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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 by or /worked on by the same personnel.''
==''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''==
*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)
*"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:
==''[[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]]" (Soil) samples:*"A Surf M.C. New Year" by Surf MC's "[[Head Like A Hole (Opalsong)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Opal) samples:
*"Tamborine" by Prince
*"Release It" by The Time, which samples "Squib Cakes" by Tower Of Power
==''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]''==
"[[Sin (song)|Sin ]]" (Short)]]", "[[Sin (song)|Sin ]]" (Long)]]" , and "[[Sin (song)|Sin ]]" (Dub)]]" sample:
*"Mr. President" by Keith LeBlanc
*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]'' (at 54:34).*Beats from ''40 Oz of Phat Slammin Hip Hop'' sample library by InVision Interactive (specifically, PARTITION A - KITS 89-91 - 90 1.wav)
==''[[Broken]]''==
*"I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the 1951 film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exe-VtXv8d0 ''Show 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]]''==
"[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]" samples:
*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwrz1TChhHI ''Sorcerer''] (at 47:19)
*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EFMzJ2dCDs ''The Exorcist II: The Heretic''] (around 2:30)
*Bass drum from "[[Nightclubbing]]" by Iggy Pop
*Intro from "Take A Chance With Me" by Roxy Music (reversed and pitched-up)
*Synth bass from ''A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, Vol. 2'' sample library by Rarefaction (specifically, a piece called "Circular2")
"[[Ruiner]]" samples:
"[[Reptile]]" samples:
*Intro machine sounds from the film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A ''Leviathan''] (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=R4vlz9HhWhI ''Aliens''] (at :30)*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:
==''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''==
"[[Closer|Closer ]]" (Deviation)]]" samples:
*"Pinch" by Can
*"Mountain of Needles" by Brian Eno and David Byrne
"[[Closer|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
"[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral ]]" (The Bottom)]]" samples:
*"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
==''[[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]]''==
*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)
*The film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvCSkecw9_U ''Diner''] (used at the end of "Sanctified" and the beginning of "Maybe Just Once")
"Twist" samples:*The film [https://youtu.be/Gbeji0Rqz5Y?si=mUaMM3g1QdRSwk3M&t==Live Samples===125 ''A Clockwork Orange''] (2:05) (used twice in the intro) ===="[[Pretty Hate Machine TourPurest Feeling (song)|Purest Feeling]]====speech from films, sampled at various points during sets" samples:*"I must stress the importance An episode of total, I repeat, total sexual abstinence" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&tqwb6Tm_VCqA ''Too Close For Comfort''] ===1268 Invasion Of The Bee Girls[[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]]'' (21:08)===*"That's Moaning sound that plays when the sun in my hands, man..." female Cenobite is on-screen from the 1967 film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqzl6ndEy5c&t=6m12s The Trip9HBu1_A-Obc Hellraiser]'' (600:00, 00:22, 00:1234), often used during the show intro*"Hang around, I'll make a cocksucker out of you" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/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)*"Who do you think you're fooling?" from an unknown source, 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*"Negative pulseI must stress the importance of total, no heartbeatI repeat, no respirationtotal sexual abstinence" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=1268 Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (21:08), no pupil dilationoften used at the beginning of "[[Suck]]"*"Could I still excite you?" (slowed down) from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=4498s Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (1:14:48), no brain wavesoften used during "Suck"*"That's the sun in my hands, no response to painman..." from the 1967 film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr9DH54reEIVqzl6ndEy5c&t=748s 6m12s The Serpent and the RainbowTrip]'' (6:12:28), often used at the end of "Suck"*"I wanna hear you scream" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/A5e-UJaX9e8tr9DH54reEI?t=61 3140 The Serpent and the Rainbow]''(52:20), often used at the beginning of "Ringfinger"*"Could I still excite you?Negative pulse, no heartbeat, no respiration, no pupil dilation, no brain waves, no response to pain" from an unknown sourcethe film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr9DH54reEI&t=748s The Serpent and the Rainbow]'' (12:28), possibly not used very often*"Let me tell you somethin', 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 "Who do you think you're fooling?", often used at the beginning of "[[Terrible Lie]]", comes 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 a film.
====[[NIN 2017-2018]]====
"[[The Great Destroyer]]" samples:
*various Donald Trump speeches
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