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'''''Down In It''''' was the first single for the 1989 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 Reznor, it was said that "Down In It " was inspired by a relationship that had then recently ended for 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 (halo)|Down In It]]''*[[''Pretty Hate Machine]]''*''[[Head Like a Hole (halo)| Head Like a Hole]]''*''[[Closure]]''

*''[[Purest Feeling]] - non-official'' (unofficial)*''[[Purest Feeling II]] - non-official'' (unofficial)

Appears on ''[[Purest Feeling]] '' as the last track, differing from its offical counterparts as that it has an extended intro with strange screams and odd static. It also includes about 1 minute and 8 seconds of distorted clippings of the song at the end as a finish to the album. Musically it's extremely close to the "(Demo) " version from the [[''Head Like a Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]] '' US single.

Appears on [[''Head Like a Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]] '' (US) as the last track, it's extremely similar to the [[''Purest Feeling]] '' version, except that it lacks the long intro and all the extra layering of it's ''Purest Feeling '' counterpart as well as the distorted outro. Most likely it's the definitive "original version" of Trent Reznor's very first song as Nine Inch Nails.

Appears on the [[''Purest Feeling II]] '' bootleg. It's simply the "(Skin) " version from [[''Pretty Hate Machine]] '' with an unadulterated version of the "Terrible Lie " intro tacked onto the end which fades out.

Appears on the [[''Purest Feeling II]] '' bootleg. Almost exactly the same as the ''Purest Feeling '' version, simply lacking the extra layering and sound effects as well as the distorted outtro, though it does retain the extended drumbeat intro and is probably the version the ''Purest Feeling '' version was based upon

Appears on the [[''Purest Feeling II]] '' bootleg. It's an odd version with Trent Reznor whispering a good portion of his vocals an odd beat set compared to the others. It also includes faux-Oriental sounding synths which are noticably absent in any of the other versions of the song

The mix from the [[''Down In It (halo)|Down In It]] '' single and later chosen to be the mix that appeared on [[''Pretty Hate Machine]].''

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 basically retains the original song with an extended intro and a long instrumental area that makes up the entire latter half of the song, considered the "extended single version" of the song by some.

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.

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 [[Live: With Teeth Tour]]tour, it seemed as if he's changed his mind about the song, playing it more as the tour progressed. The song usually features a lot of destruction from Trent Reznor towards the end.