Difference between revisions of "Hyperpower!"

Latest revision as of 03:08, 20 February 2025

Album:Year Zero

Length:1:42

Versions:HYPERPOWER!
HYPERPOWER! (Instrumental)
Gunshots By Computer: Saul Williams

Live:Performance 2007

"HYPERPOWER!" is the first track on the 2007 release Year Zero. It is a short instrumental that kicks off the album, a la "Pinion."

A hyperpower is a nation that dominates the global stage through economy, military power, and technological prowess. The term has been used to describe the United States in the 1990s and retrospectively the British Empire in the 19th century.

While the song is instrumental, it uses a crowd chant throughout. What is being said is not entirely clear, despite being directly accessible from the multitracks, because the chants are heavily filtered and distorted.

Appearances

Versions

HYPERPOWER!

This is the original album version. Instrumental, it continuously builds from the basic drum beat, adding layers of synthesizers, samples, guitars and bass until an explosive climax, after which everything suddenly stops. The decay of the drum reverb leads into "The Beginning Of The End."

HYPERPOWER! (Instrumental)

This unmastered vocal-less mix was released by Trent Reznor through his remix.nin.com account.

Gunshots By Computer

This version is the opening track on Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D, and features vocals by Saul Williams. Williams recites a poem over "Hyperpower!." Minimal changes were made to the music. The mix is also referred to as "Guns by Computer."

Lyrics

    Are you looking for the truth or for another fight?
    If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
    Freedom. Ain't looking for no, ain't looking for no fight
    If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
    
    The world that circles around me can benefit from silence
    This song is my enemy, watch how I become it
    Cradled by mystery and make believe I am floating in the other night
    Children wish upon me
    
    This man and his army are praying in their fortresses making guns of steeples
    Insurgence of people the messiah's an immigrant detained at the border
    Severed from his trinity, his wife, and his daughter
    
    America the beautiful, nappy headed hoedown
    Lynchburg throwdown
    It seems our favorite past-time has become our most feared future
    Technology has failed us. Gunshots by computer
    
    Gunshots by Computer
    
    Are you looking for the truth or for another fight?
    If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
    Freedom. Ain't looking for no, ain't looking for no fight
    If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
    
    Gunshots by Computer

Song Credits

Remix by Saul Williams

Live

"Hyperpower!" made its live debut on May 7, 2007, the first show on the Australian leg of the Performance 2007 tour. It would open the vast majority of shows on the rest of the tour (although sometimes it was just as a pre-recorded PA broadcast), transitioning into "The Beginning of the End".

Nine Inch Nails have not performed "Hyperpower!" since 2007, but Saul Williams performed "Gunshots By Computer" several times during his 2008 tour.

External Links

"Hyperpower!" (Instrumental) at archive.org

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-| title = ''Hyperpower!''
+| title = ''HYPERPOWER!''
-| album = [[Year Zero]]
+| album = ''[[Year Zero]]''
-| length = N/A
+| length = 1:42
-| versions = N/A
+| BPM = 86
-| live = N/A
+| versions =HYPERPOWER!<br>HYPERPOWER! (Instrumental)<br>Gunshots By Computer: Saul Williams
-}}
+| live = [[Performance 2007]]
+}}'''''"HYPERPOWER!"''''' is the first track on the 2007 release ''[[Year Zero]].'' It is a short instrumental that kicks off the album, a la "[[Pinion]]."
+A hyperpower is a nation that dominates the global stage through economy, military power, and technological prowess. The term has been used to describe the United States in the 1990s and retrospectively the British Empire in the 19th century.
+While the song is instrumental, it uses a crowd chant throughout. What is being said is not entirely clear, despite being directly accessible from the [[multitracks]], because the chants are heavily filtered and distorted.
+===Song credits===
+*Drums: [[Josh Freese]]
+==Appearances==
+===Halos===
+*''Year Zero''
+*''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]''
+===Seeds===
+*''[[The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks]]''
+===Other===
+*''[[The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!]]''
+==Versions==
+===HYPERPOWER!===
+This is the original album version. Instrumental, it continuously builds from the basic drum beat, adding layers of synthesizers, samples, guitars and bass until an explosive climax, after which everything suddenly stops. The decay of the drum reverb leads into "[[The Beginning Of The End]]."
+===HYPERPOWER! (Instrumental)===
+This unmastered vocal-less mix was released by [[Trent Reznor]] through his [[remix.nin.com]] account.
-==About==
+===Gunshots By Computer===
-''''''Hyperpower!'''''' is the first track on the 2007 release ''[[Year Zero]].''
+This version is the opening track on ''Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D,'' and features vocals by [[Saul Williams]]. Williams recites a poem over "Hyperpower!." Minimal changes were made to the music.  The mix is also referred to as "Guns by Computer."
-== Appearances ==
+====Lyrics====
-=== Halos ===
+     Are you looking for the truth or for another fight?
-* ''[[Year Zero (halo)|Year Zero]]''
+     If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
+     Freedom. Ain't looking for no, ain't looking for no fight
+     If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
+     The world that circles around me can benefit from silence
+     This song is my enemy, watch how I become it
+     Cradled by mystery and make believe I am floating in the other night
+     Children wish upon me
+     This man and his army are praying in their fortresses making guns of steeples
+     Insurgence of people the messiah's an immigrant detained at the border
+     Severed from his trinity, his wife, and his daughter
+     America the beautiful, nappy headed hoedown
+     Lynchburg throwdown
+     It seems our favorite past-time has become our most feared future
+     Technology has failed us. Gunshots by computer
+     Gunshots by Computer
+     Are you looking for the truth or for another fight?
+     If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
+     Freedom. Ain't looking for no, ain't looking for no fight
+     If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
+     Gunshots by Computer
-== Versions ==
+====Song Credits====
-=== ''Hyperpower!'' ===
+*Remix by Saul Williams
-This is the only known version at the present moment.
 ==Live==
-"Hyperpower!" has yet to be played live.
+"Hyperpower!" made its live debut on [[2007/05/07 Brisbane, Australia|May 7, 2007]], the first show on the Australian leg of the [[Performance 2007]] tour. It would open the vast majority of shows on the rest of the tour (although sometimes it was just as a pre-recorded PA broadcast), transitioning into "[[The Beginning of the End]]".
+[[Nine Inch Nails]] have not performed "Hyperpower!" since 2007, but Saul Williams performed "Gunshots By Computer" several times during his 2008 tour.
+==External Links==
+*[https://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00100 "Hyperpower!" (Instrumental) at archive.org]
+<BR>
+{{succession box
+| title=[[Year Zero#Track Listing|Year Zero]]
+| before= N/A: First Track
+| after= [[The Beginning of the End]]
+| track= 1
+}}
-== Lyrics ==
-This song has not yet been released.
-[[Category: NIN Songs]]
+[[Category:NIN Instrumentals]][[Category:NIN Songs Released as Multitracks]]
-[[Category:NIN Songs Never Played Live]]

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