Nine Inch Nails has sampled numerous parts of songs, movies, and other audio into its songs. This page will attempt to catalog each usage.
Pretty Hate Machine: Ringfinger-"Alphabet St."-by Prince -Had a Dad" by Jane's Addiction
Head Like A Hole [single]: Head Like A Hole (Copper) - "Body Language" by Queen Head Like A Hole (Opal) - "Tamborine" by Prince Track 11- "let's hear it for nine inch nails-- woo, they're good!" being said by Kelly Ripa
Sin [single] Get Down Make Love-talking at the beginning from the movie "The Cabinet of Caligari " -moaning from Japanese porno movies -"News of the World" by Queen
Broken: Pinion-"It's No Game" by David Bowie Physical-recordings of Trent's old dog Maise barking, "ow!...fucker!" being said by Sean Beavin after Maise bit him
Fixed: Fist Fuck-"i could feel that way too... i bet you will someday" from the movie "Showboat"
The Downward Spiral: Mr. Self Destruct- begins with a sample from the film "THX 1138" Closer-"Nightclubbing" by Iggy Pop The Becoming - screams in the background sampled from the film "Robot Jox" Reptile-looping female voice from the movie "Nekromantik" -intro machine sounds sampled from the film "Leviathan" The Downward Spiral-watery noise at the beginning from the movie "Alien."
Closer To God: Memorabilia-("what do your nipples look like?") is Robin Finck talking to a phone sex woman
Further Down the Spiral: Self Destruction, Part Two-"Time" by David Bowie Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) - "Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)" by The Fatback Band Heresy (Version) - Aron Ranen's Religion "In Suburbia" and "Television Believers"
The Fragile: Starfuckers, Inc. (fireworks and yelling at the end) - "Shout It Out Loud" from by Kiss