Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
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For the cover of this song by Anthrax, see Sound of White Noise.
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| "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" | ||||
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| Song by Beastie Boys from the album Paul's Boutique | ||||
| Released | July 25, 1989 | |||
| Genre | Rapcore | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | Capitol Records | |||
| Writer | MCA Adrock Mike D |
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| Producer | Beastie Boys Dust Brothers Mario Caldato Jr. |
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| Paul's Boutique track listing | ||||
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"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" is the 10th track on the album Paul's Boutique by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989.
- Produced & written by the Beastie Boys and the Dust Brothers.
- Engineered by Mario Caldato & Allen Abrahamson.
The track contains the most live instrumentation on Paul's Boutique, with guitar and bass played by Adam Horovitz and Adam Yauch respectively.
The song was later covered by the band Anthrax for the 1993 compilation album The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience.
The lyrics "Get hip don't slip knuckle heads/Racism is schism on the serious tip" were repeated in the Sublime song "Don't Push."
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