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“Into the Void” by Nine Inch Nails
From the album The Fragile (1999)
“Into the Void” by Nine Inch Nails appears on 19 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1999 and 2002. It was first released in 1999 on the album The Fragile. Its best result is #22 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #74 alternative song of 2000, #6,371 alternative song of all time and #444 of the '90s.
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"Into the Void" sits on The Fragile, the sprawling third studio album Nine Inch Nails unleashed in 1999, and it became the record's third single early the next year. Trent Reznor wrote it alone and sings it, with Kim Prevost adding guest backing vocals, and he produced it with Alan Moulder, who also engineered. It's one of the album's tighter, funkier moments, a coiled groove with Reznor's voice fraying against the machine pulse.
The single itself was an oddity. It came out only in Australia, on 10 January 2000, where it climbed to 72 on the ARIA chart, and it stands as the lone commercial Nine Inch Nails release without a halo number, which makes it a prize for collectors. Walter Stern and Jeff Richter directed the video.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 77 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 24 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 78 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 25 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 33 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 74 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 43 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 2000 | 94 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 35 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 | 91 |
| 2000 | 22 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000 | 99 |
| 2000 | 47 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
| 2000 | 58 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 81 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 83 | 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 | 103 |
| 2000 | 54 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 423 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 947 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2001 | 446 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 52 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) | 144 |
Also listed as: Into The Void.
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