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| title = March of the Of The Pigs

| BPM = 269| versions = March Of The Pigs<br>March of the Of The Pigs (Instrumental)<br>March Of The Pigs (cleanClean)<br>All The Pigs, All Lined Up<br>March Of The Pigs (Video Version)<br>March Of The Pigs (''Fortnite Festival'' Version)<br>March Of The Pigs (''Closure'')<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')| live = 1994 - [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]] through present<br>almost every show}}'''"March of the Of The Pigs"''' is the fourth track on 1994's ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' It has one of the most unique unusual metres of any song to enjoy popular radio play, alternating three measures of 7/8 time with one measure of 4/4 time in the verses (in effect, a 29/8 time signature). The chorus is in the common 4/4 time signature. As a result, with eighth notes getting the count, the song has a BPM rate of 269.

The chorus of this song shares its chord progression with the bridge of "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]." The piano melody that closes out each chorus was originally a placeholder idea that [[Trent Reznor]] intended to go back and improve later on, but ultimately left it as is presumably about society or NIN's fans.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSoiqjmgLiA]

*Production: [[Trent Reznor]]

This Is is the original album version. Like much of the album, this song is structured around contrast: the loud and fast, oddly-metered and screamed verses are juxtaposed with the moodier, quieter bridge and piano-led chorus. It also [[samples]] buried screams from the films ''Sorcerer'' and ''The Exorcist II: The Heretic''.

===March Of The Pigs (cleanClean)===

'''''Running Time: 7:25''''' This version is entirely in 4/4 and has en extended ending that incorporates the lyric "Don't you feel a whole lot better?"This version is also much less guitar oriented, with extra synth layers added as well as additional crowd noises and pig squeals not prominent in the original. It ends in a loud, distorted drum pattern before collapsing to noise feedback, which segues directly into "[[A Violet Fluid]]." ===March Of The Pigs (Video Version)===This is the version used in the studio performance music video for the song. It can be found in audio form on the US cassette release of "Closer To God" and an Australian CD compilation entitled "Obdurate: The Best Music Around", billed as "March Of The Pigs (Live)." The music video itself can be found on ''Closure'' and the 10th Anniversary DualDisc version of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Unlike most live performances of the song since its release, this one does not include an extended ending, though it does feature new pig squeal samples at the beginning. ===March Of The Pigs (''Fortnite Festival'' Version)===This version only appears in the ''Fortnite'' game mode ''Fortnite Festival'' and differs from the album version in a few ways. The vocal track is the original as it appears on ''The Downward Spiral'', but it is clean, without any of the processing or distortion effects heard on the album version, probably to make it easier to play the game to. For censorship purposes, the two instances of the "take the skin and peel it back" lyric are removed entirely, and "I want to fuck it up" has been replaced with the preceding "I want to smash it up" lyric repeated. At the conclusion of the album version portion, there is an outro section attached. It contains a newly recorded studio version of the "all the pigs all lined up" outro that is typically played in live performances. The outro section ends abruptly. ===March Of The Pigs (''Closure'')===Recorded in bootleg-like quality, this performance is featured on the first disc of ''Closure.'' It features the extended ending as has been performed consistently since its debut.

This Typical of how the song has usually been performed live since the [[Self Destruct Tour]], this live version incorporates an extended ending, based on that of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up."

Like the version that appears on ''And All That Could Have Been,'' this live version incorporates the ending of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up." The major differences are that However, the introduction in this version is shorter arranged differently, and Reznor changes some features different vocal improvisation during the ending. Aaron North takes a stage dive during said improvisation and crowd surfs back to the stage, creating lots of the vocal stylingsfeedback noises.

[[Image:MOTPstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "March Of The Pigs" video]]A [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video ]] was made for this song, directed by [[Peter Christopherson]] ("[[Wish]]" and the ''[[Broken Movie]]'') and released in March of 1994. The video features the band performing the song live in front of a white wall backdrop. Reportedly, around a dozen takes were done, and the final video take was the one that "did not suck." It's filmed in one shot, a rare occurrence for music videos. This video was the last video to be played on MTV2's ''Increase the Beat'', on Memorial Day weekend 2002. At 269 BPM, it had the fastest tempo of the 400+ videos that were played that weekend. ===Credits===*Director: Peter Christopherson*Producer: Scott Shapiro*Cameraman: Dick Buckley*Editor: Philip Richardson

A previous version of the video was partially shot but abandoned, and is included in glimpses on the ''[[Closure]]'' DVD. The band performs the song in a red , cave-like set with water at their feet (some speculate , with a dwarf in troll-like costume running in and out of the set. Photographer Joseph Cultice, who was on set to document the shoot, elaborated on the original video for ''Revolver'' Magazine:  <blockquote>It looked too much like a video they'd done before with the director [Peter Christopherson]. So we stayed [in the studio] the next day and they shot that 'March of the Pigs' [performance] video. They came up with the idea at night: a one-camera shot. And they shot it could have been maybe five times all the way through, and that was it. Trent's in a stomach)big black plastic pool they made, basically a kiddie pool. What was supposed to happen in the scene was there's creature hands that come up and grab his head and pull him underwater. So he's laying there getting ready for that. And underneath him is a guy in a trollblack outfit that you can barely see him, but [those are his] hands. That water was really really warm, it was like a Jacuzzi. It's inside this, like, cave they built inside with water and smoke machines. They just jumped around there really, really loudly to 'March of the Pigs' for 20 million takes.[https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/nine-inch-nails-march-pigs-scrapped-original-video-iconic-final-like midget appearscut]</blockquote> ==Covers=="March Of The Pigs" has been covered by a variety of artists. More information can be found [[Covers Of NIN|here]].

Being a staple NIN song with its high energy segued by two piano breakdowns, there is a live performance video of "March of the Of The Pigs" on each of their live releases: ''Closure,'' ''And All That Could Have Been,'' and ''Beside You in Time.'' In the live set, the band extends the song by including an amped up version portion of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up" at the end of almost every performance.

In most performances in the pre-''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' eras, the songs starts with the same similar high pitched squeal squeals as it does in the performance music video for the song. Since the start of the The [[Live: With Teeth|With Teeth Tour]]arrangement started with [[Alessandro Cortini]] playing the synthesized bassline twice, stopping for eight bars of the drum pattern before the band launched directly into the first verse. Reznor typically starts the song now starts with a synth line that matches the one played behind spoken lyrics "C'mon you pigs... march!". Since 2009, [[Ilan Rubin]] has left the second drum set of measures for to play the song originally. (This section now completely omitted from 's two keyboard interludes before rushing back to continue on drums when the song, the guitars coming kicks back in completely along with they synth after the first drum run through.)

I want a little bit I want a piece of it I think he’s he's losing it

Don’t Don't like the look of it don’t don't like the taste of it don’t don't like the smell of it

Now doesn’t doesn't that make you feel better?

Maybe afraid of it let’s let's discredit it let’s let's pick away at it

Now doesn’t doesn't that make you feel better?

*[http://vimeo.com/3554852 "March Of The Pigs" music video]*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjX7yXA_fL0 "March Of The Pigs" live from ''Beside You In Time'']*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhKBSDbeGnCg14 Snippet from the original music video]*[https://archive.org/details/remix-rzjfUMw nin-com-audio-02949 "March Of The Pigs" (uncensored music videoInstrumental)at archive.org]