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| versions =Happiness In Slavery<br>Happiness In Slavery (''[[Fixed]]'')<br>Screaming Slave<br>Happiness In Slavery (Sherwood Slave Mix)<br>Happiness In Slavery (PK Slavery Remix)<br>Happiness In Slavery (Live at Woodstock '94)
| live =[[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]]<br>[[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]] through present}}'''"Happiness In Slavery"''' is the fifth track on 1992's ''[[Broken]]'' EP. It was also released as a promo single and controversial music video. The title is evidently taken from the preface of the bondage novel ''The Story of O''.
===Song Credits===
===Happiness in Slavery (Live at Woodstock '94)===
A recording from the [[Woodstock '94]] performance can be found on the official Woodstock '94 CD and VHS/LaserDisc, including an introduction from comedian Calvert DeForest. At the end of the song, it fades out over the intro to "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]". This song won [[Nine Inch Nails]] their second [[Awards_%26_Accolades#Grammys|Grammy award]].
==Music Video==
The video was universally banned due to its extreme violence and full-frontal nudity. There is a rumor that the only part of the video that was not real was the final sequence in which the man is engulfed by the machine. In reality, the poking and pulling were pretty much the only "real" aspects to the video. Reiss is fascinated with hydraulics, and it clearly shows with this video. The blood and gore were created by mashing bananas and mixing them with chocolate. This would look more realistic when photographed in black-and-white.
The concept for the video was inspired by a novel called ''The Torture Garden'' by Octave Mirabeux.[https://www.loudersound.com/features/nsfw-nine-inch-nails-happiness-in-slavery] The video was originally going to be directed by [[Shinya Tsukamoto]][http://www.filmthreat.com/features/37850/], with whom Reznor would later work with on "[[TOH (Top Of The Hour)]]" and "[[Theme For Tetsuo: The Bullet Man]]", two instrumental pieces credited to [[Nine Inch Nails]].
===Credits===
==Live==
"Happiness in Slavery" was a set staple during the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]] tour, and usually concluded with a lot of destruction by the band after an extended outro. It has not been played since 1995. However, during During later dates on the [[Performance 2007]] tour, samples from the song began to appear in the end of "[[The Great Destroyer]]."The song was played live again for the first time since 1995, during the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]] in 2018. For this iteration, Reznor used a bullhorn on the high-pitched screams of "slavery!" during the outro.
==Lyrics==
*[http://vimeo.com/3556108 "Happiness In Slavery" music video (NSFW)]
*[http://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00061 "Happiness In Slavery" (PK Slavery Mix) at archive.org]
*[http://www.jonreiss.com Official Website of Jon Reiss]*[httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Flanagan Bob_Flanagan_(performance_artist) Wikipedia entry for Bob Flanagan]
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