'''''The Day The World Went Away''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 13]]'''''), released on July 20, 1999, is the first single to promote the album ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]''.
The plant photographed for the cover is a kangaroo paw. The version of "[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" on the CD single has a snippet of a live version of "Shout It Out Loud" by KISS tacked onto the end. The version on the cassette single ends with an audience shouting "Nine Inch Nails!" after the KISS sample.
[[Image:Tdtwwa_altcover1.jpg|thumb|First alternate, unused cover for ''The Day the World Went Away'' published on nin.com during ''The Fragile'' era.]]
A "The Day The World Went Away"<br>
B "Starfuckers, Inc."
==Artwork==
The plant photographed for the cover is a kangaroo paw. Though David Carson designed the majority of ''The Fragile'' era artwork, this single was designed by Robert Hales.[http://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/50979684894/nine-inch-nails-halo-thirteen-the-day-the-world] Hales later co-directed the video for "Starfuckers, Inc." with [[Marilyn Manson (musician)|Marilyn Manson]].
==Album Credits==