There Goes the Neighborhood (Body Count song)

"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.

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

Track listing

Personnel Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow — songwriter, lead vocals, producer Ernie Cunnigan — songwriter, lead guitar, producer Dennis "D-Roc" Miles — rhythm guitar Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts III — bass Victor Ray "Beatmaster V" Wilson — drums Bernard Matthews — engineering Howie Klein — executive producer Robin Lynch — art direction Dirk Walter — design Dave Halili — illustration Jorge Hinojosa — management

Charts Chart (1992) Peakposition

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