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| album = ''[[Year Zero]]''
| length = 4:23
| BPM = 130260
| versions = Survivalism<br>Survivalism (Instrumental)<br>Survivalism (Radio Edit)<br>Survivalism_Tardusted<br>Survivalism_OpalHeartClinic_Niggy_Tardust!(Escaped... <br>Survivalism (David Sitek Mix)<br>Survivalism (deadmau5 Remix)
| live = [[Performance 2007]] through [[NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour]]<br>[[I Can't Seem To Wake Up 2017]] through present
}}'''"Survivalism"''' is the third track and the first single from the 2007 album ''[[Year Zero]].''
On March 13, the source files for the song were released in GarageBand format at [[nin.com]]. "Survivalism" is the third [[NIN ]] song to be officially released as [[multitracks]].
===Song Credits===
==Versions==
===Survivalism===
Found on ''Year Zero'' as well as the ''Survivalism'' single and promo. Characterized by much synthetic layering and a consistent eighth note drum machine pulse, matched by a single note bass riff that begins on the second eighth and ends on the eighth before repeating. This gives the song an apparent metric shift one eighth note forward, though the first downbeat of each measure is actually in the space between the stop and start of the bass and guitar riff. The chorus features many layers of group vocals, including some by Saul Williams. After the final chorus, a new guitar riff leads off a coda that builds in layers of drones until suddenly stopping and leading into "[[The Good Soldier]]"."
===Survivalism (Instrumental)===
'''''Running Time: 4:31'''''
===Survivalism (deadmau5 Remix)===
Filming for the "Survivalism" [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] began on February 5, 2007, at Lacy Street Studios. It was directed by Alex Lieu, [[Rob Sheridan]], and Reznor, and produced by Susan Bonds. The video was "leaked" to the internet via flash drives found dotted around the venue by people attending the Nine Inch Nails concert in London on March 7, 2007. The video also contains many connections and clues from the album's [[Year_Zero#Alternate_Reality_Game|alternate reality game]].
A wall of surveillance monitors details the activities of several people in an apartment building. A group of rebels is creating stencils and spray-painting the "Art Is Resistance" logo on walls. In an apartment, a pair of gay lovers share an intimate moment. In another dwelling, a young asian woman stands topless at her mirror doing her hair and applying make-up. Elsewhere someone is high on drugs, while a couple just sits on their couch in their home. A man is seen on a computer with several photos and [[:Image:Exodus_721.JPG|news clippings]] behind him. Another man is seen on camera eating his dinner. Seen on several monitors is Nine Inch Nails playing the song in what is assumed to be their practice space. Intercut with these scenes is footage of armed soldiers, dressed like SWAT members, moving in on the building and one of the spaces in the video.
At the end of the video the people in the other monitors seem to respond to an ado in one of the spaces seen on the monitor wall. The space where NIN was playing has its door busted in and a pool of blood leading out, while all of the other cameras trained on the band have gone to static. At the very end a body is seen being dragged around a corner, leaving a trail of blood. Presumably the body is that of Reznor, as it wears the same scarf that he is seen wearing throughout the video.<br>
[[Image:Censored.jpg|thumbnail|The Bureau Of Morality's censoring at work.]]
==External Links==
*[https://vimeo.com/2707962 "Survivalism" music video (Uncensored)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvVDlbzsKR4 "Survivalism" music video (Uncensored, 4K upscale from Rob Sheridan)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSsRt_1l740 "Survivalism" music video (Clean Version)]
*[https://vimeo.com/5031029 "Survivalism" with Williams, live from on stage, Atlanta, 5.10.09]