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}}'''"Closer"''' is the fifth track on the 1994 release ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' and is perhaps the most well-known song by [[Nine Inch Nails]], as it received much airplay both on radio and music video television. The subject matter seems to be about a feeling of worthlessness being quelled through control over others using sex. The song was at the number 2 position on AOL's "69 Sexiest Songs of All Time," mostly due to the explicit frankness of its chorus. Per [[Brian Liesegang]] on Gearspace[https://gearspace.com/board/showpost.php?p=16934256&postcount=1311], the bassline on this track was done with a prototype of the Oberheim OB-Mx synthesizer, called the Obermoog.

This is the original album version, found on both ''The Downward Spiral'' and ''Closer To God.'' It begins with an electronic beat. A keyboard pattern and sixteenth-note cymbal pattern join in along with the vocals. Layers are continuously added before dropping out at the end, leaving a simple chromatic piano melody to end the song and segue into "[[Ruiner]]". The version on ''Closer To God,'' however, allows the final piano note and background noise to ring out completely. The bass drum is [[samples|sampled]] from "[[Nightclubbing]]" by Iggy Pop. The track also features a reversed and heavily processed sample from "Take A Chance With Me" by Roxy Music, which is most easily heard during the ending (starting from 5:52.) The sample is also used as an intro when the song is played live. Per [[Brian Liesegang]] on Gearspace[https://gearspace.com/board/showpost.php?p=16934256&postcount=1311], the bassline on this track was done with a prototype of the Oberheim OB-Mx synthesizer, called the Obermoog. Being the third song on the album to contain the famous "Downward Spiral Motif," "Closer" plays the motif in similar structure to "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]," but in a different key: