| album =''[[Broken]]''
| length =4:44
| BPM = 90| versions =Last<br>Throw This Away <br>Last (Butch Vig Remix) (unreleased)| live = [[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]}}'''"Last"''' is the 3rd third track on 1992's ''[[Broken]]'' EP. It is extremely guitar-oriented and features an abrasive vocal performance from [[Trent Reznor]].
===Song Credits===
*Production: [[Flood]], [[Trent Reznor]]
==Appearances==
*''[[Fixed]]''
===Seeds===*''[[The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks]]'' ===Other=== ====Films====*''[[In_pop_culture#Film|The Cabin In The Woods]]'' (2012) ====Video Games====
*''[[Rock Band]]'' video game (available for download)
==Versions==
===Last===
This is the original album version. Very guitar-oriented and immediate, the song also features abrasive vocals by Reznor during the verses but melodic singing in the choruses, a contrast repeated in later songs like "[[Head Down]]." The chorus musically contrasts the verses as well, containing no guitar but moving much quicker and with synthesizers instead. The song can be seen in three sections mediated by two guitar-only breaks, similar in approach to later material like "[[Reptile]]." The end features a buildup consisting of the verse music and a single repeated phrase, which eventually gives way to the opening guitar of "[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]."The lyrics "I wish I could put the blame on you" can be heard faintly from 3:12.
===Throw This Away===
'''''Running Time: 4:13''''' This minimalist remix, on ''Fixed,'' contains elements from both "Last" and "[[Suck]]." The intro also contains a sound Opening with bubbling synthesizer loops, it mostly consists of the bass riff from the middle of "Suck," which is repeated throughout the track. Layered below it are various quiet vocal samples from both songs. Eventually, the drum beat featured at the very end of the original bridge in "Suck" is looped and note progression very similar to ones heard later fades in , eventually segueing directly into the ending of Butch Vig's mix of "Last."====Song Credits====*Remixed by Trent Reznor and [[CloserChris Vrenna]]".(section A), Butch Vig (section B)
===Last (Butch Vig Remix)===
'''''Running Time: 4:32''''' This remix has never been commercially released. HoweverIt was originally uploaded the Cyberden FTP server by "someone in [[Related bands and artists#Chemlab|Chemlab]]'s camp" as an 8-bit/11kHz AIFF file in 1993, which circulated as the only available copy until Reznor has recently hosted a CD-quality MP3 of the song in his [[remix.nin.com]] profile.Musically the opposite of the original, it features completely new guitar parts and drum loops, giving the song more of a radio rock feel. Its ending was incorporated into "Throw This Away."
==Live==
"Last," despite being on the 1992 release ''Broken,'' was not played live until [[2007/02/10|February 10, 2007]], in Libson, Portugal, the first show of the [[Performance 2007]] tour. It was the second song in the set, following "[[Mr. Self Destruct]]."It has since been a rarity to setlists, though it was often paired with "[[We're In This Together (song)|We're In This Together]]" on the same tour.
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==Lyrics==
Gave up trying to figure it out my head got lost along the way
Worn out from giving it up my soul I pissed it all away
Still stings these shattered nerves
Pigs will we get what pigs deserve
I'm going all the way down I'm leaving today
I want you to break me
Then I want you to throw me away
==External Links==
*[http://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00107 "Last" (Butch Vig remix) at archive.org]
*[http://vimeo.com/8339376 "Last" live from on stage in Holmdel, NJ 6.06.09]
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{{succession box
| title=[[Broken#TracklistingTrack listing|Broken]] | before= [[Wish (song)|Wish]]
| after= [[Help Me I Am In Hell]]
| track= 3
}}
[[Category:NIN Songs]]