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| versions =Me, I'm Not<br>Me, I'm Not (Instrumental)<br>Me, I'm Not: Olof Dreijer
| live =[[Performance 2007]], <br>[[Lights In The Sky Tour|Lights In The Sky Over North America]]<br>[[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Japan Tour]] through [[NIN + QOTSA Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour]] through present}}'''"Me, I'm Not"''' is the sixth track on the 2007 release ''[[Year Zero]]''. [[Multitracks]] for this song were released in raw WAV, GarageBand, and Ableton Live formats via [[remix.nin.com]].
[[Image:pickpendrive.jpg|thumbnail|The USB flash drive containing "Me, I'm Not" and the audio file leading to the second phone message.]]
At the February 19th, 2007 [[Nine Inch Nails |Nine Inch Nails]] concert in Barcelona, Spain, a second plain-looking USB flash drive was found in a bathroom stall. This drive had two MP3 files: one called [[2432.mp3]] and the other "Me, I'm Not."
A forum user said on [[The Spiral]] and [[ETS]]:
[[Trent Reznor]] replied on [[The Spiral]]:
==Appearances==
*''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]''
===SeedsOther===*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]''- online playlist(s); not on original Seed release
==Versions==
===Me, I'm Not (Instrumental)===
'''''Running Time: 4:56'''''
This unmastered vocal-less mix was released by Reznor through his remix.nin.com account.
===Me, I'm Not: Olof Dreijer===
'''''Running Time: 14:00'''''
This remix is on ''Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D.'' Coming in at over 14 minutes long, it's the longest [[Nine Inch Nails]] remix to be officially released. Very different from the album original, it begins with a simple beat and synth melody, over which a high-pitched droning sound element is added. This sound invokes similarities to the instrumental melody within the original song's chorus. The sound is a lot like a wave, cresting and receding. Soon, a basic percussion beat comes in on top of these sounds. At around 4 minutes in, the higher sound drops out, and finger-snap percussion joins in shortly thereafter. A hi-hat beat joins in and another beat comes in. At around 5:25 the higher sound begins to creep in and whispered vocals ("I'm not used to this") come in and out through this portion of the song. A lower synth melody comes in almost halfway through as the higher part again disappears momentarily. The higher sounds return as vocals appear sporadically in this sequence. Once again, a wave-like pattern is invoked in the sound elements dominating this piece. Past the 9-minute mark, the lyrics "I define myself/By how well I hide" and "What I know right now" are clearly audible through the rest of the sounds. The finale contains several sound elements emerging and fading away in a repeated cycle before fading out altogether.
==Live==
"Me, I'm Not" was first played live on [[2007/05/09 Sydney, Australia|May 9, 2007]] at Luna Park in Sydney, Australia, on and remained a regular for the rest of the [[Performance 2007]] tour. Reznor and [[Alessandro Cortini]] both play keyboards and synths on this song, with a computer hooked up to Reznor's machine. In the song's first live performances, Reznor played slide guitar but it has since been was played by [[Aaron North]] in subesquent subsequent performances. [[Josh Freese]] and [[Jeordie White]] do did not play on this song live. Throughout the [[Lights in the Sky Tour]], "Me, I'm Not" was occasionally played before the "Ghosts" section of the setlist, played alongside (or replaced with) "[[Vessel]]", "[[The Warning]]", or "[[The Great Destroyer]]". "Me, I'm Not" was played once in 2009, at [[2009/09/10 Los Angeles, CA|the final show]] of the Wave Goodbye Tour. The song was a regular on some legs of the [[NIN 2013-2014|''Hesitation Marks'' touring cycle]], including opening the show at several dates. It would continue to be played occasionally throughout the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]] in 2018 and the U.S./U.K. [[NIN 2022|2022 tour]].
==Lyrics==
==External Links==
*[http://vimeo.com/3489443 "Me, I'm Not" livein Europe, August 2007]*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu59-bYqY-8 "Me, I'm Not" 2013 live visual design by Rob Sheridan]*[https://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00086 "Me, I'm Not" (Instrumental) at archive.org]
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