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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 (Radio Edit)<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 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 1994the 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==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 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 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. hey 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 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 [[Le Pig|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]:  yeah you<blockquote>I had "Piggy" written long before it was ever known that I would be in that house. "[[March of the Pigs (song)|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=====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 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'' to incorporate the famous "Downward Spiral Motif." hey pig piggy pig pig pigWhile 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. all Played by the organs on the second verse, the notes to this short variation of my fears came truethe motif are as follows: black <br>[[Image:Piggy_Organ_Motif_Tab.JPG|The motif as played by the organs on "Piggy."]] The chaotic, extended drum solo/outro was happenstance. Reznor explained more in a 1994 interview with ''Keyboard Magazine''[https://www.theninhotline.com/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=548]: <blockquote>For that part, I had a rigid, weird sixteenth-note pattern going. A kit was set up in the dining room, and I was playing along, fuckin' around, testing out the drums. I'd go in the other room, start the machine, run back in, put the headphones on, and play along. I couldn't hear it very good and I was way out of meter. So I just played as insanely as I could so I could hear how the drums were going to sound on tape. When I listened back, I thought, "Hey, that's pretty cool. Someday I'll come back and blue fix it." And of course, I never did. That was it. That was the final take. A lot of what I do is accidental. I luck into things. I think that due to laziness---not coming back and broken bones you left me here fixing things---they end up becoming more interesting. My instinct is to repair, edit. "I'll get to it later". But then I'll get so used to hearing it, I'm all ll end up leaving it alone.</blockquote> ===Piggy (Radio Edit)=== my little piggy needed something new'''''Running Time: 4:28''''' This version is full-length, but omits the word "shit". ===Piggy (Instrumental)==='''''Running Time: 4:30'''''

hey pig===Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)=== nothing's turning out the way I planned hey pig there's a lot of things I hoped you could help me understand what am I supposed to do I lost my shit because of you'''Running Time: 4:02'''''

Also labeled on promo releases as "Piggy (Rick Rubin Remix)". 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. I donThis remix was also featured on 2004's 2nd CD of the 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of 't care anymore'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==== nothing can stop me now*Produced by Rick Rubin I just don't care*Engineered by David Sardy & David Schiffman nothing can stop me now*Guitar: Dave Navarro you don't need me anymore*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 [[Futher Down the Spiral]] v1 and v2(the U''Closure''.k import)

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]].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 [[All That Could Have Been]]is not sung in the final album cut.

Featuring:==External Links==*[[Robin Finck]]http: Guitar*[[Danny Lohner//www.officialfilter.com/band Official Filter biography]]: Bass, which mentions Patrick's nickname*[[Charlie Clouser]]https: Keyboards*[[Jerome Dillon]//archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-02951 "Piggy" (Instrumental) at archive.org]: Drums