going Out Tonight is part of the release Shooting Straight in the Dark
Going Out Tonight is part of the release Shooting Straight in the Dark
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. is the label of the song Going Out Tonight
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. is the label of the song Going Out Tonight
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Going Out Tonight was released on 1990-10-09
Going Out Tonight was released on 1990-10-09
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026