Song · Nine Inch Nails
“Piggy” by Nine Inch Nails
From the album The Downward Spiral (1994)
“Piggy” by Nine Inch Nails appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2002. It was first released in 1994 on the album The Downward Spiral. Its best result is #171 on The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,465 alternative song of all time.
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"Piggy" lives on The Downward Spiral, Nine Inch Nails' second album, released in 1994 and sent out as a promotional single that December. Trent Reznor started it as a poem after finishing the Broken EP and grew it into a full song, and he plays everything on it himself, bass, guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer and percussion included. The drums are his too, and the track is known as the one recording that captures Reznor drumming live. Flood co-produced and Alan Moulder mixed.
It was cut at Le Pig, the studio Reznor built inside the house at 10050 Cielo Drive where the Tate murders took place. He has said he chose the house for the space and only learned of its history after he'd picked it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 923 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 171 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2002 | 707 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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