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===Ghosts Piggy===
This version of the song made its debut on 2008's [[Lights In The Sky Tour]]. It features [[Justin Meldal-Johnsen]] on upright bass and Reznor on tambourine and marimba, usually segueing directly from "[[19 Ghosts III]]" via Reznor's tambourine playing as it slows from the quicker tempo to match that of "Ghosts Piggy." Its title is sourced from tour setlists.
→Piggy (Instrumental)
| length = 4:24
| BPM = 66
| versions = Piggy<br>Piggy (Instrumental)<br>Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)<br>Piggy (''[[Closure]]'')<br>Piggy (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Ghosts Piggy
| live = [[Further Down The Spiral Tour]] through present
}}'''"Piggy"''' is the second track from the 1994 album ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' It is one of the many songs to include the phrase "[[Nothing Can Stop Me Now]]". The drum solo featured in the last half of the song is actually performed by [[Trent Reznor]] himself. Initially, it was a drum test being used as a placeholder in the song, but he liked it too much to replace it.
===Meaning===
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. Whether or not Patrick or the Tate murders are directly related to this song is unknown, though 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>
===Song Credits===
===Piggy (Instrumental)===
'''''Running Time: 4:30'''''
Released by Reznor through his [[remix.nin.com]] account, this is a vocalless, unmastered version of the album recording. Its ending is also extended by several repetitions of noise loops and the bass riff after the loud drums have faded out.
===Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)===
'''''Running Time: 4:02''''' "Piggy" was remixed by [[Rick Rubin]] for the 1995 remix album ''Further Down The Spiral''. It features Dave Navarro of [[Jane's Addiction]] on guitar and samples "Put Your Love in My Tender Care" by the Fatback Band. This remix was also featured on 2004's 2nd CD of the 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Featured first on the [[Dissonance]] tour, it is one of the only remixes ever played live, and was revived for the [[Wave Goodbye Tour|NIN|JA 2009]] tour.
====Song Credits====
*Produced by Rick Rubin
===Piggy (''And All That Could Have Been'')===
A professionally recorded live version appears in video and audio on ''And All That Could Have Been.'' Reznor gives the microphone away to audience members to sing the "nothing can stop me now" refrain in the latter half of the song, and his ending piano solo segues directly into the performance of "[[The Frail]]."
==Live==
"Piggy" has become a popular song in Nine Inch Nails live shows, played seemingly on a nearly regular basis. During live shows Reznor will frequently venture into the crowd during this song with a microphone and invite fans to sing along.
Reznor performed a new version of "Piggy" on piano with a string quartet at Neil Young's 2006 [[Bridge School Benefit]] concert. This was most likely the inspiration for the "Ghosts Piggy" arrangement that was used in 2008's [[Lights In The Sky Tour]]. It features [[Justin Meldal-Johnsen]] on upright bass and Reznor on tambourine and marimba, usually segueing directly from "[[19 Ghosts III]]" via Reznor's tambourine playing as it slows from the quicker tempo to match that of "Ghosts Piggy." Its title is sourced from tour setlists.
==Lyrics==