"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."

"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]

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]

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

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^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)