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. The song is a sarcastic response to critics, sung from the point of view of a racist white rocker who wonders "Don't they know rock's just for whites? / Don't they know the rules? / Those niggers are too hardcore / This shit ain't cool."[2] For the song's music video, the word "nigger" was replaced with the phrase "black boys".[3] The music video, directed by Matt Mahurin, ends with a black musician implanting an electric guitar into the ground and setting it on fire. The final image is similar to that of a burning cross.[4]

"There Goes the Neighborhood"
Single by Body Count
from the album Body Count
B-side	"KKK Bitch"[1]
Released	1992
Genre	Thrash metal, heavy metal
Label	Sire/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)
Audio sample
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The main guitar riff was later sampled in Vaginal Jesus' "Beat Rodney Down" and Anal Cunt's "Lenny's in My Neighborhood".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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. 724–725. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
2. Body Count (1992). Lyrics sheet. Body Count. Sire/Warner Bros. ISBN 7-5992-6878-2
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. Body Count (1992). "There Goes The Neighborhood". Music video. Body Count. Sire/Warner Bros. Records. ISBN 7-5992-6878-2

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics