There Goes the Neighborhood (Body Count song)

"There Goes the Neighborhood" is the debut single by Body Count. It is the twelfth track on the band's self-titled debut album. For the song's music video, the word "nigga"[4] in the lyrics was replaced with the phrase "black boys".[5] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked the song No. 85 on their list of the 100 greatest heavy metal songs of all time.[6]

"There Goes the Neighborhood"
Single by Body Count
from the album Body Count
B-side"KKK Bitch"[1]
Released1992
GenreCrossover thrash[2][3]
LabelSire/Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Ice-T
Ernie C.
Producer(s)Ice-T
Ernie C.
Body Count singles chronology
"There Goes the Neighborhood"
(1992)
"Cop Killer"
(1992)

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."There Goes the Neighborhood (Radio Edit)"4:01
2."There Goes the Neighborhood (Album Version)"5:50
3."KKK Bitch (Live)"3:44
4."KKK Bitch (Album Version)"2:53

References

  1. Strong, Martin Charles (2002). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate. pp. 724โ€“725. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/body-count/there-goes-the-neighborhood/
  3. https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1044460/Body+Count
  4. https://genius.com/Body-count-there-goes-the-neighborhood-lyrics
  5. Ice T; Sigmund, Heidi (1994). The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. St. Martin's Press. pp. 99โ€“101, 108, 166โ€“180. ISBN 0-312-10486-3.
  6. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688425/there-goes-the-neighborhood-body-count-1234689080/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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