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This is a list of songs covered by [[Nine Inch Nails]], or [[Trent Reznor]] in another capacity. A list of NIN covers by other artists is [[Covers Of NIN|here]].

==Studio Covers==
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! style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Track !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:100px" | Original Artist !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Appearances !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:70px" | Release year !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Notes
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|[[Get Down, Make Love]]
|Queen
|''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'', ''[[Pretty Hate Machine|Pretty Hate Machine (Remaster)]]''
|1990
|
|-
|[[Suck]]
|Pigface
|''[[Broken]]''
|1992
|Reznor performed and co-wrote the Pigface version
|-
|[[Physical]]
|Adam And The Ants
|''[[Broken]]''
|1992
|Song is also known as "Physical (You're So)" on the Adam And The Ants version
|-
|[[Memorabilia]]
|Soft Cell
|''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]'', ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral Deluxe]]''
|1994
|
|-
|[[Dead Souls]]
|[[Joy Division]]
|''The Crow Soundtrack'', ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral Deluxe]]'', ''The Downward Spiral'' (Japanese Edition)
|1994
|
|-
|[[Metal]]
|[[Gary Numan]]
|''[[Things Falling Apart]]''
|2000
|The extended instrumental outro uses elements from other Numan tracks, "M.E." and "Remember I Was Vapour"
|-
|[[Zoo Station]]
|U2
|''AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered''
|2011
|The only NIN cover not available on a NIN release
|}

==Live Covers==
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! style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Track !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Original Artist !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:70px" | Year first performed !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Performed with original artist? !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Notes
|-
|[[Sex Dwarf]]
|Soft Cell
|1988
|No
|A studio version was being worked on, but never released
|-
|[[Red Scab]]
|Adam Ant
|1995
|Yes
|
|-
|[[Beat My Guest]]
|Adam And The Ants
|1995
|Yes
|
|-
|[[Hallo Spaceboy]]
|[[David Bowie]]
|[[1995/09/14_Hartford,_CT|1995]]
|Yes
|
|-
|[[Scary Monsters]]
|David Bowie
|1995
|Yes
|
|-
|[[Subterraneans]]
|David Bowie
|1995
|Yes
|When performed on the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]], lyrics from "[[God Break Down The Door]]" and "[[Over And Out]]" were interspersed with the song
|-
|[[Animal]]
|[[Prick]]
|[[1996/08/30 New Orleans, LA|1996]]
|Partially, Kevin McMahon plays guitar
|
|-
|[[Tough]]
|Prick
|1996
|Partially, Kevin McMahon plays guitar
|
|-
|[[R.S.V.P.]]
|Pop Will Eat Itself
|1996
|Partially, [[Clint Mansell]] on guest vocals
|
|-
|[[Wise Up! Sucker]]
|Pop Will Eat Itself
|1996
|Partially, Clint Mansell on guest vocals
|
|-
|[[The Beautiful People]]
|[[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
|[[2000/05/09 New York, NY|2000]]
|Yes
|Reznor produced ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'', which this track originally appears on
|-
|[[African Student Movement]]
|[[Saul Williams]]
|[[2005/10/29 New Orleans, LA|2005]]
|Yes
|
|-
|[[List Of Demands]]
|Saul Williams
|2005
|Yes
|
|-
|[[Sanity Assassin]]
|[[Bauhaus]]
|[[2006/06/07 Atlanta, GA (Radio show)|2006]]
|Partially, [[Peter Murphy]] on guest vocals
|Part of [[With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration]]
|-
|[[Dreams]]
|[[TV On The Radio]]
|[[2006/06/13 Washington, DC (Radio show)|2006]]
|Yes
|Part of With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration
|-
|[[Final Solution]]
|Pere Ubu
|2006
|No
|Part of With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration
|-
|[[Bela Lugosi's Dead]]
|Bauhaus
|2006
|Partially, Peter Murphy on guest vocals
|Part of With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration
|-
|[[Warm Leatherette]]
|The Normal
|[[2006/06/23 Boston, MA (Radio show)|2006]]
|No
|Part of With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration
|-
|[[A Strange Kind Of Love]]
|Peter Murphy
|2006
|Yes
|Part of With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration
|-
|[[Nightclubbing]]
|Iggy Pop
|2006
|No
|Part of With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration. NIN sampled the original of this song for "[[Closer]]".
|-
|[[Twenty Four Hours]]
|Joy Division
|[[2006/07/01 Chicago, IL (Radio show)|2006]]
|No
|Part of With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration
|-
|[[Warsaw]]
|Joy Division
|2006
|No
|Part of With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration
|-
|[[Atmosphere]]
|Joy Division
|2006
|No
|Part of With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration
|-
|[[I'm Afraid Of Americans]]
|David Bowie
|[[2009/05/08 West Palm Beach, FL|2009]]
|No
|Reznor features in the music video and multiple remixes and versions
|-
|[[Banged And Blown Through]]
|Saul Williams
|[[2009/05/10 Atlanta, GA|2009]]
|Yes
|Reznor produced and appeared on ''[[The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!]]'', which this track originally appears on
|-
|[[Cars]]
|Gary Numan
|[[2009/07/15 London, England|2009]]
|Yes
|
|-
|[[Kick In The Eye]]
|Bauhaus
|[[2009/08/28 Chicago, IL|2009]]
|Partially, Peter Murphy on guest vocals
|
|-
|[[I Die: You Die]]
|Gary Numan
|[[2009/09/06 Los Angeles, CA|2009]]
|Yes
|
|-
|[[Love Like Anthrax]]
|Gang Of Four
|[[2009/09/08 Los Angeles, CA|2009]]
|No
|
|-
|[[Down In The Park]]
|Tubeway Army
|2009
|Yes
|Reznor also produced Marilyn Manson's cover of the song in 1995, featured on the single for "Lunchbox"
|-
|[[What If We Could?]]
|Trent Reznor and [[Atticus Ross]]
|[[2013/07/28 Ansan, South Korea|2013]]
|Yes
|
|-
|[[We Take Mystery (To Bed)]]
|Gary Numan
|[[2013/10/30 Sunrise, FL|2013]]
|Yes
|[[Pino Palladino]], who was NIN's bassist for this tour, played on the original version of this track
|-
|[[Hand Covers Bruise]]
|Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
|[[2014/02/25 Tokyo, Japan|2014]]
|Yes
|
|-
|[[BBB]]
|[[How To Destroy Angels]]
|[[2014/02/26 Tokyo, Japan|2014]]
|Yes
|Reznor is also a member of HTDA
|-
|[[Ice Age]]
|How To Destroy Angels
|2014
|Yes
|Reznor is also a member of HTDA
|-
|[[On The Wing]]
|How To Destroy Angels
|[[2014/03/11 Perth, Australia|2014]]
|Yes
|Reznor is also a member of HTDA
|-
|[[Parasite]]
|How To Destroy Angels
|2014
|Yes
|Reznor is also a member of HTDA
|-
|[[I Can't Give Everything Away]]
|David Bowie
|[[2017/07/19 Bakersfield, CA|2017]]
|No
|NIN performed the "Farewell Mix" of the song, a remix made by Reznor and Atticus Ross
|-
|[[The Loop Closes]]
|How To Destroy Angels
|[[2017/07/31 New York, NY|2017]]
|Yes
|Reznor and Ross are also members of HTDA
|-
|[[Digital]]
|Joy Division
|[[2018/06/16 Las Vegas, NV|2018]]
|No
|
|-
|[[Welcome Oblivion (song)|Welcome Oblivion]]
|How To Destroy Angels
|[[2018/12/07 Los Angeles, CA|2018]]
|Yes
|Reznor and Ross are also members of HTDA
|-
|[[A Drowning]]
|How To Destroy Angels
|2018
|Yes
|Reznor and Ross are also members of HTDA
|-
|[[Greensleeves]]
|Traditional
|[[2018/12/15 Los Angeles, CA|2018]]
|No
|This was performed instrumentally by [[Mike Garson]], and flowed directly into "[[Just Like You Imagined]]"
|-
|[[Fashion]]
|David Bowie
|[[2022/04/28_Raleigh,_NC|2022]]
|No
|
|-
|[[Hey Man Nice Shot]]
|Filter
|[[2022/09/24_Cleveland,_OH|2022]]
|Partially, [[Richard Patrick]] on guest vocals
|
|}

==Covers outside of NIN==
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! style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Track !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Original Artist !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:70px" | Performing Artist !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Year !!style="background-color:#c8c8c8;width:120px" | Notes
|-
|Der Kommissar 
|Falco
|[[Option 30]]
|1983
|Covered in English
|-
|Icehouse
|Icehouse
|Option 30
|1983
|-
|Lies
|Thompson Twins
|Option 30
|1983
|-
|Escalator Of Life
|Robert Hazard
|[[The Urge]]
|Mid-1980s
|-
|Eyes Without A Face
|Billy Idol
|The Urge
|Mid-1980s
|Live performance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0sfu5Np-L0]
|-
|Look Sharp!
|Joe Jackson
|The Urge
|Mid-1980s
|-
|Something To Grab For
|Ric Ocasek
|The Urge
|Mid-1980s
|-
|[[Supernaut]]
|Black Sabbath
|[[1000 Homo Djs|1000 Homo DJs]]
|1989
|Reznor on guest vocals, there are also versions of this song by the band without Reznor
|-
|Supernaut
|1000 Homo DJs
|Revolting Cocks
|1990
|Live cover with Reznor on vocals
|-
|[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]
|U2
|Saul Williams
|2007
|Reznor and Ross credited musically and for production
|-
|[[Kick Out The Jams]]
|MC5
|[[Street Sweeper Social Club]]
|2009
|Reznor guests live on vocals
|-
|[[In The Hall Of The Mountain King]]
|Edvard Grieg
|Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
|2010
|Recorded for ''[[The Social Network Soundtrack]]''
|-
|[[Immigrant Song]]
|Led Zeppelin
|Karen O with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
|2011
|Recorded for ''[[The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack]]''
|-
|[[Is Your Love Strong Enough?]]
|Bryan Ferry
|How To Destroy Angels
|2011
|Recorded for ''The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack''
|-
|[[John Carpenter's Halloween]]
|John Carpenter
|Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
|2017
|-
|[[Life On Mars?]]
|David Bowie
|Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
|2019
|Recorded for ''[[Watchmen (Music From The HBO Series)]]''
|-
|[[Fantastic Voyage]]
|David Bowie
|Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross w/ The Alumni Band
|[[2021/01/09 Los Angeles, CA|2021]]
|Performed for ''A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!''
|-
|Fashion
|David Bowie
|Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, [[Mariqueen Maandig Reznor]] w/ The Alumni Band
|2021
|Performed for ''A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!''
|}

==Notes==
*NIN has covered How To Destroy Angels seven times thus far. Considering that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are both studio members of the band, and [[Alessandro Cortini]] is a live member of both bands, this is not surprising.
*NIN/Reznor has covered David Bowie eight times, the most for any non-related artist. 
*"Suck" is frequently debated as a cover song, as Reznor both co-wrote and appeared on the original release.
*Contrary to popular belief, NIN has never covered "Supernaut".
*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'''s DVD release comes with bonus footage of NIN covering "The Beautiful People" with Marilyn Manson.
*''[[Closure]]'''s digital download comes with footage of the unreleased "Sex Dwarf" studio sessions.
*The version of "[[Reptile]]" performed by Peter Murphy and NIN during the 2006 Radio Collaboration incorporates elements of Love And Rockets' "Haunted When The Minutes Drag".

==External Links==
*[http://www.ninlive.com NINlive] fan recording hub, with recordings of all live covers available
===Official live recordings===
*[https://vimeo.com/9059558 "A Strange Kind of Love" live 6.23.06 (Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy, Atticus Ross, Jeordie White)]
*[https://vimeo.com/9070945 "Nightclubbing" live 6.23.06 (Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy, Atticus Ross, Jeordie White)]
*[https://vimeo.com/9053147 "Warm Leatherette" live 6.23.06 (Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy, Atticus Ross, Jeordie White)]
*[https://vimeo.com/8357960 "I'm Afraid of Americans" live 6.02.09]
*[https://vimeo.com/5051717 "Kick Out The Jams" live 5.16.09 (Street Sweeper SC w/Trent Reznor)]
*[https://vimeo.com/5036207 "Banged & Blown Through" live 5.10.09 (w/ Saul Williams)]
*[https://vimeo.com/6859938 "Cars" live 7.15.09 (w/ Gary Numan)]
*[https://vimeo.com/6859071 "Metal" live 7.15.09 (w/ Gary Numan)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz9-gpeDMO0 "Metal" live 6.16.18 (w/ Gary Numan)]

[[Category: Covers]]