There Goes the Neighborhood (Body Count song)
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| “There Goes the Neighborhood” | |||||
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| Single by Body Count from the album Body Count |
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| B-side | "KKK Bitch"[1] | ||||
| Released | 1992 | ||||
| Format | 12"[1] | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Label | Sire/Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Ice-T Ernie C. |
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| Producer | Ice-T Ernie C. |
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"There Goes the Neighborhood" is the twelfth track of Body Count'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 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]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Strong, Martin Charles (2002). The Great Rock Discography, 7th edition, Canongate, pages 724—725. ISBN 1841956155.
- ^ Body Count (1992). Lyrics sheet. Body Count. Sire/Warner Bros. Records. ISBN 7599268782
- ^ Ice T; Sigmund, Heidi (1994). The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. St. Martin's Press, pages 99—101; 108; 166—180. ISBN 0312104863.
- ^ Body Count (1992). "There Goes The Neighborhood". Music video. Body Count. Sire/Warner Bros. Records. ISBN 7599268782
