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| length = 6:13
| BPM = 90
| versions = Closer<br>Closer (Instrumental)<br>Closer (Clean Pussy Radio Edit)<br>Closer (Demo)<br>Closer To God<br>Closer (Precursor)<br>Closer (Further Away)<br>Closer (Deviation)<br>Closer (Internal)<br>Closer (Thrust)<br>Closer (Unrecalled)<br>Closer (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Closer (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
| live = [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]] through [[Live 2013-2014|NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]
}}'''"Closer"''' is the fifth track on the 1994 release ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' and is perhaps the most well-known song by [[Nine Inch Nails]], as it received much airplay both on radio and music video television. The subject matter seems to be about a feeling of worthlessness being quelled through control over others using sex. The song was at the number 2 position on AOL's "69 Sexiest Songs of All Time," mostly due to the explicit frankness of its chorus.
===Closer (Clean Pussy Radio Edit)===
This version is shortened and censored for radio airplay.
===Closer To God===
===Closer (Precursor)===
This is an atmospheric remix, made up of heavily distorted synth and percussion loops 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 its 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.''
====Song Credits====
* Manipulation: [[Coil]], [[Danny Hyde]]
====Song Credits====
* Manipulation: Paul de Carli
===Closer (Unrecalled)===
Released on the semi-official ''[[Recoiled]]'' EP. A variation on Coil's "Precursor" mix, created specially for the credits of [[David Fincher]]'s ''Se7en''.
===Closer (''And All That Could Have Been'')===