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| title = March of the Of The Pigs

| BPM = 269| versions = March Of The Pigs<br>March Of The Pigs (Instrumental)<br>March Of The Pigs (Clean version)<br>All The Pigs, All Lined Up<br>March Of The Pigs (Video Version)<br>March Of The Pigs (''Closure'')<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')| live = [[Self Destruct Warm-upTouring Cycle]] through present}}'''"March of the Of The Pigs"''' is the fourth track on 1994's ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' It has one of the most unique unusual metres of any song to enjoy popular radio play, alternating three measures of 7/8 time with one measure of 4/4 time in the verses (in effect, a 29/8 time signature). The chorus is in the common 4/4 time signature. As a result, with eighth notes getting the count, the song has a BPM rate of 269.The chorus of this song shares its chord progression with the bridge of "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]."

The ===Meaning===Lyrically, the song is presumably could be about society or NIN's fans, but [[Trent Reznor]] has stated in the interview titled Disturbed that the "pigs" in this song refer mainly to "anywhere from the media to people he thought were friends around him." Furthermore, he said, "The issue I was addressing was... when we attained a certain level of success, it was surprising to see the legion of people starting to fuck with you, can't wait to see you fail, hoping that you'll fuck up, ripping you off, trying to use you... The fact that American media, in 'underground world,' you go from being the darling to 'well, we accidentally started selling some records,' so they have to turn their backs on us." He also occasionally referred to fans as 'pigs' at live performances.  According to the Filter biography on their official website, former live guitarist [[Richard Patrick]] reportedly received the nickname "Piggy" while in Nine Inch Nails. As well, "Piggies" is a song on The Beatles' 1968 self-titled (or 'white') album, a noted influence on Charles Manson, who scrawled the word "pig" in blood on the front door of the Sharon Tate mansion wherein he and his 'Family' killed Tate and several others on August 8, 1969. The mansion was also where Reznor recorded ''The Downward Spiral'' in 1993-4 and Reznor kept the Tate door when he moved to [[Nothing Studios]] in New Orleans. However, Reznor debunked rumors of song connections to the Tate murders in an interview[http://www.nin-pages.de/2003_Metal_Hammer_April_english.htm]: <blockquote>"I had 'Piggy' written long before it was ever known that I would be in that house. 'March of the Pigs' has nothing to do with the Tate murders or anything like that, I’m not going to say what it is about, but it’s not about that. Yeah, the name of the studio being 'Pig', that was a definite bad taste joke. It was written on the front door at one time, I’ll admit to that."</blockquote>

*Production: [[Trent Reznor]]

This Is is the original album version. Like much of the album, this song is structured around contrast: the loud and fast, oddly-metered and screamed verses are juxtaposed with the moodier, quieter bridge and piano-led chorus.

===March Of The Pigs (cleanClean)===

'''''Running Time: 7:25''''' This version is entirely in 4/4 and has en extended ending that incorporates the lyric "Don't you feel a whole lot better?"This version is also much less guitar oriented, with extra synth layers added as well as additional crowd noises and pig squeals not prominent in the original. It ends in a loud, distorted drum pattern before collapsing to noise feedback, which segues directly into "[[A Violet Fluid]]." ===March Of The Pigs (Video Version)===This is the version used in the studio performance music video for the song. It can be found in audio form on the US cassette release of "Closer To God" and an Australian CD compilation entitled "Obdurate: The Best Music Around", billed as "March Of The Pigs (Live)." The music video itself can be found on ''Closure'' and the 10th Anniversary DualDisc version of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Unlike most live performances of the song since its release, this one does not include an extended ending, though it does feature new pig squeal samples at the beginning. ===March Of The Pigs (''Closure'')===Recorded in bootleg-like quality, this performance is featured on the first disc of ''Closure.'' It features the extended ending as has been performed consistently since its debut.

This Typical of how the song has usually been performed live since the [[Self Destruct Tour]], this live version incorporates an extended ending, based on that of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up."

Like the version that appears on ''And All That Could Have Been,'' this live version incorporates the ending of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up." The major differences are that However, the introduction in this version is shorter arranged differently, and Reznor changes some of features different vocal improvisation during the vocal stylingsending.

[[Image:MOTPstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "March Of The Pigs" video]]A music video was made for this song, directed by [[Peter Christopherson]] ("[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" and the ''[[Broken Movie]]'') and released in March of 1994. The video features the band performing the song live in front of a white wall backdrop. Reportedly, around a dozen takes were done, and the final video take was the one that "did not suck." It's filmed in one shot, a rare occurrence for music videos. This video was the last video to be played on MTV2's ''Increase the Beat'', on Memorial Day weekend 2002. At 269 BPM, it had the fastest tempo of the 400+ videos that were played that weekend. A previous version of the video was partially shot but abandoned, and is included in glimpses on the ''Closure'' DVD. The band performs the song in a red, cave-like set with water at their feet, with a troll-like midget in costume running in and out of the set.

Being a staple NIN song with its high energy segued by two piano breakdowns, there is a live performance video of "March of the Of The Pigs" on each of their live releases: ''Closure,'' ''And All That Could Have Been,'' and ''Beside You in Time.'' In the live set, the band extends the song by including an amped up version portion of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up" at the end of almost every performance.

In most performances in the pre-''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' eras, the songs starts with the same similar high pitched squeal squeals as it does in the performance music video for the song. Since the start of the The [[Live: With Teeth|With Teeth Tour]]arrangement started with [[Alessandro Cortini]] playing the synthesized bassline twice, stopping for eight bars of the song now starts with a synth line that matches drum pattern before the one played behind band launched directly into the second set of measures for the song originallyfirst verse. (This section now completely omitted from Reznor typically starts the song, the guitars coming in completely along with they synth after the first drum run throughspoken lyrics "C'mon you pigs... march!".)

*[http://vimeo.com/3554852 "March Of The Pigs" (uncensored music video)]*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjX7yXA_fL0 "March Of The Pigs" live from ''Beside You In Time'']*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idchc6FjSNw Snippet from the original music video]