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{{song
| title = Head Like A Hole
| album = ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''
| length = 4:59
| versions = Head Like A Hole<br>Head Like A Hole(Clay)<br>Head Like A Hole(Copper)<br>Head Like A Hole(Opal)<br>Head Like A Hole(Slate)<br>Head Like A Hole(Soil)<br>You Know Who You Are
| live = [[Hate Tour ]] (1990) - through Present <br> Set Staple
}}
==About==
'''''Head Like A Hole''''' is the first track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]].'' It was the first commercial success [[Reznor|Trent Reznor]] had and recieved wide radio rotation at the time. Though Trent Reznor doesn't dislike the song, he was quite suprised it became as big as it did, especially due to its relatively easy writing process compared to some of the lesser recognized tracks on [[''Pretty Hate Machine]] '' ("[[That's What I Get]]" and "[[Kinda I Want To]]" most notably).
===Song Credits===
==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''*''[[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]] '' (remixes)*''[[Closure]] '' (music video)*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]] '' (live)*''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]] '' (live)
===BootlegsOther===
*[[Purest Feeling II]]
==Versions==
===Head Like A Hole===
The version that appears as the first track on [[Pretty Hate Machine]], it's perhaps one of the most well known [[Nine Inch Nails]] songs. It's pounding synth bassline, tribal rhythms and chants, layered guitar and catchy double chorus are all signature aspects of the song. The stereo wipe at the end fades into the beginning of [[Terrible Lie]].
===You Know Who You Are===
The fifth track on the [[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]], this song is an instrumental composed of the background synths and various tribal rhythms and chants that compose the song. It's more or less a wordless "dub" version of the song and is notable for being the very first true [[Nine Inch Nails]] instrumental. The outro of the song is the actual intro to the original version of Head Like A Hole (This song is not to be confused with [[You Know What You Are?]], the second track off of the album ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'') ==Performed live==
==Live==
===Live, from [[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]===
The 13th song on the CD (16th on the DVD/VHS versions), it trails directly after [[Closer]] and is the end of the regular set. The lights are bright and the LCD displays behind them show mostly interference snow in time with the music. At the end of the song, the band completely destroys all the instruments and the music melts into dissonance, hanging for a bit while the strobes increase in intensity (almost to the point where it's impossible to see) before the lights shut off completely. This minute delay or so gives the band time to prepare for the encore.
The video contains three different sequences, used at different intervals of the song. During the verses, footage of tribal dancers is untercut with rotating cybernetic heads, creating a strobe effect. For the main chorus and instrumental interludes, the band is seen playing in a large cage with wires and magnetic tape at their feet. The sub-chorus features black-and-white footage of Reznor lowering his head into a tub filled with water and bringing it back up. At the end of the video, Reznor's feet have become entangled in the tape and wires as he is lifted off the ground, hung upside-down and writhes in mid-air.
When the video was shown on "''Beavis and Butt-Head" '' in 1993, the Copper mix was used in place of the Clay mix.
==Covers==
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=SMZYcvU1UTY acoustic cover by Ryan Star], some guy from a contenstant on ''Rockstar: Supernova''* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=TQmMKdY-mzg cover by AFI], "hardcore" goth-punk band
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=4xk9D2CMfIY cover by Still Remains], christian metalcore band