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fixed order of versions, described original, removed "everywhere you go" from the end of the lyrics because whoever added it apparently doesn't know which version those lyrics appear in!
| album = ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' (Right)
| length = 5:00
| versions = Starfuckers, Inc.<br>Starfuckers, Inc. (Version—Adrian SherwoodThe Day The World Went Away)<br>Starsuckers, Inc.<br>Starfuckers, Inc. (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]''Version—Adrian Sherwood)<br>Starfuckers, Inc. (Version—Charlie Clouser)<br>Starfuckers, Inc. (Version—Dave Ogilvie)<br>Starfuckers, Inc. (The Day The World Went Away''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Starsuckers, Inc.
| live = [[Fragility v1.0]] through [[Performance 2007]]
}}'''"Starfuckers, Inc."''' is the sixth track on the right disc of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' It has been speculated that this is a parody of [[Marilyn Manson (musician)|Marilyn Manson]] and his lifestyle.
==Versions==
===Starfuckers, Inc.===
This is the version found on ''The Fragile''.Slowly fading in with a quiet beat and moving synthesizers, the first verse then erupts, with locked drum loops and synthesized bass. Reznor's verse vocals were recorded and cut in such a way that each word sounds like it is from a different vocal take, possibly as a stab at the pop music celebrities the lyrics seem to satirize. In contrast, the chorus is loud and guitar-heavy, with several repeated group shouts. A wah guitar solo similar in sound to the one from "[[The Wretched]]" connects to the second verse. After the second chorus, the song quickly quiets for the lonely guitar-and-vocal bridge before erupting back into the loud chorus. ===Starfuckers, Inc. (''The Day The World Went Away'')===This version has an extended ending, incorporating fireworks and applause from KISS' "Shout It Out Loud," found on ''KISS Alive!'', and the beginning guitar riff of "[[Complication]]." The track then fades out.
===Starsuckers, Inc.===
This is a heavily censored version, released on the Starsuckers, Inc. promo disc and is the version generally played with the song's music video. The final bridge verse is changed slightlyfrom the Carly Simon-quoting lyrics, and the "f" in the word "StarfuckerStarfuckers" is changed to "Starsucker" throughout.===Starfuckers, Inc. (''The Day The World Went Away'')===This version has an extended ending, incorporating fireworks and applause from KISS' "Shout It Out Loud,s" found on ''KISS Alive!'', before fading into the beginning of to make "[[Complication]].Starsuckers" The track then fades outthroughout.
===Starfuckers, Inc. (Version)—Adrian Sherwood===
This remix integrates siren noises and various noises reminiscent of old sci-fi movies, as well as samples from ''KISS Alive!.'' It has very little in the way of lyrics, consisting only of "Starfuckers," "Starfuckers, Inc." and "You're so fucking beautiful."
*Additional production: Adrian Sherwood, Mark Stewart
*Engineering: Alan Branch
===Starfuckers, Inc. (Version)—Dave "Rave" Ogilvie===
This is a more dance-oriented version remix, with emphasis on percussion and melodic synthssynthesizers.
====Song Credits====
*Manipulation: [[Dave “Rave” Ogilvie|Dave Ogilvie]]
===Starfuckers, Inc. (Version)—Charlie Clouser===
A more industrial remix, this remix is very heavy on percussion and light on lyrical content.
====Song Credits====
*Manipulation: Charlie Clouser
===Starfuckers, Inc. (''And All That Could Have Been'')===
This live version is similar to the album original, with the exception being an extended breakdownbridge, and with Reznor declaring, "Well, fuck you!" after repeating "Don't you?" many times."
An Easter Egg on the DVD includes a performance of this song at Madison Square Garden in New York City with Manson. It then goes into a performance of Manson's "The Beautiful People." They had re-established a friendship, which did not last long after that performance.
The video contains several references to the films of [[David Lynch]]. The opening scene with the road and the red-tinted scenes refer to ''Lost Highway.'' The limousine and Reznor's clothes and oxygen mask refer to the character Frank Booth in ''Blue Velvet,'' who has an addiction to gases and is the perfect figure of depravity.
During the throwing of CD's into a toilet, one of the discs is Marilyn Mansons Manson's "Mechanical Animals".
==Live==
"Starfuckers, Inc." has been played live since the [[Fragility]] tour in 1999. During the [[Live: With Teeth]] tour, Reznor has stopped the song and skipped the breakdown, bantering to the audience before going right into the song's finale.
==Lyrics==
My god sits in the back of the limousine
The first lyric to the second part of the first verse was changed on the actual recording:
I have arrived and this time you should believe the hype
In the "Starsuckers, Inc.," music video, the lyrics in the breakdown are changed to:
All our pain
How did we ever get by without you?
And soon you'll make us forget about you
Won't you?
==External Links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hclkb76IvY "Starsuckers, Inc." music video]