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| BPM = 104
| versions =Down In It <br>Down In It (Demo)<br>Down In It (Skin)<br>Down In It (Shred)<br>Down In It (Singe)<br>Down In It (''[[Closure]]'')<br>Down In It (''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]'')<br>Down In It (''Demos & Remixes'' Version)<br>Down In It (Big Whole Mix)| live = [[VIVIsectVI Tour]] through [[Wave Goodbye Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2022]]
}}'''"Down In It"''' was the first single for the 1989 album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' and the third track on the disc. It has been stated by [[Trent Reznor]] that this song is the first he ever wrote and is a rare treat to hear live. Following the ''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'' single release, a music video was made.
Reznor has openly admitted that this song "was a total rip-off of 'Dig It' by [[Skinny Puppy]]."
<blockquote>That was the first song I'd ever written and when I sat down I took a very experimental approach to it, and the original version was about half-speed of the one on the record, and it was a total rip-off of 'Dig It' by Skinny Puppy.[https://www.theninhotline.com/archives/articles/display/580]</blockquote>
===Song Credits===
==Versions==
===Down In It===
This version originally appeared on the ''Down In It'' single as the "Skin" mix, and would become the version that appears on ''Pretty Hate Machine.'' In chronological order, this is the first [[Nine Inch Nails]] song ever released to the general public. A different version was originally intended for the album, but [[TVT Records]] chose to use the "Skin" mix was chosen instead.[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/getdowninit.shtml] Since the ''Down In It'' single had been released ahead of the album and this substitution had not yet been made, it was not referred to as the original or album version on the single.
Producer Keith LeBlanc mentioned in a printed interview[https://imgur.com/gallery/bgq1z] that "Down In It" was the song he got to "really put my signature on". His revisions (the "Shred", "Singe", and "Skin" mixes) draw heavily from the tracks "Mechanical Movements" and "Einstein" from his album ''Stranger Than Fiction'', released earlier the same year (1989). The fast-paced synth prominent at the beginning of "Skin" is from "Mechanical Movements", and the main drum pattern is from "Einstein". Additionally, the crowd chant [[samples]] during each chorus have appeared in other tracks associated with Keith's band Tackhead, such as "Reality" by Gary Clail & Tackhead and "Stadium Rock" by The Barmy Army.
'''''Running Time: 3:55'''''
Appears on ''Head Like a Hole'' (US) as the last track. Also appears on the ''Demos and Remixes'' and ''Purest Feeling II'' bootlegs. On the UK ''Down In It'' single, the [[Untitled (from Head Like A Hole)|unlisted track]] from ''Head Like A Hole'' is appended to this track. During a podcast with [[Skinny Puppy]]'s cEvin Key, [[Richard Patrick]] revealed that Reznor had originally intended to use the demo version on the album and that Patrick had convinced him to use the "Skin" mix instead.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDT4UWJ14s4]
====Song Credits====
===Down In It (''Purest Feeling'')===
Appears on ''Purest Feeling'' as the last track, differing from its official counterparts as that it has an extended intro with strange screams and odd static. It also includes about 1 one minute and 8 eight seconds of distorted clippings of the song at the end as a finish to the album. Musically it's extremely close to the "(Demo)" version from the ''Head Like a Hole'' US single.
===Down In It (''Demos & Remixes'' Version)===
==External Links==
*[httphttps://vimeo.com/3608189 17071944 "Down In It" music video (Director's CutRemastered)]*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKGFt3HAJCQ lVgBeNLGJuY "Down In It" (Shred) music video]*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkphW38WyYo "Down In It" live in Europe 2000]
*[http://vimeo.com/17037838 ''Hard Copy'' segment about the FBI investigation]
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