Samples In NIN Songs

Nine Inch Nails has sampled numerous parts of songs, movies, and other audio into its songs. This page will attempt to catalog each usage.

Pretty Hate Machine:
Ringfinger-"Alphabet St."-by Prince
-Had a Dad" by Jane's Addiction

Head Like A Hole [single]:
Head Like A Hole (Copper) - "Body Language" by Queen
Head Like A Hole (Opal) - "Tamborine" by Prince
Track 11- "let's hear it for nine inch nails-- woo, they're good!" being said by Kelly Ripa

Sin [single]:
Get Down Make Love-talking at the beginning from the movie "The Cabinet of Caligari "
-moaning from Japanese porno movies
-"News of the World" by Queen

Broken:
Pinion-"It's No Game" by David Bowie
Physical-recordings of Trent's old dog Maise barking, "ow!...fucker!" being said by Sean Beavin after Maise bit him

Fixed:
Fist Fuck-"i could feel that way too... i bet you will someday" from the movie "Showboat"

The Downward Spiral:
Mr. Self Destruct- begins with a sample from the film "THX 1138"
Closer-"Nightclubbing" by Iggy Pop
The Becoming - screams in the background sampled from the film "Robot Jox"
Reptile-looping female voice from the movie "Nekromantik"
-intro machine sounds sampled from the film "Leviathan"
The Downward Spiral-watery noise at the beginning from the movie "Alien."

Closer To God:
Memorabilia-("what do your nipples look like?") is Robin Finck talking to a phone sex woman

Further Down the Spiral:
Self Destruction, Part Two-"Time" by David Bowie
Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) - "Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)" by The Fatback Band
Heresy (Version) - Aron Ranen's Religion "In Suburbia" and "Television Believers"

The Fragile:
Starfuckers, Inc. (fireworks and yelling at the end) - "Shout It Out Loud" from by Kiss