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{{expand}}[[Nine Inch Nails]] has sampled numerous parts of songs, movies, and other audio into its songs. This page will attempt to catalog each usage.
==''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''==
"[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" samples:
*"Reality" by Gary Clail & Tackhead / "Stadium Rock" by The Barmy Army
*"Mechanical Movements" by Keith LeBlanc
*"Einstein" by Keith LeBlanc
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" samples:
*"Samburu Warriors' initiation (Kenya)" performed by the Samburu Tribe of Kenya and recorded by David Fanshawe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08Wvtspmjo
"[[Sanctified]]" samples:
*The film ''Midnight Express'', the dialog that begins at about 3:20 and also the screaming that can be heard right before it segues into "[[Something I Can Never Have]]". This sample is not present on the version from 2010 remaster.
"[[Something I Can Never Have]]" samples:
*The atmospheric keyboards from an unused This Mortal Coil session.
"[[Something I Can Never Have |Something I Can Never Have (Natural Born Killers Version)]]" samples:
*A thunderclap (at the very beginning)
*Fire crackling and hissing (towards the end)
*Native American chanting (just after the fire sounds)
"[[Sin (song)|Sin]]" samples:
*"Paid In Full" by Eric B. & Rakim, which samples the last few seconds of "Change The Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy (feat. Beside)
*"Tamborine" by Prince
*"Release It" by Prince
*"The Wrong Name and the Wrong Number" by Mark Stewart[[Untitled_(from_Head_Like_A_Hole)|Track 11 ]] samples:
*"Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails— woo, they're good!" cheered by Heather "Princess" Day on an episode of ''Dance Party USA''
==''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]''==
"[[Sin (song)|Sin (Short)]]", "[[Sin (song)|Sin (Long)]]" and "[[Sin (song)|Sin (Dub)]]" sample:
*"Mr. President" by Keith LeBlanc
"[[Get Down, Make Love]]" samples:
*Moaning and breathing from Japanese pornography films
*"We Will Rock You" by Queen
*The intro is an extract from 1962's ''The Cabinet Of Caligari''
==''[[Broken]]''==
"[[Pinion]]" (live) samples:
*"It's No Game" by [[David Bowie]]
"[[Physical]]" samples:
*"Ow!...fucker!" said by [[Sean Beavan]] after Maise bit him
"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" samples:
*Ambient Noises noises from ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (When the Tie Fighters are sending bombs into the asteroid where Han and Leia are hiding)
==''[[Fixed]]''==
"[[Fist Fuck]]" samples:
*"I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the film ''Showboat''
*''Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'' by Dr. Timothy Leary
==''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''==
"[[Mr. Self Destruct]]" samples:
"[[Reptile]]" samples:
*Intro machine sounds from the film ''Leviathan'' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A (at :13)
*Looping female voice ("Kirk, help") from the film ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)''"[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]"samples:
*Watery noise at the beginning from the film ''Alien''
*Pitched-down strings from the "Twins" cue on the ''Dead Ringers'' score
"[[Ruiner]]" samples:
*"Beat Box" by Art of Noise
*Buried scream from the film ''Parents''
*Pitched-up elephant noises from the film ''The Elephant Man''
"[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]" samples:
*Buried screams from the films ''Sorcerer'' and ''The Exorcist II: The Heretic''
==''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''==
"[[Memorabilia]]" samples:
*"What do your nipples look like?" taken from a phone conversation between [[Robin Finck]] and a female impersonator
==''[[Further Down the Spiral]]''==
"[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Part Two]]" samples:*"Time" by David Bowieand "[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Final]]" samplessample:
*"Time" by David Bowie
"[[Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)]]" samples:
*"Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)" by The Fatback Band
"[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)]]" samples:
*"First Dark Ride" by [[Coil]] vs. The Eskaton
"[[Heresy|Heresy (Version)]]" samples:
*"In Suburbia" and "Television Believers" from Aron Ranen's ''Religion In Suburbia''
==''[[Quake Soundtrack]]''==
"[[Quake Theme]]" samples:
*the scream from "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]"
"[[Aftermath]]" samples:
*"Blood From The Air" by Coil
==''[[The Perfect Drug (halo)|The Perfect Drug]]''==
"[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug(Meat Beat Manifesto)]]" samples: *"Amen, Brother" by The Winstons
==''[[The Day The World Went Away (halo)|The Day The World Went Away]]''==
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" samples:
*Fireworks and yelling at the end from "Shout It Out Loud" (from ''Alive II'') by KISS
==''[[Things Falling Apart]]''==
"[[Metal]]" samples:
*"UFO" by ESG
*"M.E." by [[Gary Numan]]
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood]]" samples:
*"Shout It Out Loud" (from ''Alive II'') by KissKISS
==''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''==
"[[Feeders]]" samples:
*"This is it" and mechanical sounds from the film ''Real Genius''
==Other==
===''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]''===
"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It|Down In It]]" samples:
*The film ''Angel Heart'' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEUUS_kjI4k&hd=1 (until about :23)
"[[Maybe Just Once]]" samples:
*The film ''Diner'' with Mickey Rourke in the opening dialogue
===Live Samples===
====[[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]]====
various set intros sample:
*"Who do you think you're for?" from an unknown source
*"Kill or be killed" from an unknown source
*"I could fuck ??? right in front of you" from an unknown source
*"I told you to stay out of this... give me the gun..." from an unknown source
*"Hang around, I'll make a cocksucker out of you" from the film ''Tough Guys Don't Dance''
"[[Suck]]" samples:
*"I must stress the importance of total, I repeat, total sexual abstinence" from an unknown source
*"Could I still excite you?" from an unknown source
*"I've got the sun in my hands, man..." from the film ''The Trip''
====[[NIN 2017-2018]]====
"[[The Great Destroyer]]" samples:
*various Donald Trump speeches
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