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{{expand}}[[Nine Inch Nails]] has sampled numerous parts of songs, movies, and other audio into its songs. This page will attempt to catalog each usage.
==''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''==
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" samples:
*Chanting from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08Wvtspmjo "Samburu Warriors' initiation (Kenya)"] performed by the Samburu Tribe of Kenya and recorded by David Fanshawe
"[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" samples:
*"Reality" by Gary Clail & Tackhead / "Stadium Rock" by The Barmy Army
*"Mechanical Movements" by Keith LeBlanc
*"Einstein" by Keith LeBlanc
"[[Sanctified]]" samples:
*The film ''Midnight Express'', the dialog that begins at about 3:20 and also the screaming that can be heard right before it segues into "[[Something I Can Never Have]]". This sample is not present on the version from 2010 remaster.
"[[Something I Can Never Have]]" samples:
*The atmospheric keyboards from an unused This Mortal Coil session.
"[[Something I Can Never Have |Something I Can Never Have (Natural Born Killers Version)]]" samples:
*Fire crackling and hissing (towards the end)
*Native American chanting (just after the fire sounds)
"[[Kinda I Want To]]" samples:
*"Good Old Music" by Funkadelic
*"A Surf M.C. New Year" by Surf MC's
*"Let The Jingle Bells Rock" by Sweet Tee
"[[Sin (song)|Sin]]" samples:
*"Paid In Full" by Eric B. & Rakim, which samples the last few seconds of "Change The Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy (feat. Beside)
"[[The Only Time]]" samples:
*Female background vocals recorded for "So Alive" by Love And Rockets
"[[Ringfinger]]" samples:
*"Alphabet St." by Prince
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole (Copper)]]" samples:
*"Body Language" by Queen
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole (Opal)]]" samples:
*"Tamborine" by Prince
*"Release It" by PrinceThe Time, which samples "Squib Cakes" by Tower Of Power*"The Wrong Name and the Wrong Number" by Mark Stewart [[Untitled_(from_Head_Like_A_Hole)|Track 11 ]] samples:*"Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails— woo, they're good!" cheered by Heather "Princess" Day on an episode of ''Dance Party USA''
==''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]''==
"[[Sin (song)|Sin (Short)]]", "[[Sin (song)|Sin (Long)]]" and "[[Sin (song)|Sin (Dub)]]" sample:
*"Mr. President" by Keith LeBlanc
"[[Get Down, Make Love]]" samples:
*Moaning and breathing from Japanese pornography films
*"We Will Rock You" by Queen
*The intro is an extract from 1962's ''[https://youtu.be/jcsJAkacQKM?t=3274 The Cabinet Of Caligari]''(at 54:34).*Beats from ''40 Oz of Phat Slammin Hip Hop'' sample library by InVision Interactive (specifically, PARTITION A - KITS 89-91 - 90 1.wav)
==''[[Broken]]''==
"[[Pinion]]" samples:
*"It's No Game" by [[David Bowie]]
"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" samples:
*Ambient noises from ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (When the Tie Fighters are sending bombs into the asteroid where Han and Leia are hiding)
"[[Physical]]" samples:
*Recordings of [[Trent Reznor]]'s dog Maise barking
*"Ow!...fucker!" said by [[Sean Beavan]] after Maise bit him
==''[[Fixed]]''==
"[[Fist Fuck]]" samples:
*"I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the 1951 film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exe-VtXv8d0 ''ShowboatShow Boat''] (starting at 4:48)
*''Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'' by Dr. Timothy Leary
==''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''==
"[[Mr. Self Destruct]]" samples:
*Begins with a sample from the film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysyU8sCdlM&hd=1 ''THX 1138'' http] "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]" samples:*Buried scream from the film ''Sorcerer''*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysyU8sCdlM&hd=15EFMzJ2dCDs ''The Exorcist II: The Heretic''] (around 2:30)
"[[Closer]]" samples:
*Bass drum from "[[Nightclubbing]]" by Iggy Pop*Intro from "Take A Chance With Me" by Roxy Music(reversed and pitched-up)*Synth bass from ''A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, Vol. 2'' sample library by Rarefaction (specifically, a piece called "Circular2") "[[Ruiner]]" samples:*"Beat Box" by Art of Noise*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bJd2ZAzPSw ''Parents'']*Pitched-up elephant noises from the intro of the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHswu1Ad_wI ''The Elephant Man'']
"[[The Becoming]]" samples:
*Screams in the background from the film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRPiBGVFIE ''Robot Jox'' http] (starting at :33)*"I know who I am" (reversed) from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRPiBGVFIE DTC9Lt3hiWo&t=2m6s ''Angel Heart''] (starting at 2:3306)
"[[Reptile]]" samples:
*Intro machine sounds from the film ''Leviathan'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A ''Leviathan''] (at :13)*Looping female voice ("Ungh... Kirk, help") from the film ''The Texas Chainsaw Chain Saw Massacre '' (1974)''(30:47) appears during the breakdown (5:07) "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]"samples:
*Watery noise at the beginning from the film ''Alien''
*Pitched-down strings from the "Twins" cue on the ''Dead Ringers'' score
==''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''==
"[[Closer|Closer (Deviation)]]" samples:
*"Pinch" by Can
*"Mountain of Needles" by Brian Eno and David Byrne
"[[Closer|Closer (Precursor)]]" samples:
*Multiple sounds from ''A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, Vol. 1'' sample library by Rarefaction
"[[Memorabilia]]" samples:
*"What do your nipples look like?" taken from a phone conversation between [[Robin Finck]] and a female impersonator
==''[[Further Down the Spiral]]''==
"[[Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)]]" samples:
*"Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)" by The Fatback Band
"[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Part Two]]" and "[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Final]]" sample:
*"Time" by David Bowie
"[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)]]" samples:
*"First Dark Ride" by [[Coil]] vs. The Eskaton
"[[Heresy|Heresy (Version)]]" samples:
*"In Suburbia" and "Television Believers" from Aron Ranen's ''Religion In Suburbia''
"[[Eraser|Eraser (Denial; Realization)]]" samples:*Slowed-down speech ("yours is the plague of blasphemy and fornication") from the film ''At Play In The Fields Of The Lord'' ==''[[The Fragile (halo)|The FragileQuake Soundtrack]]''=="[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc.Quake Theme]]" samples:*Fireworks and yelling at the end scream from "Shout It Out Loud" by Kiss (appears only on the version on ''[[The Day The World Went Away Downward Spiral (halosong)|The Day The World Went AwayDownward Spiral]]'' single)"
==''[[The Perfect Drug (halo)|The Perfect Drug]]''==
"[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug(Meat Beat Manifesto)]]" samples: *"Amen, Brother" by The Winstons ==''[[The Day The World Went Away (halo)|The Day The World Went Away]]''=="[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" samples:*Fireworks and yelling at the end from "Shout It Out Loud" (from ''Alive II'') by KISS
==''[[Things Falling Apart]]''==
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood]]" samples:
*"Shout It Out Loud" (from ''Alive II'') by KISS
"[[Metal]]" samples:
*"UFO" by ESG
*"M.E."by [[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian SherwoodGary Numan]] "[[10 Miles High]]" samples:*Flute/Mellotron sound from "Shout It Out Loud[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]" by Kiss
==''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''==
"[[All The Love In The World]]" (''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]'' version) samples:
*''The Twilight Zone'' episode "And When The Sky Was Opened" ==''[[Year Zero]]''=="[[God Given]]", "[[My Violent Heart]]" and "[[Zero Sum]]" sample:*Beats from ''Atom Heart's Rather Interesting World Of Digital Drums'' sample CD by Atomizer™
==''[[Ghosts I-IV]]''==
"[[11 Ghosts II]]" samples:
*"Songe d'une nuit de sabbat" by Berlioz
"[[15 Ghosts II]]" samples:
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE Bioshock halloween YouTube video] (around 0:12 to 0:18)
"[[24 Ghosts III]]" samples:
*"Get the door, get the door" from the film ''The Mothman Prophecies''
"[[30 Ghosts IV]]" samples:
*Saddam Hussein's Trial Verdict, on Nov. 5, 2006
==''[[The Fragile: Deviations 1]]''==
"[[Feeders]]" samples:
*"This is it" and mechanical sounds from the film ''Real Genius''
==''[[Add Violence]]''==
"[[The Background World]]" samples:
*Snare drum from "[[Closer]]"
==''[[Ghosts VI: Locusts]]''==
"[[Another Crashed Car]]" samples:
*A telephone call intercept message
==Other==
===''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]''===
"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It|Down In It]]" samples:
*The film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEUUS_kjI4k ''Angel Heart''] (until about :26)
"Sanctified"/"[[Maybe Just Once]]" samples:
*The film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvCSkecw9_U ''Diner''] (used at the end of "Sanctified" and the beginning of "Maybe Just Once")
"Twist" samples:
*The film [https://youtu.be/Gbeji0Rqz5Y?si=mUaMM3g1QdRSwk3M&t=125 ''A Clockwork Orange''] (2:05) (used twice in the intro)
===Live Samples===
====[[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]]====
speech from films, sampled at various points during sets:
*"I must stress the importance of total, I repeat, total sexual abstinence" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=1268 Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (21:08)
*"Could I still excite you?" (slowed down) from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=4498s Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (1:14:48)
*"That's the sun in my hands, man..." from the 1967 film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqzl6ndEy5c&t=6m12s The Trip]'' (6:12)
*"Hang around, I'll make a cocksucker out of you" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/GLdb7u2Y5Jg?t=335 Tough Guys Don't Dance]'' (5:37)
*"I could fuck your woman right in front of you" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/GLdb7u2Y5Jg?t=1260 Tough Guys Don't Dance]'' (20:59)
*"Negative pulse, no heartbeat, no respiration, no pupil dilation, no brain waves, no response to pain" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr9DH54reEI&t=748s The Serpent and the Rainbow]'' (12:28)
*"I wanna hear you scream" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/tr9DH54reEI?t=3140 The Serpent and the Rainbow]'' (52:20)
*Moaning sound that plays when the female Cenobite is on-screen from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HBu1_A-Obc Hellraiser]'' (00:00, 00:22, 00:34), often played during the show intro.
*"Who do you think you're fooling?" from an unknown source
*"Kill or be killed" from an unknown source
*"I told you to stay out of this... give me the gun... don't make me do this..." from an unknown source
*"Let me tell you somethin', me for one ain't gonna give up a little ???" from an unknown source
====[[NIN 2017-2018]]====
"[[The Great Destroyer]]" samples:
*various Donald Trump speeches
[[Category:NIN Songs]]