Song · Nine Inch Nails
“Physical” by Nine Inch Nails
From the EP Broken (1992)
“Physical” by Nine Inch Nails appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1992. It was first released in 1992 on the EP Broken. Its best result is #52 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #93 alternative song of 1992.
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"Physical" finds Trent Reznor borrowing somebody else's song: Adam Ant wrote both the words and the music, and Reznor sings it and produced it for Broken, the Nine Inch Nails EP of 1992. Broken was the band's first EP, released through Nothing, TVT and Interscope with Reznor and Flood producing, and it tore up the synth-pop blueprint of the 1989 debut Pretty Hate Machine in favor of something far heavier and nastier.
That makes it a strange home for an Adam Ant tune, and exactly the right one: dragged through Reznor's machinery, it comes out grinding and menacing, all sweat and threat. The EP pointed straight at The Downward Spiral, which followed in 1994.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 52 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
| 1992 | 52 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 | 101 |
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