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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. ''Note: Some early samples likely come courtesy of the producers who worked on the tracks, as some of the sounds also appeared on other projects created by or worked on by the same personnel.'' 

*The film ''Midnight Express'', the talking 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. 

*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)*Nocturnal birds (during the fade off of the thunderclap) *A movie sample of the two main characters (Mickey and Mallory) arguing (just after the piano starts) *A rattlesnake (during the movie sample after the man speaks the second time)*Fire crackling and hissing (towards the end) *Native American chanting (just after the fire sounds)  "[[Kinda I Want To]]" samples:*"Good Old Music" by Funkadelic*"A Surf M. C. New Year" by Surf MC's*"Let The Jingle Bells Rock" by Sweet Tee

*"Paid In Full " by Eric B. & Rakim , which samples the last few seconds of "Change The Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy (both songs could possibly share the same samplefeat. Beside) "[[The Only Time]]" samples:*Female background vocals recorded for "So Alive" by Love And Rockets 

*"Alphabet St. " by Prince*"Had a A Dad " by [[Jane's Addiction]] 

*"Body Language " by Queen "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole (Opal)]]" samples:*"Tamborine " by Prince*"Release It " by The Time, which samples "Squib Cakes" by PrinceTower Of Power*"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 Kelly RipaHeather "Princess" Day on an episode of ''Dance Party USA'' 

*Moaning and breathing from Japanese pornography films*News of the World by Queen*"We Will Rock You " by Queen*The intro is an extract from 1962's "''[https://youtu.be/jcsJAkacQKM?t=3274 The Cabinet Of Caligari"]'' (at 54:34).*Beats from ''40 Oz of Phat Slammin Hip Hop'' sample library by InVision Interactive (specifically, PARTITION A - KITS 89-91 - 90 1.wav) 

*"It's No Game " by [[David Bowie]] "[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" samples:*Ambient noises from ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (When the Tie Fighters are sending bombs into the asteroid where Han and Leia are hiding) 

*"I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the 1951 film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exe-VtXv8d0 ''ShowboatShow Boat''] (starting at 4:48)*''Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'' by Dr. Timothy Leary 

*Begins with a sample from the film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysyU8sCdlM&hd=1 ''THX 1138'']  "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]" samples:*Buried scream from the film ''Sorcerer''*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EFMzJ2dCDs ''The Exorcist II: The Heretic''] (around 2:30) 

*Bass drum from "[[Nightclubbing]]" by Iggy Pop*Intro from "Take A Chance With Me" by Roxy Music (reversed and pitched-up)*Synth bass from ''A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, Vol. 2'' sample library by Rarefaction (specifically, a piece called "Circular2") "[[Ruiner]]" samples:*"Beat Box" by Art of Noise*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bJd2ZAzPSw ''Parents'']*Pitched-up elephant noises from the intro of the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHswu1Ad_wI ''The Elephant Man''] 

*Screams in the background from the film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRPiBGVFIE ''Robot Jox''] (starting at :33)*"I know who I am" (reversed) from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTC9Lt3hiWo&t=2m6s ''Angel Heart''] (starting at 2:06) 

*Intro machine sounds from the film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A ''Leviathan''] (at :13)*Looping female voice ("Kirk, help") from the film ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre '' (1974)'' "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]"samples:

*"Put Your Love (In My Tender Care) " by The Fatback Band "[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Part Two]]" and "[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Final]]" sample:*"Time" by David Bowie "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)]]" samples:*"First Dark Ride" by [[Coil]] vs. The Eskaton 

*"In Suburbia " and "Television Believers by " from Aron Ranen's ''ReligionIn Suburbia'' "[[Eraser|Eraser (Denial; Realization)]]" samples:*Slowed-down speech ("yours is the plague of blasphemy and fornication") from the film ''At Play In The Fields Of The Lord''

==''[[The Fragile (halo)|The FragileQuake Soundtrack]]''=="[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc.Quake Theme]]" samples:*You're So Vain by Carly Simon *Fireworks and yelling at the end scream from Shout It Out Loud by Kiss (appears only on the version on ''"[[The Day The World Went Away Downward Spiral (halosong)|The Day The World Went AwayDownward Spiral]]'' single)"

"[[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

*"UFO " by ESG*"Starfuckers, IncM.E. " by [[Gary Numan]] "[[10 Miles High]]" samples:*Flute/Mellotron sound from "[[The Downward Spiral (Versionsong) |The Downward Spiral]]" ==''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''=="[[All The Love In The World]]" (''[[The Definitive NIN - Adrian SherwoodDeep Cuts]]'' version) samples:*''The Twilight Zone'' episode " samplesAnd When The Sky Was Opened" ==''[[Year Zero]]''=="[[God Given]]", "[[My Violent Heart]]" and "[[Zero Sum]]" sample:*Shout It Out Loud Beats from ''Atom Heart's Rather Interesting World Of Digital Drums'' sample CD by KissAtomizer™ 

*"Songe d'une nuit de sabbat " by Berlioz 

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE Bioshock halloween YouTube video] (around 0:12 to 0:18) 

*"Get the door , get the door " from the film ''The Mothman Prophecies ''  

*Saddam Hussein hitting the table in front of him (during his 's Trial Verdict, on Nov . 5 , 2006 ==''[[The Fragile: Deviations 1]]''=="[[Feeders]]" samples:*"This is it" and mechanical sounds from the film ''Real Genius'' ==''[[Add Violence]]''=="[[The Background World]]" samples:*Snare drum from "[[Closer]]" ==''[[Ghosts VI: Locusts]]''=="[[Another Crashed Car]]" samples:*A telephone call intercept message ==Other=====''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]''==="[[Down In It (song)#Down In It|Down In It]]" samples:*The film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEUUS_kjI4k ''Angel Heart''] (until about :26) "Sanctified"/"[[Maybe Just Once]]" samples:*The film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvCSkecw9_U ''Diner''] (used at the end of "Sanctified" and the beginning of "Maybe Just Once") ===Live Samples=======[[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]]====speech from films, sampled at various points during sets:*"I must stress the importance of total, I repeat, total sexual abstinence" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=1268 Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (21:08)*"Could I still excite you?" (slowed down) from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=4498s Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (1:14:48)*"That's the sun in my hands, man..." from the 1967 film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqzl6ndEy5c&t=6m12s The Trip]'' (6:12)*"Hang around, I'll make a cocksucker out of you" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/GLdb7u2Y5Jg?t=335 Tough Guys Don't Dance]'' (5:37)*"I could fuck your woman right in front of you" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/GLdb7u2Y5Jg?t=1260 Tough Guys Don't Dance]'' (20:59)*"Negative pulse, no heartbeat, no respiration, no pupil dilation, no brain waves, no response to pain" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr9DH54reEI&t=748s The Serpent and the Rainbow]'' (12:28)*"I wanna hear you scream" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/A5e-UJaX9e8?t=61 The Serpent and the Rainbow]''*"Who do you think you're fooling?" from an unknown source*"Kill or be killed" from an unknown source*"I told you to stay out of this... give me the gun... don't make me do this..." from an unknown source*"Let me tell you somethin', me for one ain't gonna give up a little ???" from an unknown source ====[[NIN 2017-2018]]===="[[The Great Destroyer]]" samples:*various Donald Trump speeches [[Category:NIN Songs]]