Song · Nine Inch Nails
“Dead Souls” by Nine Inch Nails
Released 1994
“Dead Souls” by Nine Inch Nails appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1995 and 2024. It was first released in 1994. Its best result is #31 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #164 alternative song of 1995 and #3,108 alternative song of all time.
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Nine Inch Nails cut their version of "Dead Souls" in 1994 for the soundtrack of the film The Crow, reaching back to a Joy Division song written by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner. Trent Reznor produced and engineered it himself, with Chris Vrenna assisting, and he doesn't treat it as a museum piece.
The original was built on Hook's circling bass line and a long, stalking intro meant to open the band's shows; Reznor keeps that slow-burn creep and grinds it through his own industrial machinery until the dread feels close enough to touch. It's a cover that understands the song's chill, and the band kept dusting it off in concert every so often in the years that followed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 31 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 247 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) | 300 |
| 1999 | 378 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 698 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 181 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 637 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2006 | 316 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 222 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2024 | 172 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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