Outside (George Michael song)

"Outside"
Single by George Michael
from the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
B-side"Fantasy 98"
Released19 October 1998 (1998-10-19)
Genre
Length4:45
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)George Michael
Producer(s)
  • George Michael
  • Jon Douglas
George Michael singles chronology
"You Have Been Loved" / "The Strangest Thing '97"
(1997)
"Outside"
(1998)
"As"
(1999)
Music video
"Outside" on YouTube

"Outside" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 19 October 1998 as the lead single from his first greatest hits album, Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998). It was released through Epic Records and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Michael's most recent UK top-three hit. In Greece, Hungary, and Spain, the song peaked at number one. The song's music video, directed by Vaughan Arnell, shows couples of various sexual orientations engaging in lewd public activities while Michael, dressed as a police officer, dances in a public toilet, referencing his arrest for cottaging in April 1998.