Cover of In the Pursuit of Leisure by Sugar Ray
Cover: In the Pursuit of Leisure

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“Is She Really Going Out With Him?” by Sugar Ray

From the album In the Pursuit of Leisure (2003)

“Is She Really Going Out With Him?” by Sugar Ray appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 2003 on the album In the Pursuit of Leisure. Its best result is #76 on The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #137 hard rock song of 2003.

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Sugar Ray borrowed this one: "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" is Joe Jackson's new wave song, words and music, and the band's cover became the second single from In the Pursuit of Leisure, their fifth album, released on June 3, 2003. It did about as well as the lead single "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)", reaching 29 on Billboard's Adult Top 40.

David Kahne produced it and engineered it alongside Rob Brill, with Steve Duda and Steve Gallagher adding engineering and Kevin Mills and Alex Uychocde assisting on the recording and the mix. The album also brought in guests Esthero and Shaggy, and it turned out to be the band's last studio record for Atlantic and Warner; they left the label in 2006, after a greatest hits set.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 76 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107

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