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===MeaningSong Credits===According to the Filter biography on their official website, former live guitarist *Production: [[Richard PatrickFlood]] reportedly received the nickname "Piggy" while in Nine Inch Nails. According to Patrick's Filter bandmate Brian Liesegang, and Trent Reznor was very upset when Patrick left the band and wrote the song "Piggy" about it shortly thereafter. Patrick gave the story behind his nickname in a 2013 interview*Mixing Engineer: [[http://www.intravenousmag.co.uk/2013/09/richard-patrick-explains-origins-of.htmlAlan Moulder]]:

<blockquote>==Meaning==According to the Filter biography on their official website, former live guitarist [[Richard Patrick]] reportedly received the nickname "Piggy"One evening the day before some studio time with Trent I took a girlfriend while in [[Nine Inch Nails]]. According to a Patrick's Filter bandmate [[Skinny PuppyBrian Liesegang]] gig. I , Reznor was watching very upset when Patrick left the sound check band and Ogre was on wrote the mic shouting 'WHITE PIGGY' over and over, I found song "Piggy" about it really funnyshortly thereafter[https://www. When I got back to facebook.com/Filter/photos/a.186150516351/10155799437926352/?type=3&permPage=1]. Patrick gave the studio and we were setting up, I keep doing an impersonation of Ogre and after story behind his nickname in a few minutes Trent shouted to me 'Hey Piggy, shut up and play some chords man!', and the name stuck after that"2013 interview[http://www.intravenousmag.co.<uk/2013/09/blockquote>richard-patrick-explains-origins-of.html]:

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===Song Credits===*Production: <blockquote>I had "Piggy" written long before it was ever known that I would be in that house. "[[Flood]] and Trent Reznor*Mixing Engineer: [[Alan MoulderMarch 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>

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:

Also labeled on promo releases as "Piggy" was remixed by (Rick Rubin for the 1995 remix album ''Further Down The Spiral''Remix)". It features Dave Navarro of [[Jane'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 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.

"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. Reznor usually sings "hey motherfucking pig" before the line "there's a lot of things that I hoped you could help me understand".

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 tambourine shaker and marimba, usually segueing directly from "[[19 Ghosts III]]" via Reznor's tambourine shaker playing as it slows from the quicker tempo to match that of "Ghosts Piggy." Its title is sourced from tour setlists.