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| album = ''[[Broken]]''

| BPM = 144| versions = Gave Up<br>Gave Up (remixed by Coil, Danny Hyde''Fixed'')<br>Gave Up (''The Young Americans'' version)<br>Gave Up (Open My Eyes)<br>Gave Up (''Closure'')<br>Gave Up (Live)<br>Gave Up (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Gave Up (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')| live = 1994 - present[[Further Down The Spiral Tour]] through [[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Japan Tour]] through present}}'''"Gave Up"''' is the sixth track on the 1992 ''[[Broken]]'' EP. ==About=Song Credits===*Production: [[Flood]], [[Trent Reznor]] ==Appearances=====Halos===*''Broken''*''[[Fixed]]''*''[[Closure]]''*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]''*''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]''===Seeds===*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]''*''[[The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks]]''===Other===*''[[Broken Movie]]''*''Alternative Press Presents Industrial Strength Machine Music: The Framework of Industrial Rock 1978-1995'' ==Versions=====Gave Up===This is the original album version. Fading in with an ambient pad, the quick drum loop soon enters, with Reznor's quiet and filtered vocals soon after. His singing builds in intensity until launching into the pre-chorus, which is considerably louder and guitar-centric, also featuring yelled vocals. The chorus continues this abrasion but with high-pitched vocal layering before dying down to a keyboard solo and the second verse. After another pre-chorus and chorus, it transitions into the bridge, which strips the layering down to percussion loops and guitar along with Reznor's repeated lyric, "I tried, but I gave up." This soon leads into a loud synthesizer solo and two repeats of the chorus, the song then descending into chaos and ending the album. Its first music video, included in the ''Broken Movie'', uses this track. ===Gave Up(''Fixed'')===' ''''Running Time: 5:25''''' This remix, done by [[Coil]] and Danny Hyde, appears on ''Fixed.'' Its most prominent feature may be the splicing and rearranging of vocal syllables. It is musically similar to jungle or drum 'n' bass music, focusing on layering the frantic drum loops and guitar riffs. ===Gave Up (''The Young Americans'' version)==='''''Running Time: 3:52''''' Released on the 6th track off soundtrack to ''The Young Americans''. A shortened version of Coil's mix from ''Fixed''. ===Gave Up (Open My Eyes)==='''''Running Time: 5:28''''' Released on the 1992 semi-official ''[[BrokenRecoiled]] '' EP. It continues A variation on Coil's mix from ''Fixed''. ===Gave Up (''Closure'')===A re-recorded version of the song appears as the soundtrack to the EPsong's musical themes music video. A different vocal recording and repetition of being loud the chorus riff by the guitars to end the song are perhaps its most notable features. ===Gave Up (Live)===An otherwise unavailable live recording of this song from the Civic Arena, Omaha, NE ([[1995/02/13_Omaha,_NE|2/13/95]]) show appears on the ''Alternative Press'' compilation ''Industrial Strength Machine Music: The Framework of Industrial Rock 1978-1995'', released in 1999.[http://www.9inchnails.com/discography/compilations/industrial-strength-machine-music.php] ===Gave Up (''And All That Could Have Been'')===This version does not open with the ambient pad and retains the guitar ending found in the music video version, but otherwise uses the album arrangement, indicative of most performances of the song. ===Gave Up (''Beside You In Time'')===Just like the ''And All That Could Have Been'' version, the ''Beside You In Time'' version is performed very closely to the album version. The only difference is the keyboard solo by [[Alessandro Cortini]], which sounds different than [[Charlie Clouser]]'s in the previous DVD (which was nearly identical to the album version). ==Music Videos==[[Image:Gaveupstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Gave Up" video]][[Image:Gaveup.JPG|thumbnail|Screenshot from "Gave Up" from the ''Broken Movie'']]There are two [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] for "Gave Up": a performance video directed by Jon Reiss ("[[Happiness In Slavery (song)|Happiness In Slavery]]"), and aggressivethe finale to the ''[[Broken Movie]],'' directed by [[Peter Christopherson]]. The video directed by Reiss, as well as showing themes of nihilismstated earlier, is a performance video. It features the band (Reznor, [[Richard Patrick]], self-loathing[[Chris Vrenna]] and temporary member Brian Liesegang) along with [[Marilyn Manson (musician)|Marilyn Manson]] performing the song in a studio at the notorious Tate Mansion. Noticeable in the video is a message on a computer monitor that reads "FUCK YOU STEVE." Many consider this to be another jab at [[TVT Records]] owner Steve Gottlieb, with whom Reznor was feuding at the time over his contract and chaos creative control. This video clip can be found in ''[[Closure]]''. The audio from this video is from the actual video shoot and is not the lyricssame as on ''Broken''.

==The Video==video directed by Christopherson is the finale to the ''Broken Movie.'' The video for this song victim is strung up to the ceiling where he is burned, mutilated, and beaten. He is simply then taken down and tied to a board, where the killer takes a chainsaw to the band performing victim's appendages. The killer unmasks himself, revealing his identity in the studiovictim's final moments. After having his way with the dying victim, amidst a variety of recording equipmentthe killer cuts out the victim's heart and eats it. [[Marilyn Manson]] All the while, Reznor can be seen as on the guitarist in this video, despite television singing the fact song. Intercut with the he violence is unable to play footage of various body parts in freezers and the fridge, a police officer (played by either Richard or Robert Patrick) coming into the guitarcrime scene, and a crowd of rubbernecking bystanders.

==Performed Live=Credits===*Director: Jon Reiss*Producer: Adam Stern*Cameraman: Gary TiecheGave Up has seen regular playing time in live shows since it's debut in 1994.*Editor: Peter Christopherson & Scott Richter