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When An extended version of the video also exists, which is set to the "Copper" mix. This version was used when the video was shown on ''Beavis and And Butt-Head'' in 1993. The video was originally going to be directed by [[David Lynch]][http://www.nin-pages.de/1989_Boston_Rock_Dezember_english.htm], whom Reznor would later work with on the "Copper" mix was used in place of ''[[Lost Highway Soundtrack]]'' and the "Clay[[Came Back Haunted (song)|Came Back Haunted]]" mixmusic video. ===Credits===*Director: Eric Zimmerman*Producer: Jim Deloye*Cameraman: Eric Zimmerman, Benjamin Stokes, Eric Koziol & Eric Matthies*Editor: Eric Zimmerman & Benjamin Stokes
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| BPM = 115
| versions = Head Like A Hole<br>Head Like A Hole (Clay)<br>Head Like A Hole (Copper)<br>Head Like A Hole (Opal)<br>Head Like A Hole (Slate)<br>Head Like A Hole (Soil)<br>You Know Who You Are<br>Head Like A Hole (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Head Like A Hole (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
| live = [["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour]] through [[Wave Goodbye Tour]]present
}}'''"Head Like A Hole"''' is the first track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]].'' It was the first commercial success [[Trent Reznor]] had and received wide radio rotation at the time. Though Reznor doesn't dislike the song, he was quite surpised it became as big as it did, especially due to its relatively easy writing process compared to some of the lesser recognized tracks on ''Pretty Hate Machine'' ("[[That's What I Get]]" and "[[Kinda I Want To]]" most notably).
===Song Credits===
*Production: [[Flood]], Trent Reznor
*Engineering: Flood, [[Kennan Keating]], [[Keith LeBlanc]], [[Doug de Angelis]], [[Ken Quartarone]]
*Additional remix production: Keith LeBlanc
*Mix: Keith LeBlanc
Since the With Teeth era, Trent has left singing of the chorus to the other members of the band. This is possibly due to vocal strain.
==Music videoVideo==[[Image:HLAHstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Head Like A Hole" video]]
The video for "Head Like A Hole" was directed by [[Eric Zimmerman]], who also co-directed "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]." The Clay remix is used in place of the album version.
The video contains three different sequences, used at different intervals of the song. During the verses, footage of tribal dancers is undercut with rotating cybernetic heads, creating a strobe effect. For the main chorus and instrumental interludes, the band is seen playing in a large cage with wires and magnetic tape at their feet. The sub-chorus features black-and-white footage of Reznor lowering his head into a tub filled with water and bringing it back up. At the end of the video, Reznor's feet have become entangled in the tape and wires as he is lifted off the ground, hung upside-down and writhes in mid-air. The video features two drummers, one being [[Chris Vrenna]] and the other being [[Martin Atkins]].
==Reznor on the songwriting==
<blockquote>"I don't remember what i was thinking about at the time, but it was pretty much about yelling at a beast without putting a face to it. I wrote it at the last minute as a throwaway. The rest of 'Pretty Hate Machine' was already written, and we'd revised everything else about nine times. Up until then song-writing had been a meticulous and agonising process, but this took me 15 minutes in my bedroom. The fact that it produced this huge reaction really pissed me off becuase i hadn't agonised over it. I was still back in Cleveland, and I had a job working at a studio where I'd spend time at night learning how to record and engineer things and I tried to work out how my voice sounded. I was playing everything myself but I had no confidence in playing guitar. I was convinced that if any real players heard it they'd laugh. Now i know that's bullshit but at the time I was very insecure."</blockquote>
==Covers==
*{{Youtube|SMZYcvU1UTY|acoustic cover by Ryan Star, a contenstant contestant on ''Rockstar: Supernova''}}*{{Youtube|Kwqx8N-MHww|cover by AFI, goth-punk band}}*{{Youtube|SltJMimN9CA|cover by Still Remains, christian metalcore band}}*{{Youtube|0rf07QE1YRgLhL8Sl3dWl8|cover by DEVO}}*Impromptu [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNWz-0igZbA Cover] by Amanda Palmer of [[The Dresden Dolls]]
==Lyrics==
God Money I'll do anything for you
==External Links==
*[http://vimeo.com/3610495 "Head Like A Hole" music video]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZQubSHhsQ "Head Like A Hole" (Copper) music video]
*[http://www.nincollector.com/archive/images/releases/halo_03/head_uk12vinyl_sideb_lq.jpg UK vinyl 12" tracklist scan], with remix dates