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| album =''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''
| length =4:30
| BPM = 112| versions =That's What I Get <br> That's What I Get (Demo - ''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]'')
| live =[[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]]
}}'''"That's What I Get"''' is the eighth track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]].'' It's a song about breaking up and betrayal in a relationship. The song is notable for its instantly recognizable "hammer" synths, though the original version of the song had much plainer synths and included [[Trent Reznor]] has stated that the song was not originally intended to the be on a saxophone as well as a set the album, but was rather meant for b-side material, due to not fitting in lyrically with the rest of drums that played throughout the songsongs.[http://www.nin-pages.de/1990_Keyboard_April_english.htm]
The song is notable for its instantly recognizable "hammer" synth bassline, similar to the one used in "[[Kinda I Want To]]." The song also references "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" in its use of the same recognizable melodic synth voice.
===Song Credits===
==Versions==
===That's What I Get===
This is the original album version, notable for its use of steel drum synthssynth in the bassline that begins the song. The song itself is minimal in its construction, having little relying on atmospheric keyboard pads for its harmony and Reznor's singing for the lead melodies until the reappearance of the synth voice from "Down In It" in the way latter half of melodythe song. Percussion, being almost entirely comprised present throughout much of the track, is used less obviously compared to the rest of the record: a prominent beat doesn't enter the track until the second half, the first relying on the movement of the bass track and quieter percussion with some sparse keyboard pads and Reznor's vocalsloops.
===That's What I Get (Demo- ''Purest Feeling'')===
Taking a very different tone from its final version, the song is much less synthetic, with what at least sound like live drums and a synthetic saxophone backing, with the synthetic melody of the song being much more apparent. There is also a synth solo after the bridge verse that wasn't included in the final and some sampling that was omitted as well. The song also includes an extended, panning intro and extra lyrics and improvisation by Reznor towards the end of the song.
==Live==
"That's What I Get" is a was played live in its demo form during the [[NIN_songs_never_played_live#Rare.2FRetired_Songs|retired live songVIVIsectVI Tour]]. It was then performed closely in a manner close to its album form throughout the rest of the [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]]. It was retired from live play at the original versionconclusion of that tour.
==Lyrics==
But it meant everything to me
The second last line of the song actually says "that much" instead of "so much".
In its demo form, the lyrics are extended to say: "That's what I get (for trusting you)".
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