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==About==
'''''Down In It''''' was the first single for the album [[Pretty Hate Machine]] and the third track on the disc. It is said to be the first song that [[Trent Reznor]] ever wrote under the name Nine Inch Nails and is a rare treat to hear live. Following the Down In It single release, a music video was made.
In a 1994 radio broadcast biography of Trent Reznor, it was said that Down In It was inspired by a relationship that had then recently ended for Reznor him with a woman named Krissy.
Reznor has openly admited that this song is basically his version of Skinny Puppy's "Dig It"
*Down In It (Singe) - a mix that appears on both the [[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]] and [[Head Like a Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]] singles. It's a mostly instrumental "dub" mix of the song with minimal vocals and strange warping and mixing of the beats with heavy bass emphasis. It should be noted that this mix is actually 18 seconds longer on the Head Like A Hole (US) single than it was on the Down In It single. The reason for this is unknown, though it's probably due to the time constraints imposed on Vinyl singles compared to a full sized LP Maxi Single.
==Performed Live=Song Credits=== As of *Production: Trent Reznor, [[Fragility 2.0Adrian Sherwood]], Reznor had stated that he didn't like the song as much as he used to, but during the later legs of the [[With Teeth TourKeith LeBlanc]], it seemed as if he's changed his mind about the song, playing it more as the tour progressed. ==The Video=="Down In It" was the first Nine Inch Nails video. It was directed by Eric Zimmerman and Benjamin Stokes, who also directed "Head Like A Hole." The video depicts *Engineering: Trent Reznor running through downtown Cleveland and climbing to the roof of a building, where he falls to his death. Bandmates Richard Patrick and Chris Vrenna discover the body days later. This was the first video to be met with controversy. To film the shots of lifeless ReznorAdrian Sherwood, he was covered with cornstarch to create the illusion of decay and cameras were tied to heavy-duty ballons that were tied down. During the filming of these scenesKeith LeBlanc, one of the balloons broke free and took the camera with it, drifting some 200 miles before being found by a farmer. The camera was turned over to local police who, upon seeing the raw video footage, assumed it was a snuff film and the FBI was called in to investigate. The incident was even reported on "Hard Copy" and recalled in an interview for SPIN magazine. Because MTV and its US affiliates were uncomfortable with the video's subject matter, all scenes that depict Reznor's body lying on the ground behind the building were deleted.[[Kennan Keating]]*Mix: Adrian Sherwood
==Lyrics==
I was up above it
Now I’m down in it
==The Video==
"Down In It" was the first Nine Inch Nails video. It was directed by Eric Zimmerman and Benjamin Stokes, who also directed "Head Like A Hole." The video depicts Reznor running through downtown Cleveland and climbing to the roof of a building, where he falls to his death. Bandmates Richard Patrick and Chris Vrenna discover the body days later.
This was the first video to be met with controversy. To film the shots of lifeless Reznor, he was covered with cornstarch to create the illusion of decay and cameras were tied to heavy-duty ballons that were tied down. During the filming of these scenes, one of the balloons broke free and took the camera with it, drifting some 200 miles before being found by a farmer. The camera was turned over to local police who, upon seeing the raw video footage, assumed it was a snuff film and the FBI was called in to investigate. The incident was even reported on "Hard Copy" and recalled in an interview for SPIN magazine. Because MTV and its US affiliates were uncomfortable with the video's subject matter, all scenes that depict Reznor's body lying on the ground behind the building were deleted.
==Performed Live==
As of [[Fragility 2.0]], Reznor had stated that he didn't like the song as much as he used to, but during the later legs of the [[With Teeth Tour]], it seemed as if he's changed his mind about the song, playing it more as the tour progressed.
[[Category:NIN Songs]]