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'''''Head Like A Hole''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 3]]''''') is the second single by [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the second single from debut album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''. It was released on March 22, 1990 , by [[TVT Records]] in the US, and on September 142, 1991 , by Island Records in the UK. The single also serves as a companion [[Remixes|remix]] album of sorts to ''Pretty Hate Machine''.
==Track listings==
===US Version=======CD====#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Slate)|Head Like A Hole(Slate)]]" (Slate) (remixed by [[Trent Reznor]], [[Flood]]) - 4:13#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Clay)|Head Like A Hole(Clay)]]" (Clay) (remixed by Keith LeBlanc) - 4:30#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Sympathetic Mix) ]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 4:26#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Copper)|Head Like A Hole(Copper)]]" (Copper) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26
#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#You Know Who You Are|You Know Who You Are]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:50
#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Soil)|Head Like A Hole(Soil)]]" (Soil) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:38#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Empathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Empathetic Mix) ]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:11#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Shred)|Down In It(Shred)]]" (Shred) (remixed by [[Adrian Sherwood]], LeBlanc) - 6:51#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Singe)|Down In It(Singe)]]" (Singe) (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 7:21#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Demo)|Down In It(Demo)]]" (Demo) (remixed by Reznor) - 3:55
#"[[Untitled (from Head Like A Hole)|(unlisted track)]]" - 0:04
[[Image:Hlah10inch.jpg|thumb|200px|Limited Edition 10" vinyl artwork]][[Image:YGWYD.jpg|thumb|200px|''You Get What You Deserve'']]====US 12" Vinyl====Also released as a 10" vinyl with fold-out poster of exclusive Mark Prent artwork, featuring Slate as the A-side and Copper on the B-side.<br> A1 "Head Like A Hole" (Slate) " - 4:13<br> A2 "Head Like A Hole" Terrible Lie (ClaySympathetic Mix) " - 4:3026<br> A3 "Terrible Lie" Head Like A Hole (Sympathetic MixClay) " - 4:2630<br>
A4 "(unlisted track)" - 0:04<br>
B1 "Head Like A Hole" (Copper)" - 6:26<br>
B2 "You Know Who You Are" - 5:50<br>
B3 "Head Like A Hole" (Soil) " - 6:38<br> B4 "Terrible Lie" (Empathetic Mix) " - 6:11<br>
===UK VersionCD===Also released on 12" vinyl (1 & 2 on A-side, 3 on B-side) and 7" vinyl (Slate on A-side, Copper on B-side).#"Head Like A Hole" (Clay) " - 4:30#"Head Like A Hole" (Copper) " - 6:26#"Head Like A Hole" (Opal) " - 5:18
===Australia VersionUK 12" Vinyl===# A1 "Head Like A Hole" (SlateClay) " - 4:1330<br>#"Terrible Lie A2 " Head Like A Hole (Sympathetic MixCopper) " - 46:26<br># B1 "Head Like A Hole" (Opal) " - 5:18<br>
[[Image:Hlah10inch.jpg|thumb|Limited Edition 10" vinyl artwork]]
===UK 7"/10" Vinyl===
The 10" vinyl is a limited edition with a fold-out poster of exclusive Mark Prent artwork.<br>
A1 "Head Like A Hole (Clay)" - 4:30<br>
B1 "Head Like A Hole (Copper)" - 6:26<br>
===Australia CD/Cassette===
#"Head Like A Hole (Slate)" - 4:13
#"Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)" - 4:26
#"Head Like A Hole (Opal)" - 5:18
[[Image:YGWYD.jpg|thumb|''You Get What You Deserve'']]
===''You Get What You Deserve''===
This is a unique German CD promo with different artwork. It has no Halo designation.
''Head Like A Hole'' was released in maxi-single (US) and standard single (UK and Australia) formats. Despite the absence of the original album version on either release, the US Maxi version is longer than ''Pretty Hate Machine'', thanks to inclusion of 5 tracks from the limited UK edition of the ''Down In It'' single (Halo 1): 2 versions of "Terrible Lie" and 3 of "Down In It", all of which had only been available on vinyl when this maxi-single was due for release; shortly thereafter, Halo 1 was released on CD by TVT as well.
The maxi-single's disc art reveals In 1993, on the tempo for "Head Like A Hole" (115 BPM) and "Terrible Lie" (88 BPM)now defunct Prodigy message boards[http://www.theninhotline. On net/archives/articles/display/327], Trent Reznor made the US version, there's an unlisted bonus track featuring a clip following comments about the circumstances of Heather "Princess" Day from Dance Party USA shouting "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woooo! They're GOOD!" Also the first track on the UK maxi-single version is mislabeledrelease: instead of ''Slate'' it should read ''Clay'' (that mix was used for the "Head Like A Hole" video).
The UK version<blockquote>Also in case anybody was wondering, the 's artwork down in it' single was originally intended only going to be released on vinyl (because my old record label sucks) so i put most of it on the sole artwork, but was replaced for 'head like ahole' single (which obviously IS on CD) - then the wider release by TVT Records due to the colour printing costing too muchgreedy record label releases 'd.i.i.[http://www' on CD which is quite redundant.theninhotlineSorry if you feel ripped off.net</archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327]blockquote>
<blockquote>The colored HLAH single (the import) is the way i intended it to be released, but TVT released the black & white one with all the extra (i think boring) mixes & ugly cover.</blockquote> The maxi-single's disc art reveals the tempo for "Head Like A Hole" (115 BPM) and "Terrible Lie" (88 BPM). On the US version, there's an unlisted bonus track featuring a clip of Heather "Princess" Day from ''[[1989/11/20 Camden, NJ|Dance Party USA]]'' shouting "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woooo! They're GOOD!" Also the first track on the UK single version is mislabeled: instead of ''Slate'' it should read ''Clay''. ==Artwork==[[Image:HLAHmockup.jpg|thumb|Mockup of artwork by The Designers Republic]]The colored artwork was what Reznor originally intended for the single's cover, but TVT Records rejected it in favor of the black and white artwork, because the color printing would have cost more than they wanted to pay. Island Records later used the color artwork for the UK release of the single. [https://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/display/327] The Designers Republic, who did the artwork for the ''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'' single, proposed a similar design for the ''Head Like A Hole'' single, but it wasn't used. A mockup of the art was posted to Facebook in 2016.[https://www.facebook.com/thedesignersrepublic/photos/pcb.10154678018942214/10154678017797214/?type=3&theater] ==Album Credits==
*Writing and performance: Trent Reznor
*(1–7) Production and mix: Flood, Trent Reznor
*Original versions appear on the album ''Pretty Hate Machine''
*All songs Trent Reznor ©1989 TVT Music/Leaving Hope<br>
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*Contact: J Artist Management
*Portrait: [[Maxwell Hudson|Max Hudson]]
*Sleeve: [[Gary Talpas]] for Föhn Design
==''Halo I-IV''==
''Halo I-IV'' is a limited edition vinyl box set released by Concord/Bicycle Music for Record Store Day in November 2015. It contains the domestic versions of the 12" singles for ''Head Like A Hole'', ''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'' , and ''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'' on 120 gram vinyl, as well as the original version of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' on 180 gram vinyl. None of the music in this set is remastered.
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