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Happiness In Slavery (song) (view source)
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| album =''[[Broken]]''
| length =5:21
| BPM = 120| versions =Happiness In Slavery<br>Happiness In Slavery (''[[Fixed]]'')<br>Screaming Slave<br>Happiness In Slavery (Sherwood Slave Mix)<br>Happiness In Slavery (PK Slavery Remix)<br>Happiness In Slavery (Live at Woodstock '94)| live =[[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]]<br>[[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]]}}'''"Happiness In Slavery"''' is the fifth track on 1992's ''[[Broken]]'' EP. It was also released as a promo single and controversial music video. The title is evidently taken from the preface of the bondage novel ''The Story of O''.
===Song Credits===
==Versions==
===Happiness In Slavery===
This is the original album version. It is characterised by heavy use of loud, layered percussion loops; in fact, the bridge of the song is completely constructed from percussion patterns and synthesized machinery sounds as well as Reznor's distorted voice. Guitars are featured prominently during the verses and choruses, the latter also including synthesized bass. Each verse is punctured by screamed backing vocals. The repetitive buildup at the end of the song eventually gives way to quiet whispers, which segue into "[[Gave Up]]." The end of "Heresy" also cuts directly to the beginning of this song when they are played back to back.
===Happiness In Slavery (''Fixed'')===
'''''Running Time: 6:09''''' This remix contains samples from the album version as well as from performance artist Bob Flanagan. Repetitive in nature, it contains very few lyrics, instead focusing on the percussion loops and synthesized bass and leads, similar in sound to "[[Heresy]]."
====Song Credits====
* Manipulation: Trent Reznor and [[Chris Vrenna]] with P.K.
===Screaming Slave===
'''''Running Time: 8:00'''''
This remix is very different from the album version and the other remix on ''Fixed'', and also incorporates samples from Flanagan. It is cut up and spliced so that it seems more like a sound collage than music.
====Song Credits====
===Happiness In Slavery (Sherwood Slave Mix)===
====Song Credits====
*Remixed by [[Adrian Sherwood]]
===Happiness In Slavery (PK Slavery Remix)===
'''''Running Time: 5:41''''' This remix is done in a similar fashion to the "Dub" mix of "[[Sin (song)|Sin]]", with the words "slave screams" and "submission" repeated at various points during the track. This remix was initially found only on the ''[[Happiness in Slavery (halo)|Happiness In Slavery]]'' promo, but has recently been was later posted to [[remix.nin.com]] by Reznor. Short in length, it loops only few elements of the original, incorporating new synthesizer elements and film samples on top.
====Song Credits====
*Remixed by Paul Kendall
===Happiness in Slavery (Live at Woodstock '94)===
A recording from the [[Woodstock '94]] performance can be found on the official Woodstock '94 CD and VHS, including an introduction from comedian Calvert DeForest. At the end of the song, it fades out over the intro to "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]".
==Music Video==
[[Image:Happinessstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Happiness In Slavery" video]]Jon Reiss]] directed the award-winning "Happiness In Slavery" [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]], which was released in 1992. Shot entirely in black-and-white, the video's stark contrasts and stunning visual effects leave a memorable imprint to the viewer.
'''SPOILERS BEGIN'''<br>
The video was universally banned due to its extreme violence and full-frontal nudity. There is a rumor that the only part of the video that was not real was the final sequence in which the man is engulfed by the machine. In reality, the poking and pulling were pretty much the only "real" aspects to the video. Reiss is fascinated with hydraulics, and it clearly shows with this video. The blood and gore were created by mashing bananas and mixing them with chocolate. This would look more realistic when photographed in black-and-white.
The video was originally going to be directed by [[Shinya Tsukamoto]][http://www.filmthreat.com/features/37850/], whom Reznor would later work with on "[[TOH (Top Of The Hour)]]" and "[[Theme For Tetsuo: The Bullet Man]]", two instrumental pieces credited to [[Nine Inch Nails]].
===Credits===
*Director: Jon Reiss
*Producer: Adam Stern
*Cameraman: Gary Tieche
*Editor: Lauren Zuckerman
*Production Design: Liz Young
==Live==
"Happiness in Slavery" was a set staple during the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]] tour, and usually concluded with a lot of destruction by the band after an extended outro. It has not been played since 1995. However, during During later dates on the [[Performance 2007]] tour, samples from the song began to appear in the end of "[[The Great Destroyer]]."The song was played live again for the first time since 1995 at the first show of the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]] in 2018, in which the entire "Broken" EP was played sequentially in full.
==Lyrics==
==External Links==
*[http://vimeo.com/3556108 "Happiness In Slavery" music video (NSFW)]
*[http://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00061 "Happiness In Slavery" (PK Slavery Mix) at archive.org]
*[http://www.jonreiss.com Official Website of Jon Reiss]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Flanagan Wikipedia entry for Bob Flanagan]
| before= [[Help Me I Am In Hell]]
| after= [[Gave Up]]
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