Difference between revisions of "Songs misattributed to NIN"

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This is a list of songs falsely attributed to Nine Inch Nails (or related projects), through deliberate fraud, poor track marking or honest mistake.

1 88 Lines About 44 Women
2 ACIDDANCE.MIDI
3 Angel
4 At The Heart Of It All
5 Black Bomb (Jerry In The Bag)
6 Comfortably Numb
7 Digital
8 Fading
9 Final Destination
10 It All Fades
11 Live In Me
12 The Life You Didn't Lead
13 Metal (Lee Completion Mix)
14 One (Ardisson Remix)
15 Theme for Legend of Zelda
16 Potions (Deliverance Mix)
17 Something Blue
18 Supernaut

88 Lines About 44 Women

This song by new wave band The Nails has been mislabeled as being by Nine Inch Nails since around 1999 due to a Napster post.

ACIDDANCE.MIDI

The backing music on the website for Strobe Light, this is simply a sample beat from music software.

Angel

Claimed since the early 2000s due to a mislabeled Napster download, this song is really by Vinyl Sun.

At The Heart Of It All

"At The Heart Of It All" is commonly believed to be a NIN track due to its inclusion on Further Down The Spiral, actually an entirely original composition by Aphex Twin.

Black Bomb (Jerry In The Bag)

"Black Bomb (Jerry In The Bag)" is an original song for which Trent Reznor provided guest vocals, by Josh Wink.

Comfortably Numb

This live cover is frequently mislabeled as David Gilmour, Bowie, and Reznor, but this track doesn't have Reznor on it.

Digital

Mislabeled and circulated on Napster as "Digital" by Nine Inch Nails, this song was actually "Push Eject" by Boom Boom Satellites. Not to be confused with "Digital", Nine Inch Nails' cover of the Joy Division song.

Fading

Claimed to be by Tapeworm featuring Trent Reznor and Danny Lohner on Napster in the late 1990s, actually made by a fan of Nine Inch Nails.

Final Destination

Circulating on Napster since around 1999 as "Final Destination", this song is simply an early fan remix of "Into The Void".

It All Fades

Original composition made by Reddit user u/it_twas_me in 2004 or 2005. [1]

Live In Me

Appears on the Rusty Nails II bootleg. Created by the person who made the bootleg, Mike Hitman Wilson.

The Life You Didn't Lead

Artist unknown, this instrumental was claimed to be the demo of "The Life You Didn't Lead".

Metal (Lee Completion Mix)

Someone (probably named Lee), took the 43-second leak of "Metal" (before its official release) and built a complete song around it with a combination of original music and samples from "Pinion" and "Down In It". It has circulated since around 2001.

One (Ardisson Remix)

A 65-second teaser snippet of "The Way Out Is Through" was posted as background music to nin.com at http://nin.com/one.swf [2]. It possibly later circulated on Napster as a fan remix based on that snippet, titled "One (Ardisson Remix)".

Theme for Legend of Zelda

One of the earliest songs misattributed to NIN, this is actually a live cover performed by a Nintendo music cover band.

Potions (Deliverance Mix)

"Potions" is a song by Puscifer, written by Tapeworm, and is frequently claimed to have Trent Reznor on it. He actually is simply given a writing credit, due to his work on it with Tapeworm.

Something Blue