I Ain't Goin' Out Like That

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"I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"
I Ain't Goin' Out Like That.jpg
Single by Cypress Hill
from the album Black Sunday
ReleasedDecember 7, 1993
Genre
Length
  • 4:27(album version)
  • 4:03 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) T-Ray
Cypress Hill singles chronology
"When the Shit Goes Down"
(1993)		"I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"
(1993)		"Lick a Shot"
(1994)
Music video
”I Ain't Goin' Out Like That on YouTube

"I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" is a song by American hip hop group Cypress Hill, released in December 1993 by Ruffhouse and Columbia as the third single from their second studio album, Black Sunday (1993). During a scheduled Saturday Night Live performance, the song was cut short and the group was banned after DJ Muggs lit up a cannabis joint on-air just before the song. It contains a sample of the opening bars (played on a harmonica) from Black Sabbath's song "The Wizard". It was revealed that the band was high on mushrooms when this final track of the album was recorded. [1]

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Critical reception

Pete Stanton from Smash Hits gave "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" four out of five, adding, "This tune is more pumping beats and jump-up-and-down raps." [2]

Cover versions

In 1996, the song was covered by 16Volt for the electro-industrial various artists compilation Operation Beatbox . [3]

"I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" was used in the superhero film Blue Beetle . [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"4:27
2."I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" (radio edit)4:03
3."I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" (instrumental)4:27
4."Hits from the Bong"2:41
5."Hits from the Bong" (T-Ray remix)3:29
6."Scooby Doo"3:39
Total length:20:46

Charts

Credits and personnel

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  2. ↑ Stanton, Pete (October 27, 1993). "New Singles". Smash Hits . p. 55. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ Christian, Chris (August 1996). "Various Artists: Operation Beatbox". Sonic Boom. 4 (7). Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ https://hiddenremote.com/2023/08/21/blue-beetle-movie-soundtrack-songs-play-movie/
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