Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" is the 10th track on and third single from 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."

The song's lyrics contain references to Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange, such as "Ultraviolence running through my head" and "Like Clockwork Orange going off on the town".

The song is sampled in Leftfield's "Song of Life", from their debut Leftism (album).

It has also been covered by the English crossover rap/rock band Senser for their Biting Rhymes EP.

Songs sampled

"Time" by Pink Floyd
"Mississippi Queen" by Mountain
"Last Bongo in Belgium" by the Incredible Bongo Band
"Put Your Hand in the Hand" by Ocean

Popular culture references

In popular culture

In Girl Skateboards Pretty Sweet this song was played for Alex Olson, Mike Carroll, Rick McCrank & Brian Anderson's video part.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Beastie Boys singles

Licensed to Ill	"Hold It Now, Hit It" "The New Style" "Paul Revere" "Brass Monkey" "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" "No Sleep till Brooklyn" "Girls"

Paul's Boutique	"Hey Ladies" "Shadrach"

Check Your Head	"Pass the Mic" "So What'cha Want" "Jimmy James" "Gratitude" "Professor Booty"

Ill Communication	"Sabotage" "Get It Together" "Sure Shot" "Root Down"

Hello Nasty	"Intergalactic" "Body Movin'" "The Negotiation Limerick File" "Remote Control / Three MC's and One DJ"

To the 5 Boroughs	"Ch-Check It Out" "Triple Trouble" "Right Right Now Now" "An Open Letter to NYC"

The Mix-Up	"The Electric Worm"

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two	"Lee Majors Come Again" "Too Many Rappers" "Make Some Noise" "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win"

Other singles	"Cooky Puss" "Rock Hard" "She's on It" "Alive" "Now Get Busy"

Other songs	"Shake Your Rump" "Johnny Ryall" "Egg Man" "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" "Finger Lickin' Good" "Shambala" "In a World Gone Mad"

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