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[[Image:HeadLikeAHoleUK.jpg|thumb|UK version artwork]]
'''''Head Like A Hole''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 3]]''''') is the second single by [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the second single from debut album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''. It was released on March 22, 1990 , by [[TVT Records]] in the US, and on September 142, 1991 , by Island Records in the UK. The single also serves as a companion [[Remixes|remix]] album of sorts to ''Pretty Hate Machine''.
==Track listings==
===US Version=======CD====#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Slate)|Head Like A Hole(Slate)]]" (Slate) (remixed by [[Trent Reznor]], [[Flood]]) - 4:13#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Clay)|Head Like A Hole(Clay)]]" (Clay) (remixed by Keith LeBlanc) - 4:30#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Sympathetic Mix) ]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 4:26#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Copper)|Head Like A Hole(Copper)]]" (Copper) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26
#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#You Know Who You Are|You Know Who You Are]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:50
#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Soil)|Head Like A Hole(Soil)]]" (Soil) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:38#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Empathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Empathetic Mix) ]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:11#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Shred)|Down In It(Shred)]]" (Shred) (remixed by [[Adrian Sherwood]], LeBlanc) - 6:51#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Singe)|Down In It(Singe)]]" (Singe) (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 7:21#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Demo)|Down In It(Demo)]]" (Demo) (remixed by Reznor) - 3:55
#"[[Untitled (from Head Like A Hole)|(unlisted track)]]" - 0:04
A4 "(unlisted track)" - 0:04<br>
B1 "Head Like A Hole" (Copper)" - 6:26<br>
B2 "You Know Who You Are" - 5:50<br>
B3 "Head Like A Hole" (Soil) " - 6:38<br> B4 "Terrible Lie" (Empathetic Mix) " - 6:11<br> ===UK CD===#"Head Like A Hole (Clay)" - 4:30#"Head Like A Hole (Copper)" - 6:26#"Head Like A Hole (Opal)" - 5:18
===UK Version12" Vinyl===Also released on 12" vinyl (1 & 2 on A-side, 3 on B-side) and 7" vinyl (Slate on A-side, Copper on B-side).#nbsp; A1 "Head Like A Hole" (Clay) " - 4:30<br># A2 "Head Like A Hole" (Copper) " - 6:26<br># B1 "Head Like A Hole" (Opal) " - 5:18<br>
[[Image:Hlah10inch.jpg|thumb|Limited Edition 10" vinyl artwork]]===Australia VersionUK 7"/10" Vinyl===#The 10" vinyl is a limited edition with a fold-out poster of exclusive Mark Prent artwork.<br> A1 "Head Like A Hole" (SlateClay) - 4:13#"Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) - 4:2630<br># B1 "Head Like A Hole" (OpalCopper) " - 56:1826<br>
===Australia CD/Cassette===
#"Head Like A Hole (Slate)" - 4:13
#"Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)" - 4:26
#"Head Like A Hole (Opal)" - 5:18
[[Image:YGWYD.jpg|thumb|''You Get What You Deserve'']]
===''You Get What You Deserve''===
This is a unique German CD promo with different artwork. It has no Halo designation.
''Head Like A Hole'' was released in maxi-single (US) and standard single (UK and Australia) formats. Despite the absence of the original album version on either release, the US Maxi version is longer than ''Pretty Hate Machine'', thanks to inclusion of 5 tracks from the limited UK edition of the ''Down In It'' single (Halo 1): 2 versions of "Terrible Lie" and 3 of "Down In It", all of which had only been available on vinyl when this maxi-single was due for release; shortly thereafter, Halo 1 was released on CD by TVT as well.
In 1993, on the now defunct Prodigy message boards[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/display/327], Trent Reznor made the following comments about the circumstances of the maxi-single release: <blockquote>Also in case anybody was wondering, the 'down in it' single was only going to be released on vinyl (because my old record label sucks) so i put most of it on the 'head like ahole' single (which obviously IS on CD) - then the greedy record label releases 'd.i.i.' on CD which is quite redundant. Sorry if you feel ripped off.</blockquote> <blockquote>The colored HLAH single (the import) is the way i intended it to be released, but TVT released the black & white one with all the extra (i think boring) mixes & ugly cover.</blockquote> The maxi-single's disc art reveals the tempo for "Head Like A Hole" (115 BPM) and "Terrible Lie" (88 BPM). On the US version, there's an unlisted bonus track featuring a clip of Heather "Princess" Day from ''[[1989/11/20 Camden, NJ|Dance Party USA ]]'' shouting "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woooo! They're GOOD!" Also the first track on the UK single version is mislabeled: instead of ''Slate'' it should read ''Clay'' (that mix was used for the "Head Like A Hole" video).
==Artwork==
[[Image:HLAHmockup.jpg|thumb|Mockup of artwork by The Designers Republic]]
The UK version's colored artwork was what Reznor originally intended for the single's cover, but TVT Records rejected it in favor of the black and white artwork, because the color printing would have cost more than they wanted to be pay. Island Records later used the sole color artwork, but was replaced for the wider UK release by TVT Records due to of the colour printing costing too muchsingle.[httphttps://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/managerdisplay/display_article.php?id=327]
The Designers Republic, who did the artwork for the ''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'' single, wanted to do proposed a similar design for the ''Head Like A Hole'' single, but it wasn't used. A mockup of the art was posted to Facebook in 2016.[https://www.facebook.com/thedesignersrepublic/photos/pcb.10154678018942214/10154678017797214/?type=3&theater]
==Credits==
*Contact: J Artist Management
*Portrait: [[Maxwell Hudson|Max Hudson]]
*Sleeve: [[Gary Talpas]] for Föhn Design
==''Halo I-IV''==
''Halo I-IV'' is a limited edition vinyl box set released by Concord/Bicycle Music for Record Store Day in November 2015. It contains the domestic versions of the 12" singles for ''Head Like A Hole'', ''Sin'' , and ''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'' on 120 gram vinyl, as well as the original version of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' on 180 gram vinyl. None of the music in this set is remastered.
==External Links==