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First appeared as Track 2 on {{song| 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 = [[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 1994the 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 song feature a the first live Drum solo played by ===Song Credits===*Production: [[Flood]] and Trent Reznor on a Nine Inch Nails Album.*Mixing Engineer: [[Alan Moulder]]

==LyricsMeaning== hey pigAccording 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 story behind his nickname in a 2013 interview[http://www.intravenousmag.co.uk/2013/09/richard-patrick-explains-origins-of.html]: yeah you<blockquote>"One evening the day before some studio time with Trent I took a girlfriend to a [[Skinny Puppy]] gig. hey pig piggy pig pig pigI was watching the sound check and Ogre was on the mic shouting 'WHITE PIGGY' over and over, I found it really funny. all When I got back to the studio and we were setting up, I keep doing an impersonation of my fears came trueOgre 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> black 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 blue his 'Family' killed Tate and broken bones you left me here 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 Iwould 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'm all alone, that was a definite bad taste joke. It was written on the front door at one time, I’ll admit to that."</blockquote>  my little piggy needed something new==Appearances=====Halos===*''The Downward Spiral'' *''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'' nothing can stop me now*''[[Closure]]'' I don*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]''t care anymore(CD/DVD/VHS) nothing can stop me now I just don===Seeds===*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]''t care hey pig==Versions=====Piggy=== nothingCharacterized by its very simplistic structure and quasi-jazz style, "Piggy" contains a simple set of drum and other percussion loops with only bass and organ accompaniment, joined by piano and noise loops in the latter half. Though heavily debated, the album version of "Piggy" is the first of several songs on ''The Downward Spiral''s turning out to incorporate the way I plannedfamous "Downward Spiral Motif." hey pig there's a lot While this version of things I hoped you could help me understandthe 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. what am I supposed Played by the organs on the second verse, the notes to do I lost my shit because this short variation of youthe motif are as follows:<br>[[Image:Piggy_Organ_Motif_Tab.JPG|The motif as played by the organs on "Piggy."]] nothing can stop me now===Piggy (Instrumental)=== I don't care anymore''''Running Time: 4:30''''' nothing can stop me now I just donReleased 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'''''t care "Piggy" was remixed by Rick Rubin for the 1995 remix album ''Further Down The Spiral''. nothing can stop me nowIt features Dave Navarro of [[Jane's Addiction]] on guitar and samples "Put Your Love in My Tender Care" by the Fatback Band. you donThis remix was also featured on 2004't need me anymores 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*Engineered by David Sardy & David Schiffman*Guitar: Dave Navarro*Beats: Kim Bullard

==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''.

Engineered by David Sardy ===Piggy (''And All That Could Have Been'')===A professionally recorded live version appears in video and David Schiffmanaudio 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]]."

This Remix was also featured on 2004==Lyrics== Hey pig Yeah you Hey pig piggy pig pig pig All of my fears came true Black and blue and broken bones you left me here I'm all alone My little piggy needed something new Nothing can stop me now I don't care anymore Nothing can stop me now I just don't care Hey pig Nothing's 2nd cd turning out the way I planned Hey pig there's a lot of Tenth Aniversary addition things I hoped you could help me understand What am I supposed to do I lost my shit because of [[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].you Nothing can stop me now I don't care anymore Nothing can stop me now I just don't care Nothing can stop me now You don't need me anymore

A live version The last line of this the song appears on 2002's Live Release [[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]is not sung in the final album cut.

Featuring:*[[Robin Finck]]: Guitar*[[Danny Lohner]]: Bass==External Links==*[[Charlie Clouser]]http: Keyboards*[[Jerome Dillon//www.officialfilter.com/band Official Filter biography]]: Drums, which mentions Patrick's nickname