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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]]'')<br>Ghosts Piggy| live = [[Further Down The Spiral Tour]] through present}}'''"Piggy"''' is the second track from the 1994 album ''[[Wave Goodbye TourThe 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.

'''"Piggy"''' is the second track from the 1994 album ''===Song Credits===*Production: [[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward SpiralFlood]].'' It is the first song to feature a live drum performance by [[and Trent Reznor]], and one of the many to include the phrase "*Mixing Engineer: [[Nothing Can Stop Me NowAlan Moulder]]".

==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 BeatlesAccording to Patrick' 1968 self-titled (or 'white') albums Filter bandmate [[Brian Liesegang]], a noted influence on Charles Manson, who scrawled Reznor was very upset when Patrick left the band and wrote the word song "pigPiggy" in blood on the front door of the Sharon Tate mansion wherein he and his 'Family' killed Tate and several others on August 8, 1969about it shortly thereafter[https://www.facebook.com/Filter/photos/a. The mansion was also where Reznor recorded ''The Downward Spiral'' in 1993-4186150516351/10155799437926352/?type=3&permPage=1]. Whether or not Patrick or gave the Tate murders are directly related to this song is unknown, though Reznor kept the Tate door when he moved to Nothing Studios story behind his nickname in New Orleansa 2013 interview[http://www.intravenousmag.co.uk/2013/09/richard-patrick-explains-origins-of.html]:

===The Drum Solo===The drum solo featured in <blockquote>"One evening the last half of day before some studio time with Trent I took a girlfriend to a [[Skinny Puppy]] gig. I was watching the sound check and Ogre was on the song is actually Reznor himself. Initiallymic shouting 'WHITE PIGGY' over and over, I found it was a drum test being used as a placeholder in really funny. When I got back to the songstudio and we were setting up, but he liked it too much I keep doing an impersonation of Ogre and after a few minutes Trent shouted to replace itme 'Hey Piggy, shut up and play some chords man!', and the name stuck after that".</blockquote>

===Song Credits===*Production: 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 [[FloodNothing Studios]] and Trent in New Orleans. However, Reznor*Mixing Engineerdebunked rumors of song connections to the Tate murders in an interview[http: [[Alan Moulder]//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>

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

Characterized by its very simplistic structureand 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'' 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:

'''''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 the 1995 remix album ''[[Further Down The Spiral]]''. It features Dave Navarro of [[Dave NavarroJane'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 Aniversary Anniversary Deluxe Edition of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Formerly exclusively played Featured first on the [[Dissonance]] tour, it is one of the only remixes ever played live, and has recently been was revived on 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 " has become a popular song in Nine Inch Nails live shows, played seemingly on a nearly regular basissince its debut on [[1994/08/27 Rochester, NY|August 27, 1994]]. During live shows Reznor will frequently venture into the crowd during this song with a microphone and invite fans to sing along. Starting on the [[Fragility]] tour, Reznor began singing "hey motherfucking pig" before the line "there's a lot of things that I hoped you could help me understand".

===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.