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Halo 3: Head Like A Hole

UK version artwork

Head Like A Hole (also known as Halo 3) is the second single by Nine Inch Nails, and the second single from debut album Pretty Hate Machine. It was released on March 22, 1990 by TVT Records in the US, and on September 2, 1991, by Island Records in the UK. The single also serves as a companion remix album of sorts to Pretty Hate Machine.

Track listings

US CD

"Head Like A Hole" (Slate) (remixed by Trent Reznor, Flood) - 4:13
"Head Like A Hole" (Clay) (remixed by Keith LeBlanc) - 4:30
"Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 4:26
"Head Like A Hole" (Copper) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26
"You Know Who You Are" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:50
"Head Like A Hole" (Soil) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:38
"Terrible Lie" (Empathetic Mix) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:11
"Down In It" (Shred) (remixed by Adrian Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 6:51
"Down In It" (Singe) (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 7:21
"Down In It" (Demo) (remixed by Reznor) - 3:55
"(unlisted track)" - 0:04

US 12" Vinyl

     A1 "Head Like A Hole" (Slate) - 4:13
     A2 "Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) - 4:26
     A3 "Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30
     A4 "(unlisted track)" - 0:04
     B1 "Head Like A Hole" (Copper)- 6:26
     B2 "You Know Who You Are" - 5:50
     B3 "Head Like A Hole" (Soil) - 6:38
     B4 "Terrible Lie" (Empathetic Mix) - 6:11

UK CD

"Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30
"Head Like A Hole" (Copper) - 6:26
"Head Like A Hole" (Opal) - 5:18

UK 12" Vinyl

     A1 "Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30
     A2 "Head Like A Hole" (Copper) - 6:26
     B1 "Head Like A Hole" (Opal) - 5:18

Limited Edition 10" vinyl artwork

UK 7"/10" Vinyl

The 10" vinyl is a limited edition with a fold-out poster of exclusive Mark Prent artwork
A1 "Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30
B1 "Head Like A Hole" (Copper) - 6:26

Australia CD/Cassette

"Head Like A Hole" (Slate) - 4:13
"Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) - 4:26
"Head Like A Hole" (Opal) - 5:18

You Get What You Deserve

You Get What You Deserve

This is a unique German CD promo with different artwork. It has no Halo designation.

"Head Like a Hole" (Copper) - 6:26
"Down In It" (Shred) - 6:51
"Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) - 4:26
"Head Like a Hole" (Clay) - 4:30

About

Head Like A Hole was released in maxi-single (US) and standard single (UK and Australia) formats. Despite the absence of the original album version on either release, the US Maxi version is longer than Pretty Hate Machine, thanks to inclusion of 5 tracks from the limited UK edition of the Down In It single (Halo 1): 2 versions of "Terrible Lie" and 3 of "Down In It", all of which had only been available on vinyl when this maxi-single was due for release; shortly thereafter, Halo 1 was released on CD by TVT as well.

In 1993, on the now defunct Prodigy message boards, Trent Reznor made the following comment about the circumstances of the maxi-single release:

Also in case anybody was wondering, the 'down in it' single was only going to be released on vinyl (because my old record label sucks) so i put most of it on the 'head like a hole' single (which obviously IS on CD) - then the greedy record label releases 'd.i.i.' on CD which is quite redundant. Sorry if you feel ripped off. [1]

The maxi-single's disc art reveals the tempo for "Head Like A Hole" (115 BPM) and "Terrible Lie" (88 BPM). On the US version, there's an unlisted bonus track featuring a clip of Heather "Princess" Day from Dance Party USA shouting "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woooo! They're GOOD!" Also the first track on the UK single version is mislabeled: instead of Slate it should read Clay.

Artwork

Mockup of artwork by The Designers Republic

The UK version's artwork was originally intended to be the sole artwork, but was replaced for the wider release by TVT Records due to the colour printing costing too much.[2]

The Designers Republic, who did the artwork for the Sin single, wanted to do a similar design for the Head Like A Hole single, but it wasn't used. A mockup of the art was posted to Facebook in 2016.[3]

Credits

Writing and performance: Trent Reznor
(1–7) Production and mix: Flood, Trent Reznor
(8–9) Production and mix: Adrian Sherwood, Keith LeBlanc
(2) Production: Flood, Trent Reznor; Mix: Keith LeBlanc
(10) Production and mix: Trent Reznor
Original versions appear on the album Pretty Hate Machine

Contact: J Artist Management
Portrait: Max Hudson
Sleeve: Gary Talpas for Föhn Design

Releases

TVT Records TVT 2614 - US 12" Vinyl
TVT Records TVT 2615-2 - US CD
Island Records 12 IS 484 878 893-1 - UK 12" Vinyl
Island Records CID 482 878 893-2 - UK CD
Rykodisc RCD-10839 - US CD

Halo I-IV

Halo I-IV is a limited edition vinyl box set released by Concord/Bicycle Music for Record Store Day in November 2015. It contains the domestic versions of the 12" singles for Head Like A Hole, Sin and Down In It on 120 gram vinyl, as well as the original version of Pretty Hate Machine on 180 gram vinyl. None of the music in this set is remastered.

External Links

Discography

Previous release - "Pretty Hate Machine"

Halo number: 3

Next release - "Sin"

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-[[Image:HeadLikeAHoleUS.jpg|thumb|200px|Halo 3: ''Head Like A Hole'' (US)]]
+[[Image:halo3-US.jpg|thumb|Halo 3: ''Head Like A Hole'']]
-[[Image:HeadLikeAHoleUK.png|thumb|200px|Halo 3: ''Head Like A Hole'' (UK)]]
+[[Image:HeadLikeAHoleUK.jpg|thumb|UK version artwork]]
-'''''Head Like A Hole''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 3]]''''') is the second single by [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the second single from debut album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'', released on March 22, 1990 by [[TVT Records]].
+'''''Head Like A Hole''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 3]]''''') is the second single by [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the second single from debut album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''. It was released on March 22, 1990 by [[TVT Records]] in the US, and on September 2, 1991, by Island Records in the UK. The single also serves as a companion [[Remixes|remix]] album of sorts to ''Pretty Hate Machine''.
+==Track listings==
+===US CD===
+#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Slate)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Slate) (remixed by [[Trent Reznor]], [[Flood]]) - 4:13
+#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Clay)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Clay) (remixed by Keith LeBlanc) - 4:30
+#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Sympathetic Mix) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 4:26
+#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Copper)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Copper) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26
+#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#You Know Who You Are|You Know Who You Are]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:50
+#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Soil)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Soil) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:38
+#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Empathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Empathetic Mix) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:11
+#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Shred)|Down In It]]" (Shred) (remixed by [[Adrian Sherwood]], LeBlanc) - 6:51
+#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Singe)|Down In It]]" (Singe) (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 7:21
+#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Demo)|Down In It]]" (Demo) (remixed by Reznor) - 3:55
+#"[[Untitled (from Head Like A Hole)|(unlisted track)]]" - 0:04
+===US 12" Vinyl===
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Slate) - 4:13<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A2&nbsp; "Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) - 4:26<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A3&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A4&nbsp; "(unlisted track)" - 0:04<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Copper)- 6:26<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B2&nbsp; "You Know Who You Are" - 5:50<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B3&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Soil) - 6:38<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B4&nbsp; "Terrible Lie" (Empathetic Mix) - 6:11<br>
+===UK CD===
+#"Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30
+#"Head Like A Hole" (Copper) - 6:26
+#"Head Like A Hole" (Opal) - 5:18
+===UK 12" Vinyl===
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A2&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Copper) - 6:26<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Opal) - 5:18<br>
+[[Image:Hlah10inch.jpg|thumb|Limited Edition 10" vinyl artwork]]
+===UK 7"/10" Vinyl===
+The 10" vinyl is a limited edition with a fold-out poster of exclusive Mark Prent artwork<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Copper) - 6:26<br>
+===Australia CD/Cassette===
+#"Head Like A Hole" (Slate) - 4:13
+#"Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) - 4:26
+#"Head Like A Hole" (Opal) - 5:18
+[[Image:YGWYD.jpg|thumb|''You Get What You Deserve'']]
+===''You Get What You Deserve''===
+This is a unique German CD promo with different artwork. It has no Halo designation.
+#"Head Like a Hole" (Copper) - 6:26
+#"Down In It" (Shred) - 6:51
+#"Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) - 4:26
+#"Head Like a Hole" (Clay) - 4:30
 ==About==
-The single was released in maxi-single (US) and standard single (UK) formats and do not contain the original album version but rather several remixes of the title track.
+''Head Like A Hole'' was released in maxi-single (US) and standard single (UK and Australia) formats. Despite the absence of the original album version on either release, the US Maxi version is longer than ''Pretty Hate Machine'', thanks to inclusion of 5 tracks from the limited UK edition of the ''Down In It'' single (Halo 1): 2 versions of "Terrible Lie" and 3 of "Down In It", all of which had only been available on vinyl when this maxi-single was due for release; shortly thereafter, Halo 1 was released on CD by TVT as well.
-Remixes of "[[Terrible Lie]]" are the B-Sides for this single, as well as the two remixes of "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" that appeared on the ''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'' single and a demo that only appears on the ''Head Like A Hole'' single itself.  The US Maxi version is actually longer in duration than ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' while the UK Single is standard size.
+In 1993, on the now defunct Prodigy message boards, Trent Reznor made the following comment about the circumstances of the maxi-single release:
-On the UK version, there is an (Opal) mix which doesn't appear on the US version.  Also the first track, the (Clay) mix which was used for the "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" video is mislabeled as the (Slate) mix which is the first track on the US maxi-single but doesn't appear on the UK single version.
+<blockquote>Also in case anybody was wondering, the 'down in it' single was only going to be released on vinyl (because my old record label sucks) so i put most of it on the 'head like a
+hole' single (which obviously IS on CD) - then the greedy record label releases 'd.i.i.' on CD which is quite redundant. Sorry if you feel ripped off. [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/display/327]</blockquote>
-The maxi-Single's disc art reveals the BPM for "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" to be 115 BPM and the BPM for "[[Terrible Lie]]" to be 88 BPM.
+The maxi-single's disc art reveals the tempo for "Head Like A Hole" (115 BPM) and "Terrible Lie" (88 BPM). On the US version, there's an unlisted bonus track featuring a clip of Heather "Princess" Day from ''Dance Party USA'' shouting "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woooo! They're GOOD!" Also the first track on the UK single version is mislabeled: instead of ''Slate'' it should read ''Clay''.
-On the US version, there's an unlisted 11th track featuring a clip of Kelly Ripa shouting "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woooo! They're GOOD!"
+==Artwork==
+[[Image:HLAHmockup.jpg|thumb|Mockup of artwork by The Designers Republic]]
+The UK version's artwork was originally intended to be the sole artwork, but was replaced for the wider release by TVT Records due to the colour printing costing too much.[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327]
-==Track listing==
+The Designers Republic, who did the artwork for the ''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'' single, wanted to do a similar design for the ''Head Like A Hole'' single, but it wasn't used. A mockup of the art was posted to Facebook in 2016.[https://www.facebook.com/thedesignersrepublic/photos/pcb.10154678018942214/10154678017797214/?type=3&theater]
-===US Version===
-#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Slate) (remixed by [[Trent Reznor]], [[Mark Ellis|Flood]]) - 4:13
-#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Clay) (remixed by [[Keith LeBlanc]]) - 4:30
-#"[[Terrible Lie]]" (Sympathetic Mix) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 4:26
-#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Copper) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26
-#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|You Know Who You Are]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:50
-#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Soil) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:38
-#"[[Terrible Lie]]" (Empathetic Mix) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:11
-#"[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" (Shred) (remixed by [[Adrian Sherwood]], LeBlanc) - 6:51
-#"[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" (Singe) (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 7:21
-#"[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" (Demo) (remixed by Reznor) - 3:55
-#(unlisted track) - 0:04
-===UK Version===
+==Credits==
-#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Clay) (remixed by LeBlanc) - 4:30
-#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Copper) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26
-#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Opal) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:18
-==Album Credits==
 *Writing and performance: Trent Reznor
 *(1–7) Production and mix: Flood, Trent Reznor
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 *(2) Production: Flood, Trent Reznor; Mix: Keith LeBlanc
 *(10) Production and mix: Trent Reznor
-*Original versions appear on the album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''
+*Original versions appear on the album ''Pretty Hate Machine''
 *All songs Trent Reznor ©1989 TVT Music/Leaving Hope<br>
-<br>
 *Contact: J Artist Management
 *Portrait: Max Hudson
-*Sleeve: Gary Talpas for Föhn Design
+*Sleeve: [[Gary Talpas]] for Föhn Design
 ==Releases==
 *[[TVT Records]] TVT 2614 - US 12" Vinyl
 *[[TVT Records]] TVT 2615-2 - US CD
-*[[Island Records]] 12 IS 484 878 893-1 - UK 12" Vinyl
+*Island Records 12 IS 484 878 893-1 - UK 12" Vinyl
-*[[Island Records]] CID 482 878 893-2 - UK CD
+*Island Records CID 482 878 893-2 - UK CD
+*Rykodisc RCD-10839 - US CD
+==''Halo I-IV''==
+''Halo I-IV'' is a limited edition vinyl box set released by Concord/Bicycle Music for Record Store Day in November 2015. It contains the domestic versions of the 12" singles for ''Head Like A Hole'', ''Sin'' and ''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'' on 120 gram vinyl, as well as the original version of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' on 180 gram vinyl. None of the music in this set is remastered.
 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.nincatalog.com/index.asp?halo=3 ''Head Like A Hole'' at nincatalog.com]
+*[http://nincatalog.com/head-like-a-hole/ ''Head Like A Hole'' at nincatalog.com]
-*[http://www.nincollector.com/archive/releases/halo_03/halo03.htm ''Head Like A Hole'' at nincollector.com]
+*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520head%2520like%2520a%2520hole%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 ''Head Like A Hole'' at Amazon]
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