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Closer to God


Closer to God (also known as Halo 9) is a single by Nine Inch Nails for the song "Closer" released in 1994.

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The Single

Closer to God is the ninth official Nine Inch Nails release and is a single for the album The Downward Spiral. The single contains five remixes and the original version of "Closer", a remix of "March of the Pigs", a remix of "Heresy" and a cover song. The UK version contains the same songs, but is split into two discs.

"Memorabilia" is a cover of the Soft Cell song originally released on Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing .

Releases

Track Listing

US version

  1. "Closer to God" (remixed by Trent Reznor, Sean Beavan, Brian Pollack ) - 5:05
  2. "Closer (precursor)" (remixed by Coil, Danny Hyde ) - 7:16
  3. "Closer (deviation)" (remixed by Jack Dangers , Craig Silvey ) - 6:15
  4. "Heresy (blind)" (remixed by Dave Ogilvie, Anthony Valcic , Joe Bisara ) - 5:32
  5. "Memorabilia" - 7:21
  6. "Closer (internal)" (remixed by Bill Kennedy , Scott Humphrey , John "Geetus" Aguto , Paul Decarli , Eric Claudiex ) - 4:15
  7. "March of the Fuckheads" (remixed by Adrian Sherwood) - 4:43
  8. "Closer (further away)" (remixed by Kennedy, Humphrey, Aguto, Decarli, Claudiex) - 5:45
  9. "Closer" - 6:26

UK version

(disc 1: further away)

  1. "Closer" - 6:26
  2. "Closer (deviation)" (remixed by Dangers, Silvey) - 6:15
  3. "Closer (further away)" (remixed by Kennedy, Humphrey, Aguto, Decarli, Claudiex) - 5:45
  4. "Closer (precursor)" (remixed by Coil, Hyde) - 7:16
  5. "Closer (internal)" (remixed by Kennedy, Humphrey, Aguto, Decarli, Claudiex) - 4:15

(disc 2: closer to god)

  1. "Closer to God" (remixed by Reznor, Beavan, Pollack) - 5:05
  2. "Heresy (blind)" (remixed by Ogilvie, Valcic, Bisara) - 5:32
  3. "Memorabilia" - 7:21
  4. "March of the Fuckheads" (remixed by Sherwood) - 4:43

The Song

"Closer" is perhaps Nine Inch Nails' most well-known song. The song's chorus is intensely sexual and includes the line "I want to fuck you like an animal", requiring the profanity to be censored for radio play despite its prominent placement in the song.

"Closer"'s beat is sampled from Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing", from the album The Idiot.

A music video was made for this song. It was directed by Mark Romanek and released on May 12, 1994. The video was very popular and helped bolster the success of the band. It was also somewhat controversial due to its imagery, and scenes that had to be removed were replaced with a title card that said "Scene Missing" (this was done to make sure the flow of the song was not affected). The video also has a stylized look of its film being worn and old.

"Closer" has been covered by Richard Cheese, Eric Gorfain , Maroon 5, Maxwell , Nine Inch Richards , Frank Rogala , Rosetta Stone , Ark Sano , S.I.N.A. , Spiralmouth and Transient .

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Last updated: 05-22-2005 15:23:33