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| 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]]'')

}}'''"Piggy"''' is the second track on from the 1994 concept album ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' It is the first song to feature a live drum performance by [[Trent Reznor]], and 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.

===The Drum SoloMeaning===The drum solo featured According to the Filter biography on their official website, former live guitarist [[Richard Patrick]] reportedly received the nickname "Piggy" while in Nine Inch Nails. According to Patrick's Filter bandmate [[Brian Liesegang]], Reznor was very upset when Patrick left the band and wrote the song "Piggy" about it shortly thereafter[https://www.facebook.com/Filter/photos/a.186150516351/10155799437926352/?type=3&permPage=1]. Patrick gave the last half story behind his nickname in a 2013 interview[http://www.intravenousmag.co.uk/2013/09/richard-patrick-explains-origins-of .html]: <blockquote>"One evening the song is actually Reznor himselfday before some studio time with Trent I took a girlfriend to a [[Skinny Puppy]] gig. Initially I was watching the sound check and Ogre was on the mic shouting 'WHITE PIGGY' over and over, I found it was really funny. When I got back to the studio and we were setting up, I keep doing an impersonation of Ogre and after a few minutes Trent shouted to me 'Hey Piggy, shut up and play some chords man!', and the name stuck after that".</blockquote> As well, "Piggies" is a drum test being used as song on The Beatles' 1968 self-titled (or 'white') album, a placeholder noted influence on Charles Manson, who scrawled the word "pig" in blood on the front door of the songSharon Tate mansion wherein he and his 'Family' killed Tate and several others on August 8, but 1969. The mansion was also where Reznor recorded ''The Downward Spiral'' in 1993-4 and Reznor kept the Tate door when he liked 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 too much 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 replace say what itis 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>

==Appearances====Appearances=Halos===

*''[[Further Down The Spiral]]''*''[[Closure]]''

Characterized by its very simplistic structure, "Piggy " contains a simple set of drum beat (the exception being the final drum solo) and other percussion loops with only bass and organ accompaniment , joined by piano and a small piano line attached to noise loops in the song's endlatter half. Though heavily debated, the album version of "Piggy " is the first of several songs on ''The Downward Spiral'' to incorporate the famous "Downward Spiral Motif." While this version of the motif does not contain the final "five note measure" found on other songs such as "[[Closer]] " and "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]", the structure remains relatively the same. Played by the organs on the second verse, the notes to this short variation of the motif are as follows:<br>[[Image:Piggy_Organ_Motif_Tab.JPG|The motif as played by the organs on "Piggy."]]

F# E E D===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.

'''''Running Time: 4:02''''' "Piggy" was remixed by [[Rick Rubin]] for both of the 1995 Remix albums remix album ''[[Further Down The Spiral]] v1'' and ''v2.'' It features Dave Navarro of [[Dave NavarroJane's Addiction]] on guitarand samples "Put Your Love in My Tender Care" by the Fatback Band. This remix was also featured on 2004's 2nd CD of the Tenth Aniversary 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Played exclusively at 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*Engineered by David Sardy & David Schiffman*Guitar: Dave Navarro*Beats: Kim Bullard ===Piggy (''Closure'')===Recorded in bootleg-like quality, this live performance video is featured on the first disc of ''Closure''.

A professionally recording 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]]."

"Piggy " has become a popular song in Nine Inch Nails live shows, though it is not 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 to the song.

===Bridge School Benefit===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 shaker and marimba, usually segueing directly from "[[19 Ghosts III]]" via Reznor's shaker playing as it slows from the quicker tempo to match that of "Ghosts Piggy." Its title is sourced from tour setlists.

Hey pig,

Black and blue and broken bones you left me here I’m I'm all alone

I don’t don't care anymore

I just don’t don't care

Nothing’s Nothing's turning out the way I planned Hey pig There’s there's a lot of things I hoped you could help me understand

I don’t don't care anymore

I just don’t don't care

You don’t don't need me anymore The last line of the song is not sung in the final album cut. ==External Links==*[http://www.officialfilter.com/band Official Filter biography], which mentions Patrick's nickname