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“Capital G” by Nine Inch Nails
From the album Year Zero (2007)
“Capital G” by Nine Inch Nails appears on 12 radio countdowns from 12 stations in 2007. It was first released in 2007 on the album Year Zero. Its best result is #23 on the 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #24 alternative song of 2007 and #444 of the '00s.
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"Capital G" comes from Year Zero, Nine Inch Nails' fifth album, from 2007, and it's Trent Reznor in full sneer: a swaggering, grinding industrial strut aimed squarely at greed, with Josh Freese's drums stomping and a horn section of Will Artope, Matt DeMerritt, Double G and Elizabeth Lea blaring like a warped brass band. Plenty of reviewers guessed the "G" stood for George W. Bush; Reznor said it was greed, plain and simple.
Reznor and Atticus Ross produced it and Alan Moulder mixed it. In June 2007 it became the album's second and last single, a limited 9-inch vinyl for the UK with Dave Sitek's remix of "Survivalism" on the flip, and it was left without a Halo number, partly because Reznor was fed up with overpriced releases, so collectors wouldn't feel obliged to chase it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 28 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 24 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 | 91 |
| 2007 | 42 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 65 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 24 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 44 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
| 2007 | 49 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 23 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007 | 102 |
| 2007 | 38 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 41 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 | 129 |
| 2007 | 78 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007 | 88 |
| 2007 | 49 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 | 103 |
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