There Goes the Neighborhood (Body Count song)

"There Goes the Neighborhood"
"There Goes the Neighborhood"
Single by Body Count
from the album Body Count
B-side	"KKK Bitch"
Released	March 12, 1992
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	5:50
Label	Rhyme $yndicate; Sire; Warner Bros.;
Songwriter(s)	Tracy Lauren Marrow; Ernie Cunnigan;
Producer(s)	Ice-T; Ernie C.;
Body Count singles chronology

"There Goes the Neighborhood" is a song written and produced by Ice-T and Ernie C and performed by American heavy metal band Body Count. It was released on March 12, 1992 via Rhyme $yndicate/Sire/Warner Records as the lead single from the band's self-titled debut studio album, Body Count.

The song peaked at number 35 in New Zealand. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 85 on their list of the 100 greatest heavy metal songs of all time.^[1]

For the accompanying music video, the word "nigga" was replaced with the phrase "black boys" in the lyrics of the song.^[2]

^ Considine, J. D. (March 13, 2023). "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
^ Marrow, Tracy; 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.

[1] Considine, J. D. (March 13, 2023). "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 19, 2024.

[IceOpinion-2] Marrow, Tracy; 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.

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