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| live = [[NIN songs never played live|Unperformed]] in full
}}'''"Zero-Sum"''' is the sixteenth and final track on the 2007 release ''[[Year Zero]].'' The song uses what seems to be a slowed-down version of the drum pattern from "[[God Given]]".
In game theory and economic theory, zero-sum describes a situation in which a participant's gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other participant(s). It is so named because when the total gains of the participants are added up, and the total losses are subtracted, they will sum to zero. The strategy game Go is an example of a zero-sum game.
* ''Year Zero''
*''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]''
==Versions==
===Zero-Sum===
This is the original album version. It consists of [[Trent Reznor]]'s signature piano playing on a grand piano, glitch-like programmed beats, and vocals pushed to the back of the mix. The vocals alternate between Reznor delivering vocals reminiscent of dialog samples and distant, harmonized singing. The song uses a drum pattern very similar to that of "[[God Given]]", though it is slowed down dramatically. These beats are [[samples|sampled]] from ''Atom Heart's Rather Interesting World Of Digital Drums'' sample library by Atomizer™.
===Zero-Sum (Instrumental)===
These lyrics may be incomplete, as the full edit of this version is not currently available
[[Image:Zerosum_fringe_spectro.png|thumb|Spectrograph image of "Zero-Sum " (Fringe version) from promo video]]
==Live==
"Zero-Sum" was played in part during the [[Lights In The Sky Tour]] in 2008. During the extended ending of "[[In This Twilight]]"," Reznor performs performed the chorus melody and accompaniment of "Zero-Sum" on piano as the band members exit exited one by one. The chorus of "Zero-Sum" was also played as an outro to "[[Right Where It Belongs]]" or "[[A Minute To Breathe]]" during the [[Peel It Back Tour]] in 2025. This song [[NIN songs never played live|was has never been played in its entirety]].
==Lyrics==
==External Links==
* [http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/10/22/trent-reznor-fringe-exclusive/ Reznor adds voice, revamped NIN song to 'Fringe' promo]
*[https://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00098 "Zero-Sum" (Instrumental) at archive.org]
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