Cop Killer (song)

"Cop Killer"
"Cop Killer"
Single by Body Count
from the album Body Count
Released	1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	Crossover thrash; thrash metal; speed metal;
Length	4:08
Label	Sire; Warner Bros.;
Composer(s)	Ernie C
Lyricist(s)	Ice-T
Producer(s)	Ice-T; Ernie C;
Body Count singles chronology
Audio sample
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"Cop Killer" is a song by American heavy metal band Body Count. Released on the group's 1992 self-titled debut album, the song was written two years earlier, and was partially influenced by "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads.^[5]

The song's lyrics about "cop killing" was criticized by then-President of the United States George H. W. Bush,^[6] as well as Vice President Dan Quayle.^[6] Ice-T has referred to it as a "protest record".^[7] Ice-T eventually recalled the album and re-released it without the inclusion of the song, which was given away as a free single.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Marrow, Tracy; Century, Douglas (2011). "Freedom of Speech". Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood. Random House. pp. 127–140. ISBN 978-0-345-52328-0.
^ Patrin, Nate (2020-06-09). Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-6380-8. 'Cop Killer' and the Body Count album were Ice-T's foray into crossover thrash metal
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Body Count review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
^ Popenoe, David (1995). Sociology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-13-101163-2.
^ "Body Count". Escapi Music Group. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 24, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Osgerby, Bill (2004). Youth Media. Routledge. pp. 68–70. ISBN 0-415-23808-0.
^ Ice T; Sigmund, Heidi (1994). The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-33629-0.

[IceCentury-127-1] Marrow, Tracy; Century, Douglas (2011). "Freedom of Speech". Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood. Random House. pp. 127–140. ISBN 978-0-345-52328-0.

[2] Patrin, Nate (2020-06-09). Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-6380-8. 'Cop Killer' and the Body Count album were Ice-T's foray into crossover thrash metal

[3] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Body Count review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2007.

[4] Popenoe, David (1995). Sociology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-13-101163-2.

[Escapi-5] "Body Count". Escapi Music Group. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 24, 2007.

[YouthMedia-6] Osgerby, Bill (2004). Youth Media. Routledge. pp. 68–70. ISBN 0-415-23808-0.

[IceOpinion-7] Ice T; Sigmund, Heidi (1994). The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-33629-0.

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