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| BPM = 70
| versions =A Warm Place<br>A Warm Place (Instrumental)<br>A Warm Place (Natural Born Killers edit)<br>A Warm Place (Illum Tangendo)
| live = [[Wave Goodbye Tour]]<br>[[Tension 2013 Tour]]<br>[[NIN + QOTSA Tour]] through [[NIN 2014 Latin America Tour]]<br>[[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]]
}}'''"A Warm Place"''' is the tenth track on ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].''
[[Trent Reznor]] has been accused of ripping off the theme of "A Warm Place" from [[David Bowie]]'s 1980 single "Crystal Japan". He did state that Bowie's album ''Low'' (1977) had the biggest influence in the making of ''The Downward Spiral,''[http://9inchnails.com/articles/articles.php?id=7] though ''Low'' does not contain "Crystal Japan." Some have claimed that what is heard is deceiving; that from a musical theory point of view, there exist significant differences between the structures of the two melodies.
====David Bowie Interview====
===Song Credits===
*Production: [[Flood]] and Trent Reznor
*Mixing Engineer: [[Alan Moulder]]
===A Warm Place (Natural Born Killers edit)===
'''''Running Time: 2:58'''''
This version is essentially the same as the album version, but is shorter. Also, the straw sounds that lead into "Eraser" have been edited out. In the movie itself, the song served as a backdrop to the showdown between Mickey Knox and Jack Scagnetti after the first part of the prison riot scene.
===A Warm Place (Illum Tangendo)===
'''''Running Time: 3:14''''' This is the original version of the song, but features new vocals and lyrics by Stella Katsoudas (aka [[wp:Stella Soleil|Stella Soleil]]), the lead singer and main force behind Sister Soleil, added on top. The song track was put together in 1999 for uploaded by Reznor to remix.nin.com, where the description stated: "Reportedly scrapped from the soundtrack to for the film movie ''Stigmata'' but was not included, allegedly due Stella began giving this out to fans a quarrel between Reznor and Billy Corgan, who produced the soundtrack. Previously, the song had never been officially released, although Katsoudas has used it in some ballet performances, causing the track to subsequently surface on torrent websites. More recently, the track has been uploaded to remix.ninfew years ago.com by Reznor and " It is currently available for downloadfrom the Sister Soleil Bandcamp profile. Its title means "touching him" in Latin. The added lyrics are:
Water rolls down the skin like tiny beads
Eyes close so that they might see
==Live==
"A Warm Place" made its live debut on [[2009/08/23 New York, NY|August 23, 2009]], at Webster Hall in New York City. Much of the song's live incarnation consists of pre-recorded samples, such as the constant tremolo guitar that runs throughout, while the band members man keyboards to recreate some of the other melodies. The song was also performed at the Hollywood Palladium nine days later on [[2009/09/02 Los Angeles, CA|September 2, 2009]].
The song was performed in a special remixed version during the [[NIN 2013-2014]] touring cycle. [[Alessandro Cortini]] confirmed the unnamed live remix on twitter. More soft and synthetic, it was played with nobody on stage except sometimes Cortini. This was done in a similar way again during the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]], with [[Atticus Ross]] also playing.
==Sample==
==External Links==
*[http://sistersoleil1.bandcamp.com/track/illum-tangendo-produced-by-trent-reznor Stella Soleil version]
*[http://twitter.com/blindoldfreak/status/800758967202783232 Tweet about the 2013 live version]
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