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"Going Back to Cali" by from the album  and "Jack the Ripper"ReleasedJanuary 27, 1988Recorded1987Length3:57, Rick Rubin singles chronology""
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"Going Back to Cali" is a 1988 single by  from the  as well as his third album, . The song was co-written and produced by . It peaked at #31 on the  and #12 on the , and was eventually certified gold by the RIAA on May 28, 1991.

The song features LL Cool J vacillating about moving to , rapping in the chorus, "I'm going back to Cali", followed by "I don't think so". In the verses, he describes a trip to  in which he meets several women but is scared off because they are too sexually aggressive. The basic concept for the song was Rubin's, based on his own ambivalence about possibly moving from  to Los Angeles.

The b-side is "Jack The Ripper", a  aimed at , as a response to Moe Dee's "".

Music video

The  for "Going Back to Cali" was directed by . It was shot in black and white and was filmed mostly at two Los Angeles landmarks, the  neighborhood and the , as an homage to two of Menello's favorite films,  (1958) and  (1955), respectively. It featured apprearences by  , models , Ally Downs and 's  Martha Quinn.

Covers

Rock band  covered the song on the 2000 album .

Parodies and references The 1990 music video "Going Back to Brooklyn", starring  and directed by , parodied the song and music video. In the video, Quinn raps about being afraid to return to his home town because he is no longer tough enough. The 1990  song "" includes references to "Going Back to Cali" in both the song's lyrics and its music video; the song was intended as an attack on LL Cool J for his perceived misogyny. The 2008 promotional video "Going Back to Philly", intended to promote the upcoming season of , had its music performed by , with the video featuring the show's cast. The music video for 's 2013 song "" referred to the "Going Back to Cali" video in a scene showing Rick Rubin playing cards. In 2015, Jimmy Fallon cold-opened an episode of The Tonight Show, with a shortened version of the song and music video, to kick off a week of hosting the show in California. LL Cool J has a cameo appearance in the video. The  commercial for the  August 13 preseason game opener against the  uses the song. The song was briefly featured in the 2017 movie: , one of the live-action movies that are based on the  toyline. The song was used in the third season of the Netflix series . The final episode of the season was named Going Back to Cali, a play on words between Cali (short for California) and Cali (the city in Colombia where the show takes place). Track listing "Going Back to Cali" (R. Rubin, J. T. Smith) – 3:57 "Jack the Ripper" (Rubin, Smith) – 4:50