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| BPM = 90
| versions = Closer<br>Closer (Instrumental)<br>Closer (Clean Pussy Radio Edit)<br>Closer To God<br>Closer (Precursor)<br>Closer (Further Away)<br>Closer (Deviation)<br>Closer (Internal)<br>Closer (Thrust)<br>Closer (Unrecalled)<br>Closer (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Closer (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
| live = [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]] through [[Live 2013-2014|NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[Live 2013-2014|NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour]]throught present
}}'''"Closer"''' is the fifth track on the 1994 release ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' and is perhaps the most well-known song by [[Nine Inch Nails]], as it received much airplay both on radio and music video television. The subject matter seems to be about a feeling of worthlessness being quelled through control over others using sex. The song was at the number 2 position on AOL's "69 Sexiest Songs of All Time," mostly due to the explicit frankness of its chorus.
"Closer" has been regularly performed live since 1994. Starting from [[Live: With Teeth]] tour, the instrumental breakdown of "The Only Time" was incorporated into the breakdown of "Closer". Also, the second to last line of the song has been sung as "I am the honey inside your hive" instead of "I drink the honey inside your hive." An example of this can be seen on ''Beside You In Time.''
After being in setlist rotation for 14 years, Reznor stated in a web interview that the song is "nowhere on the setlist" for the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]], despite it later being played a handful of times on that tour, with Trent playing the breakdown from "The Only Time" instead of [[Alessandro Cortini]]. During the [[Live 2013-2014|Tension 2013 tourTour]], "Closer" has been was referenced during some live performances of "[[All Time Low]]".
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