Survivalism (4:22)

“Survivalism” (also known as Halo 23) is the first single by Nine Inch Nails from their 2007 release entitled Year Zero. The song is the third track on the album. On Valentine’s Day of 2007, a clip of the chorus to “Survivalism” was first heard by fans calling the telephone number (310) 295-1040, which was found by joining discolored numerals on the back of a tour t-shirt. FMQB reported that “Survivalism” would arrive at radio stations on February 27th [2007] with an add date of March 6th [2007], but 102.1 The Edge in Toronto, Canada debuted the song on February 15th [2007], and on the next day, it was officially played on radio stations across the United States. It was later made available on Nine Inch Nails’ MySpace page. “Survivalism” was also featured in an episode of CSI.

As with “The Hand That Feeds” and “Only,” the “Survivalism” multi-track GarageBand file was released by the band for fan remixing on March 13th. It can be downloaded on the album’s website.