Every Day Is Exactly the Same

Infobox Single
Name = Every Day Is Exactly the Same
format = single (music)
Artist = Nine Inch Nails
from Album = With Teeth


Released = April 4, 2006
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Alternative rock
Industrial rock
Length = 38:37
Label = Interscope/Nothing – HALO 21
Producer = Trent Reznor, Alan Moulder
Chart position =

• #1 (Canada) (twelve weeks)
• #1 (US Modern rock) (four weeks)
• #1 (US Hot Dance Tracks)
• #12 (US Mainstream Rock)
• #56 (US Billboard Hot 100)

Last single = "Only"
(2005) | This single = "Every Day Is Exactly the Same"
(2005) | Next single = "Survivalism"
(2007)|

"Every Day Is Exactly the Same" (also known as "Halo 21") is the third single by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from their album "With Teeth". It is the twenty-first official Nine Inch Nails release. The commercial single was released on April 4, 2006 as an EP. It was also billed as the companion remix disc to "With Teeth", much to the chagrin of Trent Reznor. The song went for adds on R&R's alternative rock chart in November 2005.

The song is featured in the 2008 Timur Bekmambetov-directed film "Wanted".

The radio single reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock singles chart in the Modern Rock Tracks category and #12 in the Mainstream Rock Tracks category. The song also reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart, and received a nomination for "Best Hard Rock Performance" at the 49th annual Grammy Awards. [cite web
url = http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx
title = 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List
publisher = The Recording Academy
date = 2006-12-07
accessdate = 2006-12-07] Though a planned music video was scrapped in the post-production stage, [cite web
url = http://www.theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue.php?y=06&m=4#1144942551
title = EDIETS Video to Air TODAY on MTV!
publisher = The NIN Hotline
date = 2006-04-13
accessdate = 2008-01-10] "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" still topped Billboard's 2006 year-end Hot Dance Singles Sales chart, it has so far spent 94 weeks on the chart. [

cite web
url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/2006/charts/dsl_singl.jsp
title = Billboard 2006 Year in Music
publisher = "Billboard"
date = 2006-12-17
accessdate = 2006-12-17]

Track listing

All songs by Trent Reznor.

U.S. CD EP

# "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" – 4:57
# "The Hand That Feeds" (DFA Mix) – 9:03
# "The Hand That Feeds" (Photek Straight Mix) – 7:47
# "Only" (El-P Mix) – 4:22
# "Only" (Richard X Mix) – 7:25
# "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" (Sam Fog vs. Carlos D Mix) – 5:03

Japan CD EP

# "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" – 4:57
# "The Hand That Feeds" (DFA Mix) – 9:03
# "The Hand That Feeds" (Photek Straight Mix) – 7:47
# "Only" (El-P Mix) – 4:22
# "Only" (Richard X Mix) – 7:25
# "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" (Sam Fog vs. Carlos D Mix) – 5:03
# "The Hand That Feeds" (Photek Dub Mix) – 7:52
# "Love Is Not Enough" (Live at Rehearsals) – 3:51

Promo 12"

(Remixes By Sam Fog And Carlos D. From Interpol)
# Everyday Is Exactly The Same - Main Mix – 5:03
# Everyday Is Exaxtly The Same - Edit – 4:09
# Everyday Is Exactly The Same - Full Vocals – 4:12

Promo CD

# Everyday Is Exactly The Same - Edit – 3:51
# Everyday Is Exactly The Same - Interpol Mix Edit – 4:09
# Everyday Is Exactly The Same - LP Version – 4:56

Video

According to [http://www.nin.com/thespiral/ The Spiral] , the music video for "Every Day Is Exactly the Same", directed by Francis Lawrence, was canceled in post-production. An image of a clapperboard and in the background what appeared to be water tank with tubes appeared on the official website, but was later taken down.

There is also a studio cut video for the song. The video seems to be set in the area wherethe video for "The Hand That Feeds" was filmed. It can be seen on Beside You In Time.

Critical reception

Allmusic gave a generally favorable review of the EP, describing its various remixes as "actually better than the original versions". Allmusic described the "Sam Fog vs. Carlos D Mix" of "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" as "sleekly ominous", and concluded that the track rendered "NIN's increasingly claustrophobic, insular music sound fresh again". [cite web
url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dpftxqudldfe~T00
publisher = Allmusic
title = Every Day Is Exactly the Same EP > Overview
accessdate = 2008-07-10
first = Stephen Thomas
last = Erlewine] Pitchfork Media was not as positive towards the last mix, however, labeling it as the most disappointing track on the release and calling it "cold and ordinary".cite web
url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20397/Nine_Inch_Nails_Every_Day_Is_Exactly_the_Same_EP
title = Every Day is Exactly the Same EP
publisher = Pitchfork Media
first = David
last = Raposa
date = 2006-04-10
accessdate = 2008-07-10] Pitchfork was more positive towards the other tracks however, labeling the El-P mix as "a harrowing (and somewhat cloying) experience" and concluding of the DFA mix that "the treatment works beautifully."

Chart positions

References

External links

* [http://www.nin.com/ Nine Inch Nails official website]