We're in This Together
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- For the album by Low Profile, see We're in This Together (album).
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| Single by Nine Inch Nails from the album The Fragile |
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| Released | September, 1999 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Genre | Industrial rock | ||||
| Length | 16:11 (CD 1) 18:39 (CD 2) 19:36 (CD 3) |
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| Label | Nothing Records | ||||
| Producer | Trent Reznor, Alan Moulder | ||||
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"We're in This Together" (also known as Halo 15) is a 3-disc single by Nine Inch Nails for the song of the same name released in 1999. It is the fifteenth official Nine Inch Nails release and is a single for the album The Fragile.
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[edit] The song
The lyrics are inspired by David Bowie's song "Heroes"[citation needed], such as with the line "You're the queen and I'm the king", describing two people trying to make it against an ominous and seemingly unstoppable force. David Bowie is given a special thanks credit in the liner notes of The Fragile.
In an interview, Reznor stated that though people often assume the lyrics depict an idealized romantic relationship, he wrote the song about a relationship in which one person holds desperately onto the other, which he expresses facetiously in the title's lyric, "We're in this together now."
MTV described the song as "a seven-minute-plus cathartic pop song with somewhat hopeful lyrics over a plodding hip-hop beat, walls of distorted guitars and an eerie slasher-film cricket sound."[1]
[edit] The music video
A music video was made for this song, directed by Mark Pellington and released on 27 August 1999. An extended version of the video has since surfaced. Trent Reznor and a large group of black-clothed men are seen running down empty streets, onto a train, and into a field. There are also shots of several old people, and a brief scene with a young woman in a red dress who contrasts with the black and white quality of the rest of the video. The video was filmed in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The video is an homage to the 1927 Fritz Lang film Metropolis, using similar sets to that of the film and Reznor sporting the same costume and haircut as the workers in the film.
[edit] Releases
"We're in This Together" was released on a three-part single, which was only available in Europe and Japan; it was not released in the United States. A radio promo with just the album mix and radio edit of the song was released in America as Halo 15 as well.[2][3][4]
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc 1
- "We're in This Together" – 7:18
- "10 Miles High" – 5:13
- "The New Flesh" – 3:40
[edit] Disc 2
- "We're in This Together" (radio edit) – 5:16
- "The Day the World Went Away (Quiet Version)" – 6:19
- "The Day the World Went Away (Porter Ricks Mix)" – 7:04
[edit] Disc 3
- "We're in This Together" (album version) – 7:18
- "Complications of the Flesh" (remixed by Danny Lohner) – 6:36
- "The Perfect Drug" – 5:42
[edit] Promo
- "Radio Edit"
- "LP Version"
[edit] Availability
The "We're In This Together" singles are considered some of the rarest of official Nine Inch Nails releases. On average, they value at $50 each, and sets of all three have sold for as much as $200 on eBay. They are highly desired amongst Nine Inch Nails collectors.
[edit] References
- ^ Kaufman, Gil (1999-08-31). Judging By Song Titles, Nine Inch Nails Still On Downward Spiral. MTV.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Nine Inch Nails. MTV. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Nine Inch Nails. MTV. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Nine Inch Nails. MTV. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
[edit] External links
- we're in this together. halo fifteen. at nin.com
- We're In This Together at the NinWiki
- halo fifteen: we're in this together at NINCollector.com
- discogs.com: We're in This Together (disc 1) (CD5")
- discogs.com: We're in This Together (disc 2) (CD5")
- discogs.com: We're in This Together (disc 3) (CD5")
