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{{expand}}[[Nine Inch Nails]] has sampled numerous parts of songs, movies, and other audio into its songs. This page will attempt to catalog each usage.
''Note: Some early samples likely come courtesy of the producers/remixers who worked on the tracks, as some of the sounds also appeared on other projects created/worked on by the same personnel.''
==''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''==
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" samples:
*Chanting from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08Wvtspmjo "Samburu Warriors' initiation (Kenya)"] performed by the Samburu Tribe of Kenya and recorded by David Fanshawe
"[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" samples:
*"Reality" by Gary Clail & Tackhead / "Stadium Rock" by The Barmy Army
*"Mechanical Movements" by Keith LeBlanc
*"Einstein" by Keith LeBlanc
"[[Sanctified]]" samples:
*The film ''Midnight Express'', the dialog that begins at about 3:20 and also the screaming that can be heard right before it segues into "[[Something I Can Never Have]]". This sample is not present on the version from 2010 remaster.
"[[Something I Can Never Have]]" samples:
*The atmospheric keyboards from an unused This Mortal Coil session. "[[Something I Can Never Have |Something I Can Never Have ]]" (''Natural Born Killers '' Version)]]" samples:
*A thunderclap (at the very beginning)
*Nocturnal birds (during the fade off of the thunderclap)
*Fire crackling and hissing (towards the end)
*Native American chanting (just after the fire sounds)
"[[Kinda I Want To]]" samples:
*"Good Old Music" by Funkadelic
*"A Surf M.C. New Year" by Surf MC's
*"Let The Jingle Bells Rock" by Sweet Tee
*Elements from "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]"
"[[Sin (song)|Sin]]" samples:
*"Paid In Full" by Eric B. & Rakim, which samples the last few seconds of "Change The Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy (feat. Beside)
"[[The Only Time]]" samples:
*Female background vocals recorded for "So Alive" by Love And Rockets
"[[Ringfinger]]" samples:
*"Alphabet St." by Prince
*"Had A Dad" by [[Jane's Addiction]]
==''[[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]]''==
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole ]]" (Copper)]]" samples:
*"Body Language" by Queen
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole ]]" (OpalSoil) samples:*"A Surf M.C. New Year" by Surf MC's "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Opal) samples:
*"Tamborine" by Prince
*"Release It" by The Time, which samples "Squib Cakes" by Tower Of Power
*"The Wrong Name and the Wrong Number" by Mark Stewart
[[Untitled_(from_Head_Like_A_Hole)|Track 11]] samples:
*"Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails— woo, they're good!" cheered by Heather "Princess" Day on an episode of ''Dance Party USA''
==''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]''==
"[[Sin (song)|Sin ]]" (Short)]]", "[[Sin (song)|Sin ]]" (Long)]]" , and "[[Sin (song)|Sin ]]" (Dub)]]" sample:
*"Mr. President" by Keith LeBlanc
"[[Get Down, Make Love]]" samples:
*Moaning and breathing from Japanese pornography films
*"We Will Rock You" by Queen
*Episode 1 of public access cable show ''The intro is Asylum for Shut-Ins: Video Psychotherapy'', which used an extract from the 1962's film ''[https://youtu.be/jcsJAkacQKM?t=3274 The Cabinet Of Caligari]''*Beats from ''40 Oz of Phat Slammin Hip Hop'' sample CD-ROM by InVision Interactive (specifically, PARTITION A - KITS 89-91 - 90 1at 54:34).wav)
==''[[Broken]]''==
"[[Pinion]]" samples:
*"It's No Game" by [[David Bowie]]
"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" samples:
*Ambient noises from ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (When the Tie Fighters are sending bombs into the asteroid where Han and Leia are hiding)
"[[Physical]]" samples:
*Recordings of [[Trent Reznor]]'s dog Maise barking
*"Ow!...fucker!" said by [[Sean Beavan]] after Maise bit him
==''[[Fixed]]''==
"[[Fist Fuck]]" samples:
*"I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the 1951 film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exe-VtXv8d0 ''ShowboatShow Boat''] (starting at 4:48)
*''Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'' by Dr. Timothy Leary
==''[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]''==
"[[March Of The Pigs (song)|All The Pigs, All Lined Up]]" samples:
*Alarm sound from "[[Gave Up]]"
*Scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwrz1TChhHI ''Sorcerer''] (at 47:19)
==''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''==
"[[Mr. Self Destruct]]" samples:
*Begins with a sample from the film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysyU8sCdlM&hd=1 ''THX 1138'' http] "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]" samples:*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysyU8sCdlM&hdfwrz1TChhHI ''Sorcerer''] (at 47:19)*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15EFMzJ2dCDs ''The Exorcist II: The Heretic''] (around 2:30)
"[[Closer]]" samples:
*Bass drum from "[[Nightclubbing]]" by Iggy Pop*Intro from "Take A Chance With Me" by Roxy Music(reversed and pitched-up) "[[Ruiner]]" samples:*"Beat Box" by Art of Noise*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bJd2ZAzPSw ''Parents'']*Pitched-up elephant noises from the intro of the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHswu1Ad_wI ''The Elephant Man'']
"[[The Becoming]]" samples:
*Screams in the background from the film ''Robot Jox'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRPiBGVFIE ''Robot Jox''] (starting at :33)*"I know who I am" (reversed) from the film ''Angel Heart'' (backwards) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTC9Lt3hiWo&t=2m6s ''Angel Heart''] (starting at 2:06)
"[[Reptile]]" samples:
*Intro machine sounds from the film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A ''Leviathan'' http] (at :13)*Looping metallic thud sound from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMkV_NkiZjE ''Aliens''] (at 1:20)*Pitched-up looping machine sound from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A R4vlz9HhWhI ''Aliens''] (at :1330)*Looping female voice ("Ungh... Kirk, help") from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bkBXMjrQ_0 ''The Texas Chainsaw Chain Saw Massacre'' ], appears during the breakdown (19745:07)
"[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]" samples:
*Watery noise at the beginning from the film ''Alien''
*Pitched-down strings from the "Twins" cue on the ''Dead Ringers'' score
==''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''==
"[[Closer]]" (Deviation) samples:
*"Pinch" by Can
*"Mountain of Needles" by Brian Eno and David Byrne
"[[Closer]]" (Precursor) samples:
*Multiple sounds from ''A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, Vol. 1'' sample library by Rarefaction (specifically, "HORNON END", "COKIE", "ELECTROGLURP", "RADIO SHAD", and "NO TRUST")
"[[Memorabilia]]" samples:
*"What do your nipples look like?" taken from a phone conversation between [[Robin Finck]] and a female impersonatorphone sex operator
==''[[Further Down the Spiral]]''==
"[[Piggy]]" (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) samples:
*"Teenage Lust" (Desdemoana Mix) by [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], which samples "Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)" by The Fatback Band
*"Hot Pants (Bonus Beats)" by Bobby Byrd
"[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Part Two]]" and "[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Final]]" sample:
*"Time" by David Bowie
*"First Dark Ride" by [[Coil]] vs. The Eskaton
"[[Heresy|Heresy ]]" (Version)]]" samples:
*"In Suburbia" and "Television Believers" from Aron Ranen's ''Religion In Suburbia''
"[[Eraser|Eraser ]]" (Denial; Realization)]]" samples:
*Slowed-down speech ("yours is the plague of blasphemy and fornication") from the film ''At Play In The Fields Of The Lord''
==''[[The Perfect Drug (halo)|The Perfect Drug]]''==
"[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug ]]" ([[Related_bands_and_artists#Meat_Beat_Manifesto|Meat Beat Manifesto)]]" ) samples:
*"Amen, Brother" by The Winstons
==''[[Things Falling Apart]]''==
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc]]" (Version) - Adrian Sherwood samples:
*"Shout It Out Loud" (from ''Alive II'') by KISS
"[[Metal]]" samples:
*"UFO" by ESG
*"M.E." by [[Gary Numan]]
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood10 Miles High]]" samples:*Flute/Mellotron sound from "Shout It Out Loud" [[The Downward Spiral (from ''Alive II''song) by KISS|The Downward Spiral]]"
==''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''==
"[[All The Love In The World]]" (''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]'' version) samples:
*''The Twilight Zone'' episode "And When The Sky Was Opened"
==''[[Year Zero]]''==
"[[God Given]]", "[[My Violent Heart]]" and "[[Zero Sum]]" sample:
*Beats from ''Atom Heart's Rather Interesting World Of Digital Drums'' sample CD library by Atomizer™
==''[[Ghosts I-IV]]''==
"[[11 Ghosts II]]" samples:
*"Songe d'une nuit de sabbat" by Berlioz
"[[15 Ghosts II]]" samples:
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE Bioshock halloween YouTube video] (around 0:12 to 0:18)
"[[24 Ghosts III]]" samples:
*"Get the door, get the door" from the film ''The Mothman Prophecies''
"[[30 Ghosts IV]]" samples:
*Saddam Hussein's Trial Verdict, on Nov. 5, 2006
*A telephone call intercept message
==OtherLive Samples=====''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]''tour rehearsals===
"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It|Down In It]]" samples:
*The film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEUUS_kjI4k ''Angel Heart]'' ] (until about :26) "Sanctified"/"[[Maybe Just Once]]" samples:*The film ''[https://www.imdbyoutube.com/titlewatch?v=bvCSkecw9_U ''Diner''] (used at the end of "Sanctified" and the beginning of "Maybe Just Once") "Twist" samples:*The film [https:/tt0083833/charactersyoutu.be/nm0000289 Diner]Gbeji0Rqz5Y?si=mUaMM3g1QdRSwk3M&t=125 ''A Clockwork Orange'' ] (1:142:3905) at the beginning of (used twice in the intro) "[[Purest Feeling (song)|Purest Feeling]]" samples:*An episode of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v===Live Samples===qwb6Tm_VCqA ''Too Close For Comfort''] ====[[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]]===*Moaning sound that plays when the female Cenobite is on-screen from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sampled at various points 9HBu1_A-Obc Hellraiser]'' (00:00, 00:22, 00:34), often used during sets:the show intro*"Who do Hang around, I'll make a cocksucker out of you think you're for?" from an unknown source*"Kill or the film ''[https://youtu.be killed" from an unknown source/GLdb7u2Y5Jg?t=335 Tough Guys Don't Dance]'' (5:37), often used during the show intro*"I could fuck ??? your woman right in front of you" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/GLdb7u2Y5Jg?t=1260 Tough Guys Don't Dance]'' (20:59), often used during the show intro*"Kill or be killed" from an unknown source, often used during the show intro*"I told you to stay out of this... give me the gun... don't make me do this..." from an unknown source, often used during the show intro*"Hang aroundI must stress the importance of total, I repeat, total sexual abstinence" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=1268 Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (21:08), often used at the beginning of "[[Suck]]"*"Could Istill excite you?" (slowed down) from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=4498s Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (1:14:48), often used during "Suck"*"That's the sun in my hands, man..." from the 1967 film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqzl6ndEy5c&t=6m12s The Trip]''ll make a cocksucker out (6:12), often used at the end of "Suck"*"I wanna hear youscream" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/Lq-3-2TmY34tr9DH54reEI?t=321 Tough Guys Don't Dance3140 The Serpent and the Rainbow]'' (552:2120), often used at the beginning of "Ringfinger"*"Negative pulse, no heartbeat, no respiration, no pupil dilation, no brain waves, no response to pain" from an unknown source*"I must stress the importance of total, I repeat, total sexual abstinence" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c?tr9DH54reEI&t=1268 Invasion Of 748s The Bee GirlsSerpent and the Rainbow]'' (2112:0828), possibly not used very often*"Could I still excite Let me tell yousomethin', me for one ain't gonna give up a little ???" from an unknown source, possibly not used very often*An additional sample of someone saying "IWho do you think you've got re fooling?", often used at the sun in my handsbeginning of "[[Terrible Lie]]", mancomes from the demo version of the song and is reported to be spoken by Trent Reznor..." This was originally thought to be a sample from the a film ''The Trip''.
"[[The Great Destroyer]]" samples:
*various Donald Trump speeches
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