There Goes the Neighborhood (Body Count song)

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"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)

"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]

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.