"The Perfect Drug" Versions

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""The Perfect Drug" Versions"

Single by Nine Inch Nails
from the album Lost Highway Soundtrack
Released	May 13, 1997
Format	CD, Promotional 12"
Recorded	??
Genre	Industrial
Length	34 min 30 sec (US) 39 min 46 sec (EU)
Label	Nothing Records
Producer(s)	Jack Dangers, Luke Vibert
Chart positions
#46 (US Hot 100) #43 (UK) #48 (AUS)
Nine Inch Nails singles chronology
"Hurt" (1995)	"The Perfect Drug" Versions (1997)	"The Day the World Went Away" (1999)

"The Perfect Drug" Versions (also known as Halo 11) is a 1997 EP by Nine Inch Nails of remixes for the song "The Perfect Drug". The song was written for the David Lynch film Lost Highway, and originally appeared on the Lost Highway soundtrack. In the movie itself, only a brief sample of the song was used.

Though "The Perfect Drug" Versions acts as a single for the titular song, the original version of the song only appears on the European, Australian and Japanese releases of the single. "The Perfect Drug" has also been included on the later singles "We're in This Together" and "Into the Void", although the only audio release of it in North America has been on the Lost Highway soundtrack. However, the music video for "The Perfect Drug" is available worldwide on the Closure video compilation.

1 The song
- 1.1 The music video
2 The EP
3 Cover versions
- 3.1 Releases
- 3.2 Track listing
4 External links

[edit] The song

Despite being a single, "The Perfect Drug" has never been performed live. On the official NIN website, "Sara" asked whether this is because "the drum solo would make Jerome's arms fall off." Then-drummer Jerome Dillon replied that they "never rule out the possibility of playing any of the songs live."[1]

On April 6, 2005, whilst presenting the late-night BBC Radio 1 Rock Show in the UK, Trent Reznor stated that "The Perfect Drug" was his least favourite creation. His reasons were the short production time and the "overblown" video.

[edit] The music video

A music video for the single was directed by Mark Romanek and released on January 18, 1997. It portrays a despairing father (played by Reznor) who mourns a dead child in his gothic estate, losing himself in the consumption of absinthe. The theme was inspired by the art of Edward Gorey, and the video resembles the previous work Romanek did with NIN for "Closer".

[edit] The EP

"The Perfect Drug" Versions is the eleventh official Nine Inch Nails release. It consists of five remixes of the song "The Perfect Drug."

Notable remixes were by Reznor himself and Meat Beat Manifesto frontman Jack Dangers, whose remix opens the disc in a very UK jungle style. The DJ-only promotional vinyl copies had a remix by the DJ Aphrodite which was exclusive to this format and copy. Although the album has a remix by the composer group Nine Inch Nails, not all releases include the original track on the CD.