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| album = ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''

| versions = March Of The Pigs<br>March of the Pigs (clean)<br>All The Pigs, All Lined Up<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[Beside you In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')

==About=='''''March of the Pigs''''' is the fourth track on 1994's ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' It has one of the most unique metres of any song to enjoy popular radio play, alternating three bars measures of 7/8 time with one bar measure of 4/4 time in the verses (in effect, a 29/8 time signature). The chorus is in the common 4/4 time signature. As a result, with eigth notes getting the count, the song has a BPM rate of 269.)

It The song is presumably about society or NIN's fans. ===Appearances===*[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]*[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]*[[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]] ===Versions===*March Of The Pigs*All The Pigs, All Lined Up*March Of The Pigs (And All That Could Have Been)

==Appearances=====Halos===*''[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]''*''The Downward Spiral''*''[[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]]'' ==Versions=====March Of The Pigs===This Is the original album version. ===March Of The Pigs (clean)===The radio edit deletes the word "fuck," making it safe to air on American radio stations. ===All The Pigs, All Lined Up===This version is entirely in 4/4 and has en extended ending that incorporates the lyric "Don't you feel a whole lot better?" ===March Of The Pigs (''And All That Could Have Been'')===This live version incorporates the ending of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up." ===March Of The Pigs (''Beside You In Time'')===Like the version that appears on ''And All That Could Have Been,'' this live version incorporates the ending of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up." The major differences are that the introduction in this version is shorter and Reznor changes some of the vocal stylings. ==Music VideosVideo==A music video was made for this song, directed by [[Peter Christopherson]] ("[[Wish]] " and the ''[[Broken Movie]]'') and released in March of 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 [[Live: With Teeth|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 section now completely omitted from the song, the guitars coming in completely along with they synth after the first drum run through.)