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| length = 5:14
| BPM = 80
| versions = Ripe<br>Ripe (With Decay) (6:34)<br>Ripe (With Decay) (Alt)
| live = [[NIN songs never played live|Unperformed]]
}}'''"Ripe"''' is the final track, an atmospheric instrumental, on ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' vinyl. "Ripe (With Decay)" is the final track on ''The Fragile'' CD and cassette, with an extra part at the end.
===Ripe (With Decay)===
This version is on the CD and audio cassette releases of ''The Fragile''. The song mutates from a very beautiful piano improvisation by Mike Garson above a methodical, slinking guitar riff, gradually descending into chaos with several instruments playing wildly and disharmoniously before all the sounds stop at once. "Decay" follows this with dark, moody bass and synth, and Reznor humming in the background. The guitar picks back up and the music becomes chaotic again for a moment, just to stop as abruptly as it started. "Decay" extends the song's length by an extra minute and twenty seconds.
===Ripe (With Decay) (Alt)===
Released exclusively through Apple Music. Doesn't actually contain "Decay", very different arrangement.
==Live==