| album = [[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]
| length = 2:58
| versions = March of the Pigs (clean)<br>All The Pigs, All Lined Up<br>March of the Fuckheads Of The Pigs (?And All That Could Have Been)
| live = 1994 - present<br>almost every show
}}
It is presumably about society or NIN's fans.
===Appears On===
Versions of this song appear on:===Appearances=== *[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]
*[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]
*[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]
*[[Closure]]
*[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]](CD/DVD/VHS)
*[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]
==Music videos=Versions===A music video was made for this song*March Of The Pigs*All The Pigs, directed by [[Peter Christopherson]] and released in All Lined Up*March 1994. Of The video features the band performing the song live in front of a white wall backdrop. This video was the last video to be played on MTV2's ''Increase the Beat'', on Memorial Day weekend 2002. At 269 BPM, it had the fastest tempo of the 400+ videos that were played that weekend.Pigs (And All That Could Have Been)
===Song Credits===*Production: [[Trent Reznor]]*Mixing Engineer: [[Alan Moulder]] ==Music Videos==A music video was made for this song, directed by [[Peter Christopherson]] ([[Wish]] and the [[Broken Movie]]) and released in March 1994. The video features the band performing the song live in front of a white wall backdrop. Reportedly, around a dozen takes were done, and the final video take was the one that "did not suck." It's filmed in one shot, a rare occurrence for music videos. This video was the last video to be played on MTV2's ''Increase the Beat'', on Memorial Day weekend 2002. At 269 BPM, it had the fastest tempo of the 400+ videos that were played that weekend. A previous version of the video was partially shot but abandoned, and is included on the ''[[Closure]] '' DVD. The band performs the song in a red cave-like set with water at their feet(some speculate that it could have been a stomach), and a troll-like midget appears.
==Performed Live==
Being a staple NIN song with its high energy segued by two piano breakdowns, there is a live performance video of "March of the Pigs" on each of their live releases: ''Closure',', ''And All That Could Have Been',', and ''Beside You in Time''. In the live set, the band extends the song by including an amped up version of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up" at the end of every performance.
In most(?) performances in the pre-[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]] eras, the songs starts with the same high pitched squeal it does in the performance video for the song. Since the start of the [[With Teeth Tour]], the song now starts with a synth line that matches the one played behind the second set of measures for the song originally . (this This section now completely omitted from the song, the guitars coming in completely along with they synth after the first drum run through.)
===Lyrics=== step Step right up march push crawl Crawl right up on your knees please Please greed feed (no time to hesitate) i I want a little bit i I want a piece of it i I think he's he’s losing it i I want to watch it come down don't Don’t like the look of it don't don’t like the taste of it don't don’t like the smell of it i I want to watch it come down all All the pigs are all lined up i I give you all that you want take Take the skin and peel it back now doesn't it Now doesn’t that make you feel better? shove Shove it up inside surprise!Lies lies stains Stains like the blood on your teeth bite Bite chew suck (away the tender parts) i I want to break it up i I want to smash it up i I want to fuck it up i I want to watch it come down maybe Maybe afraid of it let's let’s discredit it let's let’s pick away at it i I want to watch it come down all All the pigs are all lined up i I give you all that you want take Take the skin and peel it back now doesn't it Now doesn’t that make you feel better? the The pigs have won tonight Now they can all sleep soundly and And everything is all right
===Live lyrics===
(second verse) ''maybe afraid of it, let's di... hey fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK... can you say '''fuck'''?'' (Tokyo 2000-01-11 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=JVoRm0QCnO4 YouTube video])
* ''and every little fucking pig... is alright'' (numerous shows)
[[Category:NIN Songs]]