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| length =5:40
| 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]]''. The demo version of this song was called "Twist," which remains musically almost identical but uses alternate lyrics.
==Versions==
===Ringfinger===
This is the final album version. Opening with a thumping beat and a synth melody, Reznor's reverberating vocals dominate the verses. A different beat is introduced during the second verse, 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.
===Twist(''Purest Feeling'' Version)===
Found on the ''Purest Feeling'' bootleg, it uses different lyrics.
All of your back up to your chin
Over to the tip of your switchblade
As you pull it out as and you stick it in
(Twist twist twist) it can go a little deeper
Well you just leave me nailed here
Hanging like Jesus from on this cross I'm just dying for your sinsins
And aiding to the cause
I'm tired of this war
Go ahead and cut me
I can't even feel it anymore
(Twist twist twist) it can go a little deeper
(Twist twist twist) I'm wearing these chains
(Twist twist twist) you make it hurt real good
(Twist twist twist) but I love, love the pain
(Twist twist twist) it can go a little deeper
(Twist twist twist) I'm wearing these chains
(Twist twist twist) I love the pain
(Twist twist twist)
===Twist (''Demos and Remixes'' Version)===
The "Twist" recording on ''Demos and Remixes'' substitutes the following line:
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==
"When I do it, I only think of you"
The final four lines are only present in the ''Pretty Hate Machine'' lyrics booklet.
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[[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:Songs With Unused Lyrics]]