Only (Nine Inch Nails song)

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"Only"
Single by Nine Inch Nails
from the album With Teeth
Released	July 25, 2005
Format	CD, DVD, 9", 12"
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	4 min 22 sec
Label	Island/Interscope
Producer(s)	Trent Reznor, Alan Moulder
Chart positions
#90 (US Hot 100) #1 (US Modern Rock) (Seven weeks) #22 (US Mainstream Rock) #20 (UK)
Nine Inch Nails singles chronology
"The Hand That Feeds" (2005)	"Only" (2005)	"Every Day Is Exactly the Same" (2006)

"Only" (also known as Halo 20) is a single by Nine Inch Nails released on July 25, 2005. "Only" is the twentieth official Nine Inch Nails release and is the second single for the album With Teeth. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, where it stayed for seven weeks. Its the second successful release that Nine Inch Nails have had in the UK.

Contents 1 The song 2 The single 2.1 Track listing 2.1.1 CD 2.1.2 DVD 2.1.3 9" Vinyl 2.1.4 12" Vinyl & Promo CD 3 Music video 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] The song

Like the previous single, "The Hand that Feeds", "Only" was released as a GarageBand multitrack file, as well as for DigiDesign Protools, Ableton Live, and Sony ACID Pro, and a fan-remix community page was set up on MySpace^[1]

The lyrics of the song relate to those of "Down in It" off of pretty hate machine.

From "Down in It":

Just then a tiny little dot caught my eye; it was just about too small to see. But I watched it way too long; it was pulling me down.

From "Only":

Well the tiniest little dot caught my eye and it turned out to be a scab and I had this funny feeling like I just knew it's something bad.

[edit] The single

Like the previous Nine Inch Nails single, "The Hand that Feeds," "Only" was only widely-released in Europe. European releases include a CD, a DVD, and a 9" vinyl. Again, the only United States release is a vinyl format—a remix record with mixes from Richard X and El-P.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD

• Island Records CID903 - CD

1. "Only" – 4:24
2. "The Hand that Feeds" [The DFA Remix}}}] – 9:01
3. "Love is Not Enough" [Live at Rehearsals] – 3:50
4. "Only" [Music Video] – 4:27

[edit] DVD

• Island Records CIDV903 - DVD

1. "Only" – 4:24
2. "Love is Not Enough" [Live at Rehearsals]– 3:50
3. "Only" [Music video]

[edit] 9" Vinyl

• Island Records 9IS903 - 9" vinyl

1. "Only"
2. "The Hand That Feeds (DFA Remix)"

[edit] 12" Vinyl & Promo CD

• Interscope Records B0005465-11 - 12" vinyl with remixes

1. "Only" [Richard X Remix] – 7:24
2. "Only" [El-P Remix] – 4:21
3. "Only" [Richard X Dub] – 7:51
4. "Only" [Richard X Edit] – 3:46
5. "Only" [El-P Instrumental] – 4:21

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Only," directed by David Fincher and relying almost entirely on CGI, features various objects in an executive's office coming to life with the propulsion of the song and was released to wide acclaim on July 12, 2005 at NIN.com.^[2] (link below). The main focus is Trent Reznor's face appearing on the novelty Pin Art that sits on the desk. The only non-CGI components of the video are a person's hand (Fincher's, who owns the PowerBook in the video) and a bowl of green apples, which caused significant difficulty to the band trying to knock them down without destroying the shoot.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• nin.com
  • "Only" Music Video, multiple formats.
• Halo 20 at NINCollector.com
• discogs.com: Only (UK CD5")
• discogs.com: Only (UK 9")
• discogs.com: Only (US 12", remixes)

Preceded by "Feel Good Inc." by Gorillaz

Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single October 22, 2005

Succeeded by "DOA" by Foo Fighters

Preceded by "DOA" by Foo Fighters

Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single December 10, 2005

Succeeded by "DOA" by Foo Fighters