Closer (4:16)
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Closer” (also known as Halo 9) is a song written by Trent Reznor and featured on the 1994 Nine Inch Nails album The Downward Spiral. In mid-1994, the song was released as the second single from the album. Most versions of the single are titled “Closer to God,” a rare example in music of a single’s title differing from the title of its A-Side. (“Closer to God” is also the title of an alternate version of “Closer” featured on the single. ) This single is numbered as Halo Nine under Nine Inch Nails’ system of Halo numbers. In spite of the blunt and profane sexual content contained in the song’s lyrics, (the chorus infamously begins with the couplet “I wanna fuck you like an animal/ I wanna feel you from the inside”) “Closer” became Nine Inch Nails’ biggest hit up to that time, cemented Reznor’s status as an industrial rock superstar, and remains arguably his best-known song. Heavily censored versions of the song and its equally explicit and controversial music video (directed by Mark Romanek) received substantial airplay on radio and MTV.
“Closer“‘s drum track features a heavily modified bass drum sample from the Iggy Pop song “Nightclubbing” from his album The Idiot.
Radio edits of “Closer” were created by muting the vocal track for the duration of each deleted obscenity, an early prominent example of this now-common censorship technique. This technique is considered less distracting than the earlier common censorship method, overlaying an electronic tone or “bleep” over each instance of profanity.
“Closer“‘s drum track features a heavily modified bass drum sample from the Iggy Pop song “Nightclubbing” from his album The Idiot.
Radio edits of “Closer” were created by muting the vocal track for the duration of each deleted obscenity, an early prominent example of this now-common censorship technique. This technique is considered less distracting than the earlier common censorship method, overlaying an electronic tone or “bleep” over each instance of profanity.
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GudrunGreat wrote:
love it love it LOVE IT - always have, always will!
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molkosis wrote:
God what a great porno song :D gets the girls hot, and in return makes the guys what the girls. What a great cycle [2]
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AlaskaLoneWolf wrote:
OMFG you're right!!! Makes me wanna dance... dance biotches dance...
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MoshPitMel666 wrote:
omfg love this song very sexy and the vid is weird but tottally awesome NIN rocks
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warn wrote:
Sexy sexy sexy.
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rosebudz wrote:
closer........again
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rosebudz wrote:
help me....get away from myself..........
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xBitterVirginx wrote:
God what a great porno song :D gets the girls hot, and in return makes the guys what the girls. What a great cycle
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Ever_Meng wrote:
I think i like it.
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MassiveJ wrote:
I can´t understand why this is so good. NIN has some nice sounds but not wonderful songs. mode and korn remains my favourites
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CovinS wrote:
psh. korn might be a decent band with a few great songs, but they can't touch the genius of this track.
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smalltowngeezer wrote:
just a great simple chorus
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speed-phreak wrote:
What the ever lovin FUCK IS THIS!!!!!!!!!
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corazonmani wrote:
ummmm like this is a scary song...like yeah
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rafi2600 wrote:
the version on the live with TDS album played is great with the guy shouting 'i wanna fuck you like AN ANIMAL !'
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aviadhadad wrote:
My whole existence is flawed...
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yellaojrak wrote:
Owwwsommme!
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SonnyBurnett88 wrote:
Harmonia!
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molkosis wrote:
This song makes me wanna have sex.
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Raff_waz_here wrote:
...you can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings; you can have my absence of faith. ♪ ♫
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