Changes

{{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''Note: Ringfinger-"Alphabet St."-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 Prince -Had a Dad" or worked on by Janethe same personnel.''s Addiction

Head Like A Hole ==''[[singlePretty Hate Machine]]: ''=="[[Head Like A Hole (Coppersong) - "Body Language" by Queen |Head Like A Hole (Opal) - ]]"Tamborine" by Prince samples:Track 11- *Chanting from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08Wvtspmjo "letSamburu Warriors's hear it for nine inch nails-- woo, they're good!initiation (Kenya)" being said ] performed by the Samburu Tribe of Kenya and recorded by Kelly Ripa David Fanshawe

Sin "[[singleDown In It (song)|Down In It]] " samples:Get Down Make Love-talking at the beginning from the movie *"Reality" by Gary Clail & Tackhead / "Stadium Rock"by The Cabinet of Caligari Barmy Army*"Mechanical Movements" by Keith LeBlanc-moaning from Japanese porno movies -*"News of the WorldEinstein" by Queen Keith LeBlanc

Broken"[[Sanctified]]" samples: Pinion-"It*The film ''Midnight Express's No Game" by David Bowie Physical-recordings of Trent's old dog Maise barking, 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]]"ow!.This sample is not present on the version from 2010 remaster..fucker!" being said by Sean Beavin after Maise bit him

Fixed"[[Something I Can Never Have]]" samples: Fist Fuck-"i could feel that way too... i bet you will someday" *The atmospheric keyboards from the movie "Showboat" an unused This Mortal Coil session

The Downward Spiral"[[Something I Can Never Have |Something I Can Never Have (Natural Born Killers Version)]]" samples: Mr. Self Destruct- begins with a sample from *A thunderclap (at the film "THX 1138" very beginning)Closer-"Nightclubbing" by Iggy Pop *Nocturnal birds (during the fade off of the thunderclap) The Becoming - screams in *A movie sample of the background sampled from two main characters (Mickey and Mallory) arguing (just after the film "Robot Jox" piano starts) Reptile-looping female voice from *A rattlesnake (during the movie "Nekromantik" sample after the man speaks the second time)-intro machine sounds sampled from *Fire crackling and hissing (towards the film "Leviathan" end) The Downward Spiral-watery noise at *Native American chanting (just after the beginning from the movie "Alien." fire sounds)

Closer "[[Kinda I Want To God]]" samples: Memorabilia-(*"Good Old Music" by Funkadelic*"A Surf M.C. New Year" by Surf MC's*"what do your nipples look like?Let The Jingle Bells Rock") is Robin Finck talking to a phone sex woman by Sweet Tee

Further Down the Spiral"[[Sin (song)|Sin]]" samples: Self Destruction, Part Two-*"TimePaid In Full" by David Bowie Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) - Eric B. & Rakim, which samples the last few seconds of "Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)Change The Beat" by The Fatback Band Heresy Fab 5 Freddy (Versionfeat. Beside) - Aron Ranen's Religion "In Suburbia" and "Television Believers"

"[[The FragileOnly Time]]" samples: Starfuckers, Inc. (fireworks and yelling at the end) - *Female background vocals recorded for "Shout It Out LoudSo Alive" from by Kiss Love And Rockets

"[[CategoryRingfinger]]" samples:*"Alphabet St." by Prince*"Had A Dad" by [[Jane's Addiction]] ==''[[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]]''=="[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole (Copper)]]" samples:*"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 Tower 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 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 ''[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) ==''[[Broken]]''=="[[Pinion]]" samples:*"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) "[[Physical]]" samples:*Recordings of [[Trent Reznor]]'s dog Maise barking*"Ow!...fucker!" said by [[Sean Beavan]] after Maise bit him ==''[[Fixed]]''=="[[Fist Fuck]]" samples:*"I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the 1951 film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exe-VtXv8d0 ''Show Boat''] (starting at 4:48)*''Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'' by Dr. Timothy Leary ==''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''=="[[Mr. Self Destruct]]" samples:*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) "[[Closer]]" samples:*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''] "[[The Becoming]]" samples:*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) "[[Reptile]]" samples:*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:*Watery noise at the beginning from the film ''Alien''*Pitched-down strings from the "Twins" cue on the ''Dead Ringers'' score ==''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''=="[[Closer|Closer (Deviation)]]" samples:*"Pinch" by Can*"Mountain of Needles" by Brian Eno and David Byrne "[[Closer|Closer (Precursor)]]" samples:*Multiple sounds from ''A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, Vol. 1'' sample library by Rarefaction "[[Memorabilia]]" samples:*"What do your nipples look like?" taken from a phone conversation between [[Robin Finck]] and a female impersonator ==''[[Further Down the Spiral]]''=="[[Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)]]" 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 "[[Heresy|Heresy (Version)]]" samples:*"In Suburbia" and "Television Believers" from Aron Ranen's ''Religion In 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'' ==''[[Quake Soundtrack]]''=="[[Quake Theme]]" samples:*the scream from "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]" ==''[[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]]''=="[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood]]" samples:*"Shout It Out Loud" (from ''Alive II'') by KISS "[[Metal]]" samples:*"UFO" by ESG*"M.E." by [[Gary Numan]] "[[10 Miles High]]" samples:*Flute/Mellotron sound from "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]" ==''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''=="[[All The Love In The World]]" (''[[The Definitive NIN Songs- Deep Cuts]]'' version) samples:*''The Twilight Zone'' episode "And When The Sky Was Opened" ==''[[Year Zero]]''=="[[God Given]]", "[[My Violent Heart]]" and "[[Zero Sum]]" sample:*Beats from ''Atom Heart's Rather Interesting World Of Digital Drums'' sample CD by Atomizer™ ==''[[Ghosts I-IV]]''=="[[11 Ghosts II]]" samples:*"Songe d'une nuit de sabbat" by Berlioz "[[15 Ghosts II]]" samples:*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE Bioshock halloween YouTube video] (around 0:12 to 0:18) "[[24 Ghosts III]]" samples:*"Get the door, get the door" from the film ''The Mothman Prophecies''  "[[30 Ghosts IV]]" samples:*Saddam Hussein'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 used =======[[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]]