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| length =5:48
| BPM = 107
| versions =Sanctified<br>Sanctified (Demo from ''Demos & Remixes'')<br>Sanctified (''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]'')<br>Sanctified (''[[Live 2013 EP]]'')
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}}'''"Sanctified"''' is the fourth track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'', recognizable by its electronic tom-based drum beat and distinctive slap bassline, the only [[NIN]] song containing that playing technique. Its mood was altered from its happier demo form to a darker, uneasier one for ''Pretty Hate Machine.''
The album version of the song begins with a programmed drum beat featuring prominent toms and atmospheric sounds created by guitar. The body of the song is dominated by a slap bassline atop this atmosphere and drum loop, joined by strumming guitars for the chorus. The bridge features Gregorian chant [[samples]] and dialog from the film ''Midnight Express'', though the film sample was excised on the 2010 remaster of ''Pretty Hate Machine''. The end of the song is comprised of a synth pad and a guitar drone (created by [[Richard Patrick]]), accompanied by another sample, which lower in pitch and winds down, segueing directly into "[[Something I Can Never Have]]." On the 2010 remastered vinyl edition, this song ends the first side; as such, the ending sample is removed, and the descending synth pad fades out.
===Sanctified (Demo from ''Demos & Remixes'')===
'''''Running Time: 5:44'''''
Present on the ''Demos & Remixes'' bootleg, it has the same tone as the ''Pretty Hate Machine'' version while including a dialog sample and alternate sounds during the bridge, an alternate lyric near the end, and a sample at the very end with a man saying, "Hold on to hope even when it's hopeless, and you'll see your life begin to change." There also exists a version (with a running time of 5:33) from a cassette tape handed out by Reznor to important figures. One of these cassettes is in the possession of [[Martin Atkins]], who has allowed fans to hear excerptsplaybacks. Based on what fans have heard, this is the same demo.
Sample in the bridge: