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[[Image:halo3-US.jpg|thumb|200px|Halo 3: ''Head Like A Hole''<br />[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520head%2520like%2520a%2520hole%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 Find on Amazon] - [http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=nine+inch+nails+head+like+a+hole&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg Find on eBay]]][[Image:HeadLikeAHoleUK.jpg|thumb|200px|UK version artwork]]
'''''Head Like A Hole''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 3]]''''') is the second single by [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the second single from debut album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'', . It was released on March 22, 1990 , by [[TVT Records]]in the US, and on September 2, 1991, by Island Records in the UK. The single also serves as a companion [[Remixes|remix]] album of sorts to ''Pretty Hate Machine''.
==Track listings==
===US Version=======CD====#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Slate)|Head Like A Hole(Slate)]]" (Slate) (remixed by [[Trent Reznor]], [[Flood]]) - 4:13#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Clay)|Head Like A Hole(Clay)]]" (Clay) (remixed by Keith LeBlanc) - 4:30#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Sympathetic Mix) ]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 4:26#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Copper)|Head Like A Hole(Copper)]]" (Copper) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26
#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#You Know Who You Are|You Know Who You Are]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:50
#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Soil)|Head Like A Hole(Soil)]]" (Soil) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:38#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Empathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Empathetic Mix) ]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:11#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Shred)|Down In It(Shred)]]" (Shred) (remixed by [[Adrian Sherwood]], LeBlanc) - 6:51#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Singe)|Down In It(Singe)]]" (Singe) (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 7:21#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Demo)|Down In It(Demo)]]" (Demo) (remixed by Reznor) - 3:55
#"[[Untitled (from Head Like A Hole)|(unlisted track)]]" - 0:04
A4 "(unlisted track)" - 0:04<br>
B1 "Head Like A Hole" (Copper)" - 6:26<br>
B2 "You Know Who You Are" - 5:50<br>
B3 "Head Like A Hole" (Soil) " - 6:38<br> B4 "Terrible Lie" (Empathetic Mix) " - 6:11<br>
===UK VersionCD===Also released on 12" vinyl (1 & 2 on A-side, 3 on B-side) and 7" vinyl (Slate on A-side, Copper on B-side).#"Head Like A Hole" (Clay) " - 4:30#"Head Like A Hole" (Copper) " - 6:26#"Head Like A Hole" (Opal) " - 5:18
===Australia VersionUK 12" Vinyl===# A1 "Head Like A Hole" (SlateClay) " - 4:1330<br>#"Terrible Lie A2 " Head Like A Hole (Sympathetic MixCopper) " - 46:26<br># B1 "Head Like A Hole" (Opal) " - 5:18<br>
[[Image:Hlah10inch.jpg|thumb|Limited Edition 10" vinyl artwork]]
===UK 7"/10" Vinyl===
The 10" vinyl is a limited edition with a fold-out poster of exclusive Mark Prent artwork.<br>
A1 "Head Like A Hole (Clay)" - 4:30<br>
B1 "Head Like A Hole (Copper)" - 6:26<br>
===Australia CD/Cassette===
#"Head Like A Hole (Slate)" - 4:13
#"Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)" - 4:26
#"Head Like A Hole (Opal)" - 5:18
[[Image:YGWYD.jpg|thumb|''You Get What You Deserve'']]
===''You Get What You Deserve''===
This is a unique German CD promo with different artwork. It has no Halo designation.
''Head Like A Hole'' was released in maxi-single (US) and standard single (UK and Australia) formats. Despite the absence of the original album version on either release, the US Maxi version is longer than ''Pretty Hate Machine'', thanks to inclusion of 5 tracks from the limited UK edition of the ''Down In It'' single (Halo 1): 2 versions of "Terrible Lie" and 3 of "Down In It", all of which had only been available on vinyl when this maxi-single was due for release; shortly thereafter, Halo 1 was released on CD by TVT as well.
The UK maxi-single's disc art reveals the tempo for "Head Like A Hole" (115 BPM) and "Terrible Lie" (88 BPM). On the US version, there's artwork was originally intended to be the sole artworkan unlisted bonus track featuring a clip of Heather "Princess" Day from ''[[1989/11/20 Camden, but was replaced NJ|Dance Party USA]]'' shouting "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woooo! They're GOOD!" Also the wider release by TVT Records due to first track on the colour printing costing too much.[httpUK single version is mislabeled://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_articleinstead of ''Slate'' it should read ''Clay''.php?id=327]
==Album Artwork==[[Image:HLAHmockup.jpg|thumb|Mockup of artwork by The Designers Republic]]The colored artwork was what Reznor originally intended for the single's cover, but TVT Records rejected it in favor of the black and white artwork, because the color printing would have cost more than they wanted to pay. Island Records later used the color artwork for the UK release of the single. [https://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/display/327] The Designers Republic, who did the artwork for the ''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'' single, proposed a similar design for the ''Head Like A Hole'' single, but it wasn't used. A mockup of the art was posted to Facebook in 2016.[https://www.facebook.com/thedesignersrepublic/photos/pcb.10154678018942214/10154678017797214/?type=3&theater] ==Credits==
*Writing and performance: Trent Reznor
*(1–7) Production and mix: Flood, Trent Reznor
*Original versions appear on the album ''Pretty Hate Machine''
*All songs Trent Reznor ©1989 TVT Music/Leaving Hope<br>
*Contact: J Artist Management
*Portrait: [[Maxwell Hudson|Max Hudson]]
*Sleeve: [[Gary Talpas]] for Föhn Design
*Island Records CID 482 878 893-2 - UK CD
*Rykodisc RCD-10839 - US CD
==''Halo I-IV''==
''Halo I-IV'' is a limited edition vinyl box set released by Concord/Bicycle Music for Record Store Day in November 2015. It contains the domestic versions of the 12" singles for ''Head Like A Hole'', ''Sin'', and ''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'' on 120 gram vinyl, as well as the original version of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' on 180 gram vinyl. None of the music in this set is remastered.
==External Links==
*[http://nincatalog.com/head-like-a-hole/ ''Head Like A Hole'' at nincatalog.com]
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