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

| BPM = 144| versions = Gave Up<br>Gave Up (''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 (''[[Gave UpAnd All That Could Have Been (Remixhalo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Gave Up (remixed by Coil, Danny Hyde''[[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]]''*'Gave Up'[[The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks]]''===Other===*'' is the 6th track off the 1992 [[BrokenMovie]] EP''*''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. It 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 EPlayering down to percussion loops and guitar along with Reznor's musical themes repeated lyric, "I tried, but I gave up." This soon leads into a loud synthesizer solo and two repeats of being loud 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 aggressiveDanny Hyde, as well as showing themes appears on ''Fixed.'' Its most prominent feature may be the splicing and rearranging of nihilismvocal syllables. It is musically similar to jungle or drum 'n' bass music, selffocusing on layering the frantic drum loops and guitar riffs. ===Gave Up (''The Young Americans'' version)==='''''Running Time: 3:52''''' Released on the 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 semi-official ''[[Recoiled]]'' EP. A variation on Coil's mix from ''Fixed''. ===Gave Up (''Closure'')===A re-loathing, recorded version of the song appears as the soundtrack to the song's music video. A different vocal recording and chaos in repetition of the chorus riff by the guitars to end the lyricssong are perhaps its most notable features.

===Appears OnGave Up (Live)===Gave up appears in some form on An otherwise unavailable live recording of this song from the following albums:*Civic Arena, Omaha, NE ([[Broken1995/02/13_Omaha,_NE|2/13/95]]*[[Fixed]]*[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]*show appears on the ''Alternative Press'' compilation ''Industrial Strength Machine Music: The Framework of Industrial Rock 1978-1995'', released in 1999.[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]http://www.9inchnails.com/discography/compilations/industrial-strength-machine-music.php]

===VersionsGave Up (''And All That Could Have Been'')===There are only two versions 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 this most performances of the song.*Gave Up*[[Gave Up(Remix)|Gave Up (remixed by Coil, Danny Hyde)]]

===Song CreditsGave Up (''Beside You In Time'')===*Production: 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 [[FloodAlessandro Cortini]], which sounds different than [[Trent ReznorCharlie Clouser]]'s in the previous DVD (which was nearly identical to the album version).

==Music VideoVideos==[[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 the finale to the ''[[Broken Movie]], '' directed by [[Peter Christopherson]].

The video directed by Reiss, as stated earlier, is a performance video. It features the band ([[Trent Reznor|Reznor]], [[Richard Patrick]], [[Chris Vrenna]], and [[James Woolley]]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 [[Tate MansionTVT Records]] owner Steve Gottlieb, with whom Reznor was feuding at the time over his contract and 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 same as on ''Broken''.

The video directed by Christopherson is the finale to the ''Broken Movie. '' The victim is strung up to the ceiling and where he is burned , mutilated, and beaten. He is then taken down and tied to a board, where the killer takes a chainsaw to the victim's appendages. The killer unmasks himself, revealing his identity in the victim's final moments. After having his way with the dying victim, the killer cuts out the victim's heart and eats it. All the while, Reznor can be seen on the television singing the song. Intercut with the violence is footage of various body parts in freezers and the fridge, a police officer (played by either Patrick Richard or Robert Patrick) coming into the crime 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

Smashed up what’s what's left of me

I don’t don't know what else to do

After everything I’ve I've done I hate myself for what I’ve I've become

==External Links==*[http://vimeo.com/3555366 "Gave Up" music video (Jon Reiss version)]<BR>{{succession box | title=[[Broken#Track listing|Broken]] | before= [[Happiness In Slavery (song)|Happiness In Slavery]] | after= [[Physical]] | track= 6}}[[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:Music Videos]]