"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]