It's Goin' Down (X-Ecutioners song)

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"It's Goin' Down"
Image:Linkin Park - It's Goin' Down CD Single Front Cover.jpg
Single by The X-Ecutioners from the album Built From Scratch
Released	March 2002
Format	CD/ Vinyl
Genre	Hip hop Turntablism Rapcore
Length	4:08 (Album Version) 3:32 (Radio Version)
Label	Loud Records, Sony BMG
Producer	Mike Shinoda

"It's Goin' Down" is a single by turntablists The X-Ecutioners, from their 2002 debut album Built From Scratch.

It features Mike Shinoda and Joseph Hahn from the band Linkin Park. The video for the track also features cameos from Linkin Park's Rob Bourdon on drums, Phoenix on bass, and Static-X's Wayne Static on guitar, though they do not appear in the recorded song. In the music video, Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson and vocalist Chester Bennington can be spotted, as well as other well-known musicians.

The song was written by Mike Shinoda, Joseph Hahn, and the X-Ecutioners; it features samples of the Xzibit song "Year 2000" and Linkin Park's demo tracks "Step Up" and "Dedicated". "It's Goin' Down" was produced by Mike Shinoda.

During the DJ Scratching in the second half of the song, you can clearly hear the voice saying "X-men 'bout to blast off world wide" which is their former name for the group, but changed to The X-Ecutioners due to copyright infringement.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD 1.2 Vinyl 2 Notable Live Versions

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD

1. "It's Goin' Down"
2. "X-Ecution Of A Bum Rush" (Explicit)
3. "Play That Beat (Low Fidelity All-Stars Remix)" (Explicit)

[edit] Vinyl

Side A

1. "It's Goin' Down" (Radio Edit)
2. "It's Goin' Down" (Instrumental)

Side B

1. "The X-Ecutioners (Theme) Song - Featuring Dan the Automator" (Explicit)
2. "It's Goin' Down" (Scratchapella)

[edit] Notable Live Versions

• A short version was performed live Linkin Park's Collision Course DVD as the intro to the concert with Jay-Z. The length was 1:21.

• When Linkin Park performs this song live, it features a different intro that involves the audience;

1. When I Say It's Goin' You Say Down
2. It's Goin' (Down), It's Goin' (Down)
3. When I Say It's Goin' You Say Down
4. It's Goin' (Down), It's Goin' (Down)
5. When I Say It's Goin' You Say Down
6. It's Goin' (Down), It's Goin' (Down)
7. When I Say It's Goin' Everybody Down!
8. It's Goin' (Down)
9. Check it out It's Goin' Down

• On LP Underground v4.0, one of the tracks is a live medley consisting of Step Up (From Hybrid Theory EP), Nobody's Listening (From Meteora), and It's Goin' Down. It is entitled Step Up/Nobody's Listening/It's Goin' Down (Live) and was also performed during Projekt Revolution 2004 during the Linkin Park performance