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| length = 3:46
| BPM = 135
| versions = Wish<br>Wish ("No Bad Words" versionMix)<br>Wish (Radio Edit)<br>Wish (''[[Fixed]]'')<br>Fist Fuck<br>Wish (''[[Closure]]'')<br>Wish (Live)<br>Wish (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Wish (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
| live = [[Lollapalooza Tour]] through present
}}'''"Wish"''' is the second track on 1992's ''[[Broken]]'' EP, and displays that era's characteristic aggression and abrasive guitar attack. The song won a Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance." It keeps with the general mood of the ''Broken'' EP and includes numerous angry and self-deprecating lyrical passages, but unlike other songs, also shows a desire for something more.
===Song Credits===
*Production: [[Flood]], [[Trent Reznor]]
*Extra Real Drums: [[Martin Atkins]]
==Appearances==
This is the original album version. Opening with percussion and noise loops, Reznor's quick verses work in call-and-response with an equally quick distorted guitar attack. Each verse eventually opens up into a sustained chorus based around guitar power chords. The synthesizer-driven bridge introduces a new chord progression (including whispers of the final two lines of lyrics) before returning to the verse guitar parts, a final chorus, and a coda made of the verse guitar parts again, which suddenly cut off to a quiet, ascending white noise manipulation that segues into "[[Last]]."
===Wish ("No Bad Words" Mix)==='''''Running Time: 3:37''''' This a censored versionof the original, distributed on a promo to U.S. radio stations. The censorship is accomplished by completely silencing music when a bad word is said. ===Wish (Radio Edit)==='''''Running Time: 3:51''''' This a censored version of the original, distributed exclusively on a 7" promo vinyl to U.K. radio stations. The censorship is accomplished by word/sound substitution when a bad word is said. Instead of cutting off abruptly, the ending guitar riff is repeated to fade-out, resulting in the longer runtime.
===Wish (''Fixed'')===
====Song Credits====
*Remixed by [[J. G. Thirlwell]]
===Fist Fuck===
'''''Running Time: 7:20''''' This remix mostly consists of manipulations of the drum loop, though it also loops several of the guitar parts toward the end, which ascend in tempo until crashing thunderously. It also contains [[samples ]] from the musical ''Showboat'' and some psychedelic narration by Timothy Leary. Interestingly, [[Skinny Puppy]] had used the same Leary samples on their song "Left Handshake," but were forced to remove the song from their ''Last Rights'' album due to clearance issues. "Fist Fuck" was heard in the film ''Resident Evil,'' in the scene where Alice (Milla Jovovitch) fights the zombie dogs.
====Song Credits====
*Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell
==Music Video==
[[Image:Wishstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Wish" video]]
In 1992 the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video ]] for "Wish" premiered. It was directed by [[Peter Christopherson]], who also directed "March Of The Pigs" and the infamous ''[[Broken Movie]].'' Oddly enough, "Wish" bears a strong resemblance to the video for "Rock You Like A Hurricane" by The Scorpions.
The video features the band (Reznor, [[Richard Patrick]], [[James Woolley]] and [[Chris Vrenna]]) performing in a rather ornate cage. Outside of the cage is a mob that seems determined to get into the cage and attack the band. The finale of the video shows the mob accosting the band through the bars, grabbing at them and attempting to bind them. Ultimately, they break through the chain keeping the band locked inside and storm in, wielding baseball bats and other crude weapons. MTV felt that the ending scene was too violent and alternate footage was used for network airplay.
The video can also be found on the ''Broken Movie.'' The only major difference is that footage from the movie can be seen during the video's interlude.
A second video is a live video filmed by [[Simon Maxwell]]. The footage used for this (as well as the live videos for "Eraser" and "Hurt") was shot in Dallas, Texas and Omaha, Nebraska in February of 1995. The footage is different from that used in the ''Closure'' performance.
*Director: Peter Christopherson
*Producer: Fiz Oliver
*Editor: Philip Richardson
*Director: Simon Maxwell
*Producer: Maryann Waldoff, Adam Stern, Laurence Novich
*[http://vimeo.com/3561734 "Wish" music video]
*[http://vimeo.com/3615538 Live music video]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtQTriNVdZc "Wish" live from ''Beside You In Time'']
*[http://www.ninlive.com/audio/1988-1992/07.20.1991/07%20Pista%2007.mp3 Direct link] to pre-''Broken'' live recording with extra lyrics
*[http://www.4shared.com/file/98037603/3aa9b858/wish_breath_ex.html WAV file] comparing wind synths in "Wish" and "Echoplex"