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“Down In It” by Nine Inch Nails

From the album Pretty Hate Machine (1989)

“Down In It” by Nine Inch Nails appears on 47 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1990 and 2014. It was first released in 1989 on the album Pretty Hate Machine. Its best result is #47 on the CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #160 alternative song of 1990 and #151 alternative song of all time.

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10stations
#47best position
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0top 10 finishes
1990–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 47 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 90
1991 62 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 226 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 82 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 176 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 225 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 96 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 49 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 71 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 81 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 155 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 111 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 206 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 250 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 182 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 117 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 76 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 341 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 784 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 343 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 346 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 305 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 312 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 346 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 164 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 314 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 346 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 189 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 296 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 335 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 346 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 239 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 347 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 258 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 408 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 267 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 202 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 231 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 324 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 165 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 315 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 164 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 194 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 157 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 160 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 158 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 156 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Down On It; Down in It; Down in it.

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