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| album =''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''

| 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 = Self-Desruct [[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=Song Credits===''Piggy'' is the second track on the 1994 concept album *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]]"

===The Drum Solo=Meaning==The unique 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 last half of band and wrote the song is actually Reznor himself"Piggy" about it shortly thereafter[https://www.facebook. Initially it was com/Filter/photos/a drum test being used as .186150516351/10155799437926352/?type=3&permPage=1]. Patrick gave the story behind his nickname in a placeholder in the song, but he liked it too much to replace it2013 interview[http://www.intravenousmag.co.uk/2013/09/richard-patrick-explains-origins-of.html]:

===Appearances===*The Downward Spiral*And All That Could Have Been (CD<blockquote>"One evening the 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 mic shouting 'WHITE PIGGY' over and over, I found it 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".</DVD/VHS)blockquote>

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> ==Appearances=Song Credits====Halos===*Production: ''The Downward Spiral''*''[[Further Down The Spiral]]''*''[[FloodClosure]] and Trent Reznor''*Mixing Engineer: ''[[Alan MoulderAnd All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (CD/DVD/VHS)

'''''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 edition 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of [[''The Downward Spiral (halo).'' 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|The Downward SpiralJA 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''.

===Piggy (''And All That Could Have Been'')===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]]."

===Bridge School=Live==Trent Reznor performed "Piggy" has become a popular song in Nine Inch Nails live shows, played seemingly on a new version of Piggy nearly regular basis since its debut on piano [[1994/08/27 Rochester, NY|August 27, 1994]]. During live shows Reznor will frequently venture into the crowd during this song with a string quartet at Neil Young's microphone and invite fans to sing along. Starting on the [[Bridge School BenefitFragility]] concerttour, Reznor began singing "hey motherfucking pig" before the line "there's a lot of things that I hoped you could help me understand".

==Performed Live==Reznor performed a new version of "Piggy has become " on piano with a popular song 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 Nine Inch Nails live shows2008's [[Lights In The Sky Tour]]. It features [[Justin Meldal-Johnsen]] on upright bass and Reznor on shaker and marimba, though usually segueing directly from "[[19 Ghosts III]]" via Reznor's shaker playing as it is not played on a regular basis. During live shows Trent will frequently venture into slows from the crowd during this song with a microphone and invite fans quicker tempo to sing along to the songmatch that of "Ghosts Piggy." Its title is sourced from tour setlists.

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