Capital G (halo)
The Capital G single was released in Europe on June 4, 2007, on vinyl only (9"). Trent Reznor made this decision after Interscope initially wanted to release the single in a manner similar to Survivalism. Reznor has expressed his displeasure with multiple-part CD singles, feeling that they force his fans to spend more on a single than they really should.[1]
Because it is a vinyl-only single, Capital G has not been designated as a Halo. To clarify, Rob Sheridan posted the following on The Spiral:
It will not be a halo. It's a simple 9" vinyl release the record company really wanted to put out - Europe only, I believe. Side A is Capital G, side B is the Dave Sitek Survivalism remix. It will be nice for the people who have the 9" collector box, but we kept a halo # off of it because it doesn't warrant one, and so regular collectors wouldn't feel any pressure to pick it up just for the sake of completeness.
Tracklisting
- "Capital G"
- "Survivalism (Dave Sitek Remix)" - 4:32
Tracklisting for 2-track CD promo version
- "Capital G (Phones 666 RPM Mix)" - 7:24
- "Capital G (Switch remix)" - 5:01
Phones 666 RPM remix by Paul Epworth
Switch remix by Switch
There is also a 4-track CD promo version which contains the two tracks from above (as tracks one and four in the order they appear above) and includes a clean version and a shortened version of the 666 remixes.
Album Credits
- Lyrics: Trent Reznor
- Producers: Trent Reznor with Atticus Ross
- Mix: Alan Moulder.
- "Survivalism (Dave Sitek Remix)"—Remix by David Andrew Sitek.
Artwork
The emblem on the cover of Capital G (as well a similar one for the fictional US Bureau of Morality) is adapted from the emblem used by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The cover art for the Capital G promo is similar to the cover art for Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D.