Changes

This is the original album version, found on both ''The Downward Spiral'' and ''Closer To God.'' It begins with an electronic beat, of which the bass drum is sampled from the Iggy Pop song "[[Nightclubbing]],." for eight bars. A keyboard pattern and sixteenth-note cymbal pattern join in along with the vocals. Layers are continuously added before dropping out at the end, leaving a simple chromatic piano melody to end the song and segue into "[[Ruiner]].". The version on ''Closer to God,'' however, allows the final piano note and background noise to ring out completely. Being the third song on the album to contain the famous "Downward Spiral Motif," "Closer" plays the motif in similar structure to "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]," but in a different key:

On the DJ promo vinyl for its release, the track runs roughly 5:29, fading out at the end. "Closer To to God" is one of the only remixes that has been performed live(on the [[Dissonance]] tour).

This is an atmospheric remix, being made up of heavily distorted synth and percussion loops made to that sound like machinery. The line "I want to fuck you like an animal" is repeated heavily in the last half. When the song reaches the outroits ending, it changes from the mechanical sound of the rest of the remix to a stripped down form, consisting of only the first verse lyrics, a piano, and the synth drone from the beginning and end of the original song. This remix was featured in the opening credits for the [[David Fincher]] film, ''Se7en.'' It's the longest of all the Closer remixes, clocking in at seven minutes and sixteen seconds.

This remix begins with a significantly modified drumbeat, similar to the drums heard in "[[A Violet Fluid]]." Slowly the song picks up and a sound similar to a lion's roar is heard with the cry "I want to fuck you like an animal." Lyrics are then whispered then eventually, and vocoded. A loud drum solo is then heard on top features, backed by the looped synth whine from the end of the famous "Closer drone" original, and then the lyrics from the choruses are heard. Various lyrics are chopped up with a drum solo.