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| title = Piggy
| album =''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''
| 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]]'')| live = 1994 - Present[[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.
==About=Meaning===''Piggy'' is According to the second track Filter biography on their official website, former live guitarist [[Richard Patrick]] reportedly received the 1994 concept album nickname "Piggy" while in Nine Inch Nails. According to Patrick's Filter bandmate [[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward SpiralBrian 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. It is 186150516351/10155799437926352/?type=3&permPage=1]. Patrick gave the first song to feature story behind his nickname in a live drum performance by Trent Reznor2013 interview[http://www.intravenousmag.co.uk/2013/09/richard-patrick-explains-origins-of.html]:
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>
===Song Credits===
*Mixing Engineer: [[Alan Moulder]]
==Performed LiveAppearances=====Halos===*''The Downward Spiral''*''[[Further Down The Spiral]]''*''[[Closure]]''*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (CD/DVD/VHS) ===Seeds===*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]'' ==Versions=====Piggy===Characterized by its very simplistic structure, "Piggy has become " contains a popular song simple set of drum and other percussion loops with only bass and organ accompaniment, joined by piano and noise loops in Nine Inch Nails live showsthe latter half. Though heavily debated, though it 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 played contain the final "five note measure" found on a regular basisother songs such as "[[Closer]]" and "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]", the structure remains relatively the same. During live shows Trent will frequently venture into 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 crowd during organs on "Piggy."]] ===Piggy (Instrumental)==='''''Running Time: 4:30''''' Released by Reznor through his [[remix.nin.com]] account, this song with is a microphone vocalless, unmastered version of the album recording. Its ending is also extended by several repetitions of noise loops and invite fans to sing along to the songbass riff after the loud drums have faded out. ===Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)==='''''Running Time: 4:02'''''
==Alternate Versions=Piggy (''Closure'')===The song was Remixed by Rick Rubin for both Recorded in bootleg-like quality, this live performance video is featured on the first disc of the 1995 Remix albums [[Further Down the Spiral]] v1 and v2''Closure''.
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.
{{Succession box
| title=[[The Downward Spiral (halo)#Track Listing (original release and DVD-A release)|The Downward Spiral]]
| before=[[Mr. Self Destruct]]
| after=[[Heresy]]
| track=2}}
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