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| title = March of the Of The Pigs

| BPM = 269| versions = March Of The Pigs<br>March Of The Pigs (Instrumental)<br>March Of The Pigs (Clean)<br>All The Pigs, All Lined Up<br>March Of The Pigs (Video Version)<br>March Of The Pigs (''Closure'')<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')| live = [[Self Destruct Warm-upTouring Cycle]] through present}}'''"March Of The Pigs"''' is the fourth track on 1994's ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' It has one of the most unusual metres of any song to enjoy popular radio play, alternating three measures of 7/8 time with one measure of 4/4 time in the verses (in effect, a 29/8 time signature). The chorus is in the common 4/4 time signature. As a result, with eighth notes getting the count, the song has a BPM rate of 269. The chorus of this song shares its chord progression with the bridge of "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]."

'''"March of the Pigs"''' is the fourth track on 1994's ''===Song Credits===*Production: [[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward SpiralTrent Reznor]]*Mixing Engineer: [[Alan Moulder]].'' It has one of the most unique metres of any song to enjoy popular radio play, alternating three measures of 7/8 time with one measure of 4/4 time in the verses (in effect, a 29/8 time signature). The chorus is in the common 4/4 time signature. As a result, with eighth notes getting the count, the song has a BPM rate of 269.

==Meaning==Lyrically, the song could be about society or [[NIN]]'s fans, but [[Trent Reznor]] has stated in the interview bootleg titled ''Disturbed '' that the "pigs" in this song refer mainly to "anywhere from the media to people he thought were friends around him." Furthermore, he said, "The issue I was addressing was... when we attained a certain level of success, it was surprising to see the legion of people starting to fuck with you, can't wait to see you fail, hoping that you'll fuck up, ripping you off, trying to use you... The fact that American media, in 'underground world,' you go from being the darling to 'well, we accidentally started selling some records,' so they have to turn their backs on us."He also occasionally referred to fans as 'pigs' at live performances.

According to the Filter biography on their official website, former live guitarist [[Richard Patrick]] reportedly received the nickname "Piggy" while in Nine Inch Nails. As well, "Piggies" is a song on The chorus Beatles' 1968 self-titled (or 'white') album, a noted influence on Charles Manson, who scrawled the word "pig" in blood on the front door of this song shares its chord progression with the bridge of "Sharon Tate mansion wherein he and his 'Family' killed Tate and several others on August 8, 1969. The mansion was also where Reznor recorded ''The Downward Spiral'' in 1993-4 and Reznor kept the Tate door when he moved to [[Wish (song)|WishNothing Studios]]in New Orleans."However, Reznor debunked rumors of song connections to the Tate murders in an interview[http://www.nin-pages.de/2003_Metal_Hammer_April_english.htm]:

Released by Reznor through his [[remix.nin.com ]] account, this is an unmastered and vocalless version of is the same as the album cut, save the lack of vocals.

'''''Running Time: 7:25''''' This version is entirely in 4/4 and has en extended ending that incorporates the lyric "Don't you feel a whole lot better?"This version is also much less guitar oriented, with extra synth layers added as well as additional crowd noises and pig squeals not prominent in the original. It ends in a loud, distorted drum pattern before collapsing to noise feedback, which segues directly into "[[A Violet Fluid]]." ===March Of The Pigs (Video Version)===This is the version used in the studio performance music video for the song. It can be found in audio form on the US cassette release of "Closer To God" and an Australian CD compilation entitled "Obdurate: The Best Music Around", billed as "March Of The Pigs (Live)." The music video itself can be found on ''Closure'' and the 10th Anniversary DualDisc version of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Unlike most live performances of the song since its release, this one does not include an extended ending, though it does feature new pig squeal samples at the beginning. ===March Of The Pigs (''Closure'')===Recorded in bootleg-like quality, this performance is featured on the first disc of ''Closure.'' It features the extended ending as has been performed consistently since its debut.

==Music Video==[[Image:MOTPstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "March Of The Pigs(live)===" video]]This version is A [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] was made for this song, directed by [[Peter Christopherson]] and released in March of 1994. The video features the band performing the same audio used song live in front of a white wall backdrop. Reportedly, around a dozen takes were done, and the final video take was the one that "did not suck." It's filmed in one shot, a rare occurrence for music videos. This video for was the song. this version can only last video to be found played on MTV2's ''Increase the Beat'', on Memorial Day weekend 2002. At 269 BPM, it had the US cassette release fastest tempo of "closer To God"the 400+ videos that were played that weekend.

==Music Video==A music previous version of the video was made for this songpartially shot but abandoned, directed by [[Peter Christopherson]] ("[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" and is included in glimpses on the ''[[Broken Movie]]Closure'') and released in March of 1994DVD. The video features the band performing performs the song live in front of a white wall backdrop. Reportedlyred, cave-like set with water at their feet, around with a dozen takes were done, troll-like midget in costume running in and the final video take was the one that "did not suck." It's filmed in one shot, a rare occurrence for music videos. This video was the last video to be played on MTV2's ''Increase the Beat'', on Memorial Day weekend 2002. At 269 BPM, it had the fastest tempo out of the 400+ videos that were played that weekendset.

Being a staple NIN song with its high energy segued by two piano breakdowns, there is a live performance video of "March of the Of The Pigs" on each of their live releases. In the live set, the band extends the song by including an amped up version portion of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up" at the end of almost every performance.  In most performances in the pre-''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' eras, the songs starts with similar high pitched squeals as it does in the performance music video for the song. The [[Live: With Teeth|With Teeth Tour]] arrangement started with [[Alessandro Cortini ]] playing the synthesized bassline twice, stopping for Josh Freese to play eight bars of the drum pattern before the band launched directly into the first verse. Reznor typically starts the song with the spoken lyrics "C'mon you pigs... march!". Since 2009, [[Ilan Rubin]] has left the drum set to play the song's two keyboard interludes before rushing back to continue on drums when the song kicks back in.

*[http://vimeo.com/3554852 "March Of The Pigs" (uncensored music video)]

*[http://ninlivewww.youtube.com/audio/Disturbed/Disturbed.MP3 Direct linkwatch?v=Idchc6FjSNw Snippet from the original music video] to Disturbed interview audio