Into the Void (Nine Inch Nails song)

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"Into the Void"

Single by Nine Inch Nails
from the album The Fragile
Released	January 10, 2000
Format	CD
Recorded	??
Genre	Industrial rock
Length	20 min 57 sec
Label	Universal Music
Producer(s)	??
Chart positions
#27 (US Mainstream Rock)
Nine Inch Nails singles chronology
"We're in This Together" (1999)	"Into the Void" (2000)	"Starfuckers, Inc." (2000)

"Into the Void" is a single by Nine Inch Nails for the song of the same name released in 2000. Into the Void is from the album The Fragile.

1 The song
2 The single
- 2.1 Releases
- 2.2 Track listing
3 External links

[edit] The song

"Into the Void" is a sister-track to "La Mer," also from The Fragile; both songs grew out of the same initial track and feature the same bass line and melody. "Into the Void" starts with a short gamelan-based intro. Lyrically, Trent laments over his failed attempts of self-preservation, as he is sucked into a void of depravity, illustrated by the chorus, "tried to save myself, but myself keeps slipping away."

A music video was made for this song. It was directed by Walter Stern and Jeff Richter and released on 14 January 2000.

"Into the Void" has been covered by Eric Gorfain, Skorbut & Kalte Farben and Wormhole. "Into the Void" bears no relation to the track bearing the same name that was originally performed by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath.

[edit] The single

"Into the Void" was released as a single only in Australia. This Australian release does not have a halo number, making it the only commercially-available Nine Inch Nails release with that distinction. However, a two-track promotional CD for "Into the Void", released only in the United States, was identified as Halo Sixteen.

The version of "The Perfect Drug" included on this single is slightly longer than the one released on the Lost Highway soundtrack. It fades out at the end instead of ending abruptly.