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“Discipline” by Nine Inch Nails
From the album The Slip (2008)
“Discipline” by Nine Inch Nails appears on 15 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2008 and 2011. It was first released in 2008 on the album The Slip. Its best result is #4 on the 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #23 alternative song of 2008 and #410 of the '00s.
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"Discipline" was the only single from The Slip, Nine Inch Nails' seventh studio album, and it arrived on April 22, 2008 as a stealth drop: the MP3 carried the cover art, the lyrics and a note sending fans to nin.com on May 5, which is when the whole album appeared for download. It was also the first Nine Inch Nails single after the band cut loose from Interscope and started putting out music independently, through The Null Corporation.
Reznor wrote and sang it, with Alan Moulder producing, and it's lean and funky by his standards, a strutting groove with metallic edges where you might expect a wall of noise. It reached number six on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, the band's sixth top-10 hit in a row there.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 53 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2008 | 106 |
| 2008 | 57 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2008 | 91 |
| 2008 | 30 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
| 2008 | 4 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008 | 102 |
| 2008 | 16 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 of 2008 | 94 |
| 2008 | 42 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2008 | 106 |
| 2008 | 58 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2008 | 136 |
| 2008 | 75 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 46 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008 | 99 |
| 2008 | 81 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 21 | KFMA Tucson, AZ | KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2008 | 50 |
| 2008 | 32 | 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY | 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2008 | 94 |
| 2008 | 67 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 106 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 168 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
| 2011 | 97 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s | 102 |
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