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Joe Jackson (born as David Ian Jackson) is a British musician. Jackson is probably best known for the hit singles Is She Really Going Out With Him? and Steppin' Out. Jackson grew up in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

In 1978 a producer heard his tape, and got him signed to A&M Records. The album Look Sharp! was recorded straight away, and was released in 1979, quickly followed by I'm the Man and Beat Crazy in 1980.

He is also an author, having written A Cure for Gravity published in 1999, which Jackson has described as a "book about music, thinly disguised as a memoir". It traces his early musical life from childhood until his 24th birthday. Life as a pop star, he suggested, was hardly worth writing about.

Currently he lives in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.