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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.
''Note: Some early samples likely come courtesy of the producers who worked on the tracks, as some of the sounds also appeared on other projects created by or worked on by the same personnel.''
==''[[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:
*A thunderclap (at the very beginning)
*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
*"Had A Dad" by [[Jane's Addiction]]
==''[[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]]''==
"[[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 The 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 (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 CD-ROM 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 ''Show Boat'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exe-VtXv8d0 ''Show 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 Bass drum from "[[Nightclubbing]]" by Iggy Pop*intro 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 ''Robot Jox'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRPiBGVFIE ''Robot Jox''] (starting at :33)*"I know who I am" (reversed) from the film ''Angel Heart'' (reversed) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTC9Lt3hiWo&t=2m6s ''Angel Heart''] (starting at 2:06)
"[[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]]''==
*"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''
==''[[Things Falling Apart]]''==
"[[10 Miles HighStarfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood]]" samples:*flute/Mellotron sound from "[[The Downward Spiral Shout It Out Loud" (songfrom ''Alive II'')|The Downward Spiral]]"by KISS
"[[Metal]]" samples:
*"UFO" by ESG
*"M.E." by [[Gary Numan]]
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood10 Miles High]]" samples:*Flute/Mellotron sound from "Shout It Out Loud" [[The Downward Spiral (from ''Alive II''song) by KISS|The Downward Spiral]]"
==''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''==
"[[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
===''[[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&listt=PLCCB45A11D77A4AF8&index=3 6m12s The Trip]'' (6:1412)*"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
*"Let me tell you somethin', me for one ain't gonna give up a little ???" from an unknown source