Cheapskate (song) explained

Cheapskate
Type:	single
Artist:	Supergrass
Album:	In It for the Money
B-Side:	"Going Out"^[1]
Released:	1997
Studio:	Sawmills (Golant, UK)
Length:	2:41
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Supergrass John Cornfield
Prev Title:	Late in the Day
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Pumping on Your Stereo
Next Year:	1999

"Cheapskate" is a song from English rock band Supergrass's second album, In It for the Money (1997). It was released only in the United States and Canada in 1997, rising to number 35 on the US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 11 on the Canadian RPM Alternative 30. While being only a 7-inch jukebox single with "Going Out", it has an accompanying music video that was left off the Supergrass Is 10 DVD. The song is said by the band themselves to have drawn influences from Kool & the Gang.^[2]

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the In It for the Money album liner notes.^[3]

Studio

• Recorded at Sawmills Studio (Golant, UK)

Personnel

• Supergrass – writing, production, mixing, co-arrangement
• Rob Coombes – writing
• John Cornfield – production
• Sam Williams – mixing, co-arrangement

Notes and References

1. Cheapskate. Supergrass. 1997. US 7-inch jukebox single vinyl disc. Capitol Records. S7-724381955673.
2. Web site: The Strange Ones Supergrass Site. strangeones.co.uk. 7 November 1996. 26 December 2020.
3. In It for the Money. In It for the Money. Supergrass. 1997. UK CD album liner notes. Parlophone. CDPCS 7388, 7243 8 55228 2 6.