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“The Hand That Feeds” by Nine Inch Nails

From the album With Teeth (2005)

“The Hand That Feeds” by Nine Inch Nails appears on 54 radio countdowns from 30 stations between 2005 and 2026. It was first released in 2005 on the album With Teeth. Its best result is #1 on the ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005, and it was voted number one on four countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #4 alternative song of 2005, #758 alternative song of all time and #22 of the '00s.

54countdowns
30stations
#1best position
4#1 finishes
13top 10 finishes
2005–2026years charted

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"The Hand That Feeds" was the lead single from With Teeth, Nine Inch Nails' fourth studio album, in 2005, and it's Trent Reznor at his most direct: a pounding, stomping industrial rock anthem with its teeth bared. Reznor wrote it, sang it and produced it with Alan Moulder, who mixed it too.

The beat is a straight-ahead march, the guitars are tight and bright, and the chorus is practically a rally cry, the kind of thing a crowd can shake a fist to.

It became the band's highest-charting song almost everywhere. It held number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for five weeks, peaked at number two on Mainstream Rock, and gave the band its only top 10 hit in the UK. It also crossed over to pop radio, their first top 40 radio hit since "Closer" and "Hurt", and climbed to number 31 on the Hot 100.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 4 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 107
2005 4 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 91
2005 5 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 106
2005 2 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 8 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 4 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 107
2005 5 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005 89
2005 12 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 6 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 150
2005 12 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 102
2005 6 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2005 98
2005 1 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 99
2005 17 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 106
2005 13 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 105
2005 74 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 103
2005 22 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2005 230
2005 1 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005 50
2005 1 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 13 CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 91
2005 1 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400
2006 21 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006 107
2006 12 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006 106
2006 36 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 101
2006 81 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006 102
2008 82 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 94 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2006 13 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) 107
2006 291 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 397 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 102 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 408 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 172 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 45 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009) 101
2009 265 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 153 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 97 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 63 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 28 WJRR WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101
2010 19 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2010 136 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 126 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 122 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 120 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 92 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 100 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 400 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 229 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 468 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 282 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 242 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 607 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 409 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 348 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 341 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: The Hand that feeds; The Hand that Feeds.

Charting alongside it in 2005

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  5. 6Speed of SoundColdplay
  6. 7Be YourselfAudioslave

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