“Came Back Haunted” by Nine Inch Nails

"Came Back Haunted" marked the return of Nine Inch Nails: the first single from Hesitation Marks, the American industrial rock band's eighth album, released in June 2013 as their first for Columbia, with Trent Reznor's own The Null Corporation also putting it out. Billboard read the lyrics as Reznor acknowledging the band's 2009-to-2013 hiatus.

It's built from stacked synthesizer parts, industrial rhythm patterns and an electronic bassline, torn open by a guitar-driven instrumental break before an outro that chants the title. Reznor wrote it, sings it and plays guitar, bass, percussion and electronics, with Alessandro Cortini adding more electronics and Ilan Rubin on toms, and he produced it with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder, who mixed. David Lynch directed the video, working with Reznor again after Lost Highway.

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