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| versions =Ringfinger<br>Twist (Demo - ''Purest Feeling'')<br>Twist (Demo - ''Demos and RemixesPurest Feeling'')<br>Ringfinger (Demo - Martin Atkins tape)

}}[[Image:Twisttracksheet.png|thumb|"Twist" track sheet published on [[nin.com]] during ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' era.]]'''"Ringfinger"''' is the tenth and final track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''. The demo version of this song was called "Twist"," which remains musically almost identical but uses alternate lyrics.

*''[[Demos and & Remixes]]''

This is the final album version. Opening with a thumping beat and a synth melody, Reznor's reverberating vocals dominate the verses. A different beat is introduced during the second verse, while vocal harmonies and a synth pad enter during the choruses. During the break, there is a short distorted guitar riff before the final verse and choruses. The end of the track comes in after the final chorus with a funky guitar riff playing over a panned drum beat. This is followed by a scream [[samples|sampled]] from the beginning of [[Jane's Addiction]]'s "Had a Dad"," which leads into an entirely different beat, sampled from "Alphabet St." by Prince. This is accompanied by a synth that sounds very similar to the one used in "[[That's What I Get]]" , and vinyl scratching.

===Twist (Demo - )===''''Purest Feeling'Running Time: 4:47')==='''' Found The "Twist" recording on the ''Purest FeelingDemos & Remixes'' [[bootlegs|bootleg]] includes the spoken lyrics printed at the end of "Ringfinger" in the ''Pretty Hate Machine'' liner notes. There also exists a version (with a running time of 4:32) from a cassette tape handed out by Reznor to important figures. One of these cassettes is in the possession of [[Martin Atkins]], it uses different lyricswho has allowed fans to hear playbacks. Based on what fans have heard, this is the same demo.

All From the small of your back up to your chin

===Twist (Demo - ''Demos and RemixesPurest Feeling'')===The "Twist" recording on ''Demos and Remixes'' substitutes the following line'Running Time: 5:48'''''

From Found on the small ''Purest Feeling'' bootleg. It substitutes the following line of your back up to your chinlyrics:

and also includes the spoken lyrics printed at the end All of "Ringfinger" in the ''Pretty Hate Machine'' liner notes. ===Ringfinger (Demo - Martin Atkins tape)==='''''Running Time: 4:32''''' Only exists on a cassette tape handed out by Reznor your back up to important figures. This cassette is also in the possession of [[Martin Atkins]], who has allowed fans to hear excerpts.your chin

Very similar in structure to the studio version, the live version adds only a few changes. The song acquires a harder, darker sound, with the drums becoming more prominent and a more noticeable guitar riff added from the second verse onwards. It was played often on during most legs of the [["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour|''Pretty Hate Machine'']], [[Hate Tour|Hate]], [[Sin Tour|Sin]] and 1991 [[Lollapalooza Tour|Lollapalooza Tours]], but has not been played since.Reznor sometimes changed the line "this one act of consecration is what I ask of you" to "this one act of masturbation is what I ask of you."

The final four lines are only present in the ''Pretty Hate Machine'' lyrics lyric booklet.