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| versions = Closer<br>Closer (Instrumental)<br>Closer (Clean Pussy Radio Edit)<br>Closer To God<br>Closer (Precursor)<br>Closer (Further Away)<br>Closer (Deviation)<br>Closer (Internal)<br>Closer (Thrust)<br>Closer (Unrecalled)<br>Closer (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Closer (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
| live = [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]] through [[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour]] throught through present
}}'''"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.
On the DJ promo vinyl for its release, the track runs roughly 5:29, fading out at the end.
====Song Credits====
* Manipulation: Trent Reznor, [[Sean Beavan]], [[Brian Pollack]]
===Closer (Precursor)===
This is an atmospheric remix, made up of heavily distorted synth and percussion loops that sound like machinery. The line "I want to fuck you like an animal" is repeated heavily in the last half. When the song reaches its ending, it changes from the mechanical sound of the rest of the remix to a stripped down form, consisting of only the first verse lyrics, a piano, and the synth drone from the beginning and end of the original song. A special edit was used in the credits of [[David Fincher]]'s ''Se7en''.
====Song Credits====
* Manipulation: [[Coil]], [[Danny Hyde]]
===Closer (Deviation)===
'''''Running Time: 5:54'''''
This remix didn't make it onto the ''Closer To God'' EP, but can be streamed or downloaded was available from remix.nin.com. This is essentially a variation on "Closer (Internal)".
====Song Credits====
* Manipulation: Paul de Carli
'''''Running Time: 7:41'''''
Released on the semi-official ''[[Recoiled]]'' EP. An early iteration of A variation on Coil's "Precursor" mix.
===Closer (''And All That Could Have Been'')===
==Music Video==
[[Image:Closerstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Closer" video]]
In April 1994, a [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video ]] for "Closer" was filmed. It was directed by [[Mark Romanek]], who also directed "[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug]]" in 1997 and [[Johnny Cash]]'s cover of "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" in 2003. The concept to the video is that it's an old stag reel recently uncovered. The aesthetic, atmosphere, and images in the video were inspired by the works of Man Ray, Francis Bacon, and, most notably, Joel-Peter Witkin. It was filmed using three-color film and hand-cranked cameras, to make it look much older. Additionally, there were more modern devices included in the video, such as a television.
Romanek has said that Reznor was pretty much tortured throughout the shoot, yet he never once complained. Reznor seemed to know that what they were making would be phenomenal and would push the proverbial envelope of the music video format.