"Discipline" is the first radio single from NIN since becoming an independent recording act, following their final release under a major record label, 2007's ''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]].'' Due to the advertisement and short notice of the release, the song was posted on YouTube almost immediately after release.
When downloading the song from discipline.nin.com, the process involved submitting an email address and a zip/postal code, opening the email and clicking the download link, then putting the token code into the website after clicking the link. A .zip file was automatically downloaded once the token and link had been registered. In addition, the multitrack files can be found at [[Remix.nin.com|remix.nin.com]]. The song is no longer avaliable fro for download by itself, and the download link now redirects to theslip.nin.com, this makes the single version of the song, which is slightly longer than the album track, can only be obtained via p2p sharing.
The track art resembles a lowercase d. The shape also resembles the portion of the [[Media:800x600.jpg|Art is Resistance logo]] that contains the star.