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
Pretty Hate Machine:
"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
Track 11 samples:
- "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails— woo, they're good!" cheered by Kelly Ripa
"Sin"
"Get Down, Make Love" samples:
- Moaning from Japanese pornography films
- "News of the World" by Queen
Broken
"Pinion" samples:
- "It's No Game" by David Bowie
"Physical (You're So)" samples:
- Recordings of Trent's old dog Maise barking
- "Ow!...fucker!" said by Sean Beavin after Maise bit him
Fixed
"Fist Fuck" samples:
- "I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the film Showboat
The Downward Spiral
"Mr. Self Destruct" samples:
- Begins with a sample from the film THX 1138
"Closer" samples:
- "Nightclubbing" by Iggy Pop
"The Becoming" samples:
- Screams in the background from the film Robot Jox
"Reptile" samples:
- Intro machine sounds from the film Leviathan
- Looping female voice from the film Nekromantik
- Watery noise at the beginning from the film Alien
Closer to God
"Memorabilia" samples:
- "What do your nipples look like?" said by Robin Finck talking to a phone sex woman
Further Down the Spiral
"Self Destruction, Part Two" 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" by Aron Ranen's Religion
The Fragile
"Starfuckers, Inc." samples:
- Fireworks and yelling at the end from "Shout It Out Loud" by Kiss