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"[2] in the lyrics was replaced with the phrase "black boys".[3] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked the song No. 85 on their list of the 100 greatest heavy metal songs of all time.[4]

"There Goes the Neighborhood"
Single by Body Count
from the album Body Count
B-side"KKK Bitch"[1]
Released1992
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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (2002). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate. pp. 724–725. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
  2. ^ "Body Count – There Goes the Neighborhood".
  3. ^ Ice T; Sigmund, Heidi (1994). The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. St. Martin's Press. pp. 99–101, 108, 166–180. ISBN 0-312-10486-3.
  4. ^ "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 13 March 2023.