There Goes the Neighborhood (Body Count song)

"There Goes the Neighborhood"
Single by Body Count
from the album Body Count
B-side "KKK Bitch"[1]
Released 1992
Format 12"[1]
Genre Thrash metal, heavy metal
Label Sire/Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s) Ice-T
Ernie C.
Producer Ice-T
Ernie C.
Body Count singles chronology
"There Goes the Neighborhood"
(1992)		 "Cop Killer"
(1992)
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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, 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]

References

  1. ^ a b Strong, Martin Charles (2002). The Great Rock Discography (7th edition ed.). Canongate. pp. pages 724–725. ISBN 1841956155. 
  2. ^ Body Count (1992). Lyrics sheet. Body Count. Sire/Warner Bros. Records. ISBN 7599268782
  3. ^ The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. St. Martin's Press. 1994. pp. pages 99–101; 108; 166–180. ISBN 0312104863. 
  4. ^ Body Count (1992). "There Goes The Neighborhood". Music video. Body Count. Sire/Warner Bros. Records. ISBN 7599268782
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