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[[Image:halo3-US.jpg|thumb|Halo 3: ''Head Like A Hole ([[Halo'']] 3) was the second single released for the first [[Nine Inch NailsImage:HeadLikeAHoleUK.jpg|thumb|UK version artwork]] album [[Pretty Hate Machine]].

'''''Head Like A Hole''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 3]]''''') is the second single by [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the second single from debut album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''. It was released on March 22, 1990 by [[TVT Records]] in the US, and on September 2, 1991, by Island Records in the UK. The single also serves as a companion [[Remixes|remix]] album of sorts to ''Pretty Hate Machine''. ==Track listings=====US Version=======CD====#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Slate)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Slate) (remixed by [[Trent Reznor]], [[Flood]]) - 4:13#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Clay)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Clay) (remixed by Keith LeBlanc) - 4:30#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Sympathetic Mix) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 4:26#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Copper)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Copper) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#You Know Who You Are|You Know Who You Are]]" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:50#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)#Head Like A Hole (Soil)|Head Like A Hole]]" (Soil) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:38#"[[Terrible Lie#Terrible Lie (Empathetic Mix)|Terrible Lie]]" (Empathetic Mix) (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:11#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Shred)|Down In It]]" (Shred) (remixed by [[ImageAdrian Sherwood]], LeBlanc) - 6:HeadLikeAHole.jpg51#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Singe)|frameDown In It]]" (Singe) (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 7:21#"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It (Demo)|Halo Down In It]]" (Demo) (remixed by Reznor) - 3 - :55#"[[Untitled (from Head Like A Hole )|(USunlisted track)]]" - 0:04[[Image:Hlah10inch.jpg|thumb|Limited Edition 10" vinyl artwork]][[Image:HeadLikeAHoleUKYGWYD.pngjpg|framethumb|Cover ''You Get What You Deserve'']]====12" Vinyl====Also released as a 10" vinyl with fold-out poster of exclusive Mark Prent artwork, featuring Slate as the A-side and Copper on the HLAH B-side.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Slate) - 4:13<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A2&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A3&nbsp; "Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) - 4:26<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A4&nbsp; "(unlisted track)" - 0:04<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Copper)- 6:26<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B2&nbsp; "You Know Who You Are" - 5:50<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B3&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" (Soil) - 6:38<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B4&nbsp; "Terrible Lie" (Empathetic Mix) - 6:11<br> ===UK Single]]Version===Also released on 12" vinyl (1 & 2 on A-side, 3 on B-side) and 7" vinyl (Slate on A-side, Copper on B-side).#"Head Like A Hole" (Clay) - 4:30#"Head Like A Hole" (Copper) - 6:26#"Head Like A Hole" (Opal) - 5:18 ===Australia Version===#"Head Like A Hole" (Slate) - 4:13#"Terrible Lie" (Sympathetic Mix) - 4:26#"Head Like A Hole" (Opal) - 5:18 ===''You Get What You Deserve''===This is a unique German CD promo with different artwork. It has no Halo designation.#"Head Like a Hole (Copper)" - 6:26#"Down In It (Shred)" - 6:51#"Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)" - 4:26#"Head Like a Hole (Clay)" - 4:30

It was In 1993, on the first commercial success now defunct Prodigy message boards, Trent Reznor had and recieved wide radio rotation at made the time. It has appeared in almost every concert that [[Nine Inch Nails]] has performed since its appearance and has become a staple part following comment about the circumstances of the live set. The [[Livemaxi-single release: With Teeth|With Teeth]] concerts usually end with this song.

Though [[Reznor|Trent Reznor]] doesn't dislike the song, he <blockquote>Also in case anybody was quite suprised it became as big as it didwondering, especially due to the 'down in it's relatively easy writing process compared single was only going to some be released on vinyl (because my old record label sucks) so i put most of it on the lesser recognized tracks 'head like ahole' single (which obviously IS on CD) - then the greedy record label releases 'd.i.i.' on CD ("which is quite redundant. Sorry if you feel ripped off. [[That's What I Get]http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/display/327]" and "[[Kinda I Want To]]" most notably).</blockquote>

The single was released in maxi-single 's disc art reveals the tempo for "Head Like A Hole" (US115 BPM) and standard single "Terrible Lie" (UK88 BPM) formats and do not contain . On the original album US version but rather several remixes , there's an unlisted bonus track featuring a clip of Heather "Princess" Day from Dance Party USA shouting "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woooo! They're GOOD!" Also the title first trackon the UK single version is mislabeled: instead of ''Slate'' it should read ''Clay''.

Remixes of "==Artwork==[[Terrible LieImage:HLAHmockup.jpg|thumb|Mockup of artwork by The Designers Republic]]" are The UK version's artwork was originally intended to be the B-Sides sole artwork, but was replaced for this single, as well as the two remixes of "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" that appeared on wider release by TVT Records due to the colour printing costing too much.[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]] single and a demo that only appears on the Head Like A Hole single itselfhttp://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article. The US Maxi version is actually longer in duration than [[Pretty Hate Machine]php?id=327] while the UK Single is standard size.

On The Designers Republic, who did the UK version, there is an artwork for the ''[[Sin (Opalhalo) mix which doesn|Sin]]''t appear on the US version. Also the first tracksingle, the (Clay) mix which was used wanted to do a similar design for the ''Head Like A Hole video is mislabeled as the (Slate) mix which is the first track on the US maxi-'' single , but doesnit wasn't appear on used. A mockup of the UK single versionart was posted to Facebook in 2016.[https://www.facebook.com/thedesignersrepublic/photos/pcb.10154678018942214/10154678017797214/?type=3&theater]

The Maxi-Single's disc art reveals the [[BPM]] for [[Head Like A Hole ==Credits==*Writing and performance: Trent Reznor*(1–7) Production and mix: Flood, Trent Reznor*(song8–9)|Head Like A Hole]] to be 115 BPM Production and [[Terrible Lie mix: Adrian Sherwood, Keith LeBlanc*(song2)|Terrible Lie]]Production: Flood, Trent Reznor; Mix: Keith LeBlanc*(10) Production and mix: Trent Reznor*Original versions appear on the album ''Pretty Hate Machine''s to be 88 BPM*All songs Trent Reznor ©1989 TVT Music/Leaving Hope<br>

On the US version, there's an unlisted 11th track that's a clip of a female shouting "Let's hear it *Contact: J Artist Management*Portrait: Max Hudson*Sleeve: [[Gary Talpas]] for Nine Inch Nails! Woooo! They're GOOD!"Föhn Design

*[[Island Records]] 12 IS 484 878 893-1 - UK 12" Vinyl*[[Island Records]] CID 482 878 893-2 - UK CD*Rykodisc RCD-10839 - US CD

==Track listing''Halo I-IV''=====[http:''Halo I-IV'' is a limited edition vinyl box set released by Concord//ninwikiBicycle Music for Record Store Day in November 2015.com/Image:HeadLikeAHoleUS.jpg US Version]===#It contains the domestic versions of the 12"singles for ''Head Like a A Hole (Slate)" (remixed by [[Trent Reznor]]'', ''Sin'' and ''[[Mark Ellis|Flood]]) - 4:13#"Head Like a Hole Down In It (Clayhalo)" (remixed by [[Keith LeBlanc]]) - 4:30#"Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 4:26#"Head Like a Hole (Copper)" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26#"You Know Who You Are" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:40#"Head Like a Hole (Soil)" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:38#"Terrible Lie (Empathetic Mix)" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:11#"|Down in In It (Shred)" (remixed by [[Adrian Sherwood]]'' on 120 gram vinyl, LeBlanc) - 6:51#"Down as well as the original version of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' on 180 gram vinyl. None of the music in It (Singe)" (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 7:21#"Down in It (Demo)" (remixed by Reznor) - 3:55#(unlisted track) - 0:04this set is remastered.

==External Links==*[http://ninwikinincatalog.com/Imagehead-like-a-hole/ ''Head Like A Hole'' at nincatalog.com]*[http:HeadLikeAHoleUK//www.png UK version]amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520head%2520like%2520a%2520hole%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=#"390957 ''Head Like a A Hole (Clay)" (remixed by LeBlanc) '' at Amazon] *[http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255- 4:30#"Head Like 0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=nine+inch+nails+head+like+a Hole (Copper)" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 6:26#"+hole&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg ''Head Like a A Hole (Opal)" (remixed by Reznor, Flood) - 5:18'' at eBay]