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}}'''"The Hand That Feeds"''' is the fourth track and first single from ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]],'' and it has received the designation of [[Halo numbers|Halo 18]]. It began playing on [[Nine Inch Nails]]' official MySpace page before its radio release, and leaked in February of 2005 along with "[[Getting Smaller]]" and "[[The Line Begins To Blur]]". The [[multitracks]] for this song were released via [[nin.com]].
In an episode of the ''Sound Opinions'' podcast, Reznor revealed that in an effort to capture a wider audience, [[Interscope Records]] voluntarily commissioned Timbaland to do a [[remixes|remix]] of this track. While Reznor is a fan of hip-hop, he did not like the result and it was never released.[https://www.soundopinions.org/show/186]
===Song Credits===
==Music Video==
[[Image:THTFstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "The Hand That Feeds" video]]
The [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] for this song was directed by [[Rob Sheridan]] and Reznor, debuting at NIN.com on March 17, 2005. It's a basic performance video, filmed with a digital camera in the band's rehearsal space. The film has been tinted blue and some distortion does occur, due to the nature of the camera and how it responds to fast movements. The video also features a digital zoom—the image appears so pixelated and interlaced because Sheridan used key-framing to create digital camera movements and zooms in post, giving the visuals an even grittier feel.Sheridan expanded on this in a post[https://www.tumblr.com/robsheridan/740270548975747072/nine-inch-nails-and-all-that-could-have-been-dvd] to his Tumblr: <blockquote>In 2004, as the prosumer digital video world was continuing the clunky transition away from interlacing, I discovered the first version of Apple’s Motion software did not know what to do with interlaced footage, and would in fact render the interlacing as part of the video when you zoomed into it. That happy glitch accident formed the aesthetic foundation of the video for "The Hand That Feeds".</blockquote>
The video caused quite a stir throughout the NIN community. Some didn't like the song, whereas others weren't even sure that this was the official video as it didn't look "done" to them. Still others were quick to note a noticeable change in Reznor's physical appearance.
==External Links==
*[https://archive.org/details/nineinchnails-thehandthatfeedsmultitracks "The Hand That Feeds" Multitracks at archive.org]
*[https://vimeo.com/61666654 "The Hand That Feeds" music video]*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL-U2DPyv68 "The Hand That Feeds" music video (album version4K upscale from Rob Sheridan)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDhUvkzLsmQ "The Hand That Feeds" live from ''Beside You In Time'']
*[https://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00120 "The Hand That Feeds" (Photek Ruff Mix) " at archive.org]
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