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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.
 
{{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.
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==''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]''==
 
==''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]''==
 
"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It|Down In It]]" samples:
 
"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It|Down In It]]" samples:
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*"We Will Rock You" by Queen
 
*"We Will Rock You" by Queen
 
*The intro is an extract from 1962's ''The Cabinet Of Caligari''
 
*The intro is an extract from 1962's ''The Cabinet Of Caligari''
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==''[[Broken]]''==
 
==''[[Broken]]''==
 
"[[Pinion]]" (live) samples:
 
"[[Pinion]]" (live) samples:
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*"Ow!...fucker!" said by [[Sean Beavan]] after Maise bit him
 
*"Ow!...fucker!" said by [[Sean Beavan]] after Maise bit him
 
"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" samples:
 
"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" samples:
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*Ambient Noises from ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (When the Tie Fighters are sending bombs into the asteroid where Han and Leia are hiding)
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*Ambient noises from ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (When the Tie Fighters are sending bombs into the asteroid where Han and Leia are hiding)
  
 
==''[[Fixed]]''==
 
==''[[Fixed]]''==
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*"I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the film ''Showboat''
 
*"I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the film ''Showboat''
 
*''Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'' by Dr. Timothy Leary
 
*''Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'' by Dr. Timothy Leary
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==''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''==
 
==''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''==
 
"[[Mr. Self Destruct]]" samples:
 
"[[Mr. Self Destruct]]" samples:
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"[[Reptile]]" samples:
 
"[[Reptile]]" samples:
 
*Intro machine sounds from the film ''Leviathan'' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A (at :13)
 
*Intro machine sounds from the film ''Leviathan'' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A (at :13)
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*Looping female voice from the film ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)''
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*Looping female voice ("Kirk, help") from the film ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)''
 
"[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]"
 
"[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]"
 
*Watery noise at the beginning from the film ''Alien''
 
*Watery noise at the beginning from the film ''Alien''
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==''[[The Day The World Went Away (halo)|The Day The World Went Away]]''==
 
==''[[The Day The World Went Away (halo)|The Day The World Went Away]]''==
 
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" samples:
 
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" samples:
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*Fireworks and yelling at the end from "Shout It Out Loud" by KISS
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*Fireworks and yelling at the end from "Shout It Out Loud" (from ''Alive II'') by KISS
  
 
==''[[Things Falling Apart]]''==
 
==''[[Things Falling Apart]]''==
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*"UFO" by ESG
 
*"UFO" by ESG
 
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood]]" samples:
 
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood]]" samples:
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*"Shout It Out Loud" by Kiss
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*"Shout It Out Loud" (from ''Alive II'') by KISS
  
 
==''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''==
 
==''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''==

Revision as of 21:09, 21 March 2019

Nine Inch Nails has sampled numerous parts of songs, movies, and other audio into its songs. This page will attempt to catalog each usage.

Contents

  • 1 Purest Feeling
  • 2 Pretty Hate Machine
  • 3 Head Like A Hole
  • 4 Sin
  • 5 Broken
  • 6 Fixed
  • 7 The Downward Spiral
  • 8 Closer To God
  • 9 Further Down the Spiral
  • 10 The Perfect Drug
  • 11 The Day The World Went Away
  • 12 Things Falling Apart
  • 13 With Teeth
  • 14 Ghosts I-IV
  • 15 The Fragile: Deviations 1

Purest Feeling

"Down In It" samples:

  • The film Angel Heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEUUS_kjI4k&hd=1 (until about :23)

Pretty Hate Machine

"Head Like A Hole" samples:

  • "Samburu Warriors' initiation (Kenya)" performed by the Samburu Tribe of Kenya and recorded by David Fanshawe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08Wvtspmjo

"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 (Natural Born Killers Version)" samples:

  • A thunderclap (at the very beginning)
  • Nocturnal birds (during the fade off of the thunderclap)
  • A movie sample of the two main characters (Mickey and Mallory) arguing (just after the piano starts)
  • A rattlesnake (during the movie sample after the man speaks the second time)
  • Fire crackling and hissing (towards the end)
  • Native American chanting (just after the fire sounds)

"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)

"Ringfinger" samples:

  • "Alphabet St." by Prince
  • "Had A Dad" by Jane's Addiction

Head Like A Hole

"Head Like A Hole (Copper)" samples:

  • "Body Language" by Queen

"Head Like A Hole (Opal)" samples:

  • "Tamborine" by Prince
  • "Release It" by Prince

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

"Get Down, Make Love" samples:

  • Moaning and breathing from Japanese pornography films
  • "News of the World" by Queen
  • "We Will Rock You" by Queen
  • The intro is an extract from 1962's The Cabinet Of Caligari

Broken

"Pinion" (live) samples:

  • "It's No Game" by David Bowie

"Physical" samples:

  • Recordings of Trent Reznor's dog Maise barking
  • "Ow!...fucker!" said by Sean Beavan after Maise bit him

"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)

Fixed

"Fist Fuck" samples:

  • "I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the film Showboat
  • Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out by Dr. Timothy Leary

The Downward Spiral

"Mr. Self Destruct" samples:

  • Begins with a sample from the film THX 1138 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysyU8sCdlM&hd=1

"Closer" samples:

  • "Nightclubbing" by Iggy Pop
  • "Take A Chance With Me" by Roxy Music

"The Becoming" samples:

  • Screams in the background from the film Robot Jox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRPiBGVFIE (starting at :33)
  • "I know who I am" from the film Angel Heart (backwards) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTC9Lt3hiWo&t=2m6s (starting at 2:06)

"Reptile" samples:

  • Intro machine sounds from the film Leviathan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A (at :13)
  • Looping female voice ("Kirk, help") from the film Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

"The Downward Spiral"

  • Watery noise at the beginning from the film Alien

Closer To God

"Memorabilia" samples:

  • "What do your nipples look like?" taken from a phone conversation between Robin Finck and a female impersonator

Further Down the Spiral

"Self Destruction, Part Two" samples:

  • "Time" by David Bowie

"Self Destruction, Final" samples:

  • "Time" by David Bowie

"Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" samples:

  • "Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)" by The Fatback Band

"Heresy (Version)" samples:

  • "In Suburbia" and "Television Believers" from Aron Ranen's Religion In Suburbia

The Perfect Drug

"The Perfect Drug" samples:

  • "Amen, Brother" by The Winstons

The Day The World Went Away

"Starfuckers, Inc." samples:

  • Fireworks and yelling at the end from "Shout It Out Loud" (from Alive II) by KISS

Things Falling Apart

"Metal" samples:

  • "UFO" by ESG

"Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood" samples:

  • "Shout It Out Loud" (from Alive II) by KISS

With Teeth

"All The Love In The World" (The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts version) samples:

  • The Twilight Zone episode "When The Sky Was Opened"

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 (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

The Fragile: Deviations 1

"Feeders" samples:

  • "This is it" and mechanical sounds from the film Real Genius
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