| Going Out Tonight | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| Album: | Shooting Straight in the Dark |
| B-Side: | When She's Gone |
| Released: | September 1991 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:16 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Mary Chapin Carpenter John Jennings |
| Prev Title: | Down at the Twist and Shout |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | I Feel Lucky |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
"Going Out Tonight" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in September 1991 as the fourth single from her album Shooting Straight in the Dark. The song reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1992.[1] It was written by Carpenter and John Jennings.