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| BPM = 113| versions =Ringfinger<br>Twist(''Purest Feeling'' Version)<br>Twist (Demo''Demos and Remixes'' Version)| live =[[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]] through [[Lollapalooza Tour]]}}'''"Ringfinger"''' is the tenth and final track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]],'' telling about a man who is devoted to a woman who refuses to commit to him and his outrage at her using him, even though he does truly desire her. The demo version of this song was called "Twist," composing of the same basic music which remains musically almost identical but different uses alternate lyrics and a slightly more victimizing subject matter.

This is the final album version. Opening with a thumping beat and a synth melody, TrentReznor's reverbed reverberating vocals come in dominating dominate the verses. A different beat is introduced during the second verse. Vocal , while vocal harmonies and a synth pad enter during the choruses. During the break , there is a short distorted guitar riff before the final verse and choruses. The end of the track comes in after the final chorus with a funky guitar riff playing over a panned drum beat. This is followed by a scream [[samples|sampled]] from the beginning of [[Jane's Addiction]]'s "Had a Dad," which leads into an entirely different beat, sampled from "Alphabet St." by Prince. This is accompanied by a synth that sounds very similar to the one used in "[[That's What I Get]]" and vinyl scratching.

The outro of the track comes in after the final chorus with a funky guitar riff playing over a panned drum beat. This is followed by a scream by Reznor, which leads into an entierly different beat, accompanied by a synth that sounds very similar to the one used in [[Thats What I Get]] and vinyl-scratching. ===Twist(''Purest Feeling'' Version)===Found In The on the ''Purest Feeling '' bootleg, it contains uses different lyrics from Ringfinger and Trent vocalizes through most of the track.

As you pull it out as and you stick it in

Hanging like Jesus from on this cross I'm just dying for your sinsins

I can't even feel it anymore

(Twist twist twist) but I love, love the pain

===Twist (Twist twist twist''Demos and Remixes'' Version)=== (The "Twist twist twist)" recording on ''Demos and Remixes'' substitutes the following line:  (Twist twist twist)From the small of your back up to your chin and also includes the spoken lyrics printed at the end of "Ringfinger" in the ''Pretty Hate Machine'' liner notes. ==Live==Very similar in structure to the studio version, the live version adds only a few changes. The song acquires a harder, darker sound, with the drums becoming more prominent and a more noticeable guitar riff added from the second verse onwards. It was played often on the [["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour|''Pretty Hate Machine'']], [[Hate Tour|Hate]], [[Sin Tour|Sin]] and 1991 [[Lollapalooza Tour|Lollapalooza Tours]], but has not been played since.

[[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:Songs With Unused Lyrics]]