We're in This Together

Single infobox
Name = We're in This Together
Type = Single
Artist = Nine Inch Nails
from Album = The Fragile


Released = September, 1999
Format = CD
Genre = Industrial rock
Length = 16:11 (CD 1)
18:39 (CD 2)
19:36 (CD 3)
44:26 (TOTAL)
Label = Nothing Records
Producer = Trent Reznor, Alan Moulder
Chart position =
* #11 (US Modern Rock)
* #21 (US Mainstream Rock)
* #39 (UK)
Last single = "The Day the World Went Away"
(1999)
This single = "We're in This Together"
(1999)
Next single = "Into the Void"
(2000)
Misc = extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Additional covers
Type = Single


Lower caption = Disc 2 extra album cover 2
Type = Single


Lower caption = Disc 3

"We're in This Together" (also known as "Halo 15") is a 3-disc single by Nine Inch Nails for the song of the same name released in 1999. It is the fifteenth official Nine Inch Nails release and is a single for the album "The Fragile".

The song

The lyrics are inspired by David Bowie's song "Heroes"Fact|date=February 2008, such as with the line "You're the queen and I'm the king", describing two people trying to make it against an ominous and seemingly unstoppable force. David Bowie is given a special thanks credit in the liner notes of "The Fragile".

In an interview, Reznor stated that though people often assume the lyrics depict an idealized romantic relationship, he wrote the song about a relationship in which one person holds desperately onto the other, which he expresses facetiously in the title's lyric, "We're in this together now."

MTV described the song as "a seven-minute-plus cathartic pop song with somewhat hopeful lyrics over a plodding hip-hop beat, walls of distorted guitars and an eerie slasher-film cricket sound."cite web
url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432652/19990831/nine_inch_nails.jhtml
accessdate = 2008-04-12
publisher = MTV.com
title = Judging By Song Titles, Nine Inch Nails Still On Downward Spiral
last = Kaufman
first = Gil
date = 1999-08-31]

The music video

A music video was made for this song, directed by Mark Pellington and released on 27 August, 1999. An extended version of the video has since surfaced. Trent Reznor and a large group of black-clothed men are seen running down empty streets, onto a train, and into a field. There are also shots of several old people, and a brief scene with a young woman in a red dress who contrasts with the black and white quality of the rest of the video.The video was filmed in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The video is an homage to the 1927 Fritz Lang film "Metropolis", using similar sets to that of the film and Reznor sporting the same costume and haircut as the workers in the film.

Releases

"We're in This Together" was released on a three-part single, which was only available in Europe and Japan; it was not released in the United States. A radio promo with just the album mix and radio edit of the song was released in America as "Halo 15" as well.cite web
url = http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/nine_inch_nails/albums.jhtml?albumId=616783
title = Nine Inch Nails | We're in This Together, Pt. 1 | Album
accessdate = 2008-04-12
publisher = MTV] cite web
url = http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/nine_inch_nails/albums.jhtml?albumId=616782
title = Nine Inch Nails | We're in This Together, Pt. 2 | Album
accessdate = 2008-04-12
publisher = MTV] cite web
url = http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/nine_inch_nails/albums.jhtml?albumId=616784
title = Nine Inch Nails | We're in This Together, Pt. 3 | Album
accessdate = 2008-04-12
publisher = MTV]

Track listing

Disc 1

#"We're in This Together" – 7:18
#"10 Miles High" – 5:13
#"The New Flesh" – 3:40

Disc 2

#"We're in This Together" (radio edit) – 5:16
#"The Day the World Went Away (Quiet Version)" – 6:19
#"The Day the World Went Away (Porter Ricks Mix)" – 7:04

Disc 3

#"We're in This Together" (album version) – 7:18
#"Complications of the Flesh" (remixed by Danny Lohner) – 6:36
#"The Perfect Drug" – 5:42

Promo

#"Radio Edit"
#"LP Version"

Availability

The "We're In This Together" singles are considered some of the rarest of official Nine Inch Nails releases. On average, they value at $50 each, and sets of all three have sold for as much as $200 on eBay. They are highly desired amongst Nine Inch Nails collectors.

References

External links

* [http://www.nin.com/halo/15/index.html we're in this together. halo fifteen.] at nin.com
* [http://www.ninwiki.com/We're_In_This_Together_(halo) We're In This Together] at the NinWiki
* [http://www.nincollector.com/archive/releases/halo_15/halo15.htm halo fifteen: we're in this together] at NINCollector.com
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/5240 discogs.com: "We're in This Together" (disc 1) (CD5")]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/5241 discogs.com: "We're in This Together" (disc 2) (CD5")]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/5242 discogs.com: "We're in This Together" (disc 3) (CD5")]