| BPM = 149
| versions =The Perfect Drug<br>The Perfect Drug (Edit)<br>The Perfect Drug (''We're In This Together'' version)<br>The Perfect Drug (Instrumental)<br>The Perfect Drug ([[Meat Beat Manifesto]])<br>The Perfect Drug (Plug)<br>The Perfect Drug ([[Nine Inch Nails]])<br>The Perfect Drug (Spacetime Continuum)<br>The Perfect Drug (The Orb)<br>The Perfect Drug (Aphrodite)
| live = [[NIN songs never played live|UnperformedCold And Black And Infinite Tour]]
}}'''"The Perfect Drug"''' was written and recorded for the ''[[Lost Highway Soundtrack]]'' in 1996.
Then-current drummer [[Jerome Dillon]] said the band has "never rule[d] out the possibility" of playing the song, in response to a fan's question posted on [[nin.com/access]] on 2005-07-19:
[[Image:2005_07_19Questions2.gif]]
It finally made its live debut on [[2018/09/18_Morrison,_CO|September 18, 2018]], at Red Rocks, Colorado.
NIN fan Trollmanen was able to ask ex-drummer [[Josh Freese]] about the rehearsal process for the song:
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