Sin (song)

Single infobox
Name = Sin
Artist = Nine Inch Nails
from Album = Pretty Hate Machine


Released = October 10, 1990
Format = CD, 12"
Recorded = 1989, 1990
Genre = Industrial rock, Synth-pop
Length = 19:29
Label = TVT Records
Producer = Adrian Sherwood, Keith LeBlanc, Hypo Luxa
Chart position =

• #35 (UK)

Reviews =
*"All Music Guide" (1.5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dsivad1kv8w2~T1 link]
Last single = "Head Like a Hole" (1990)
This single = "Sin" (1990)
Next single = "Happiness in Slavery" (1992)
Misc = extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Single


Lower caption = UK release

"Sin" (also known as "Halo 4")is a single by Nine Inch Nails for the song of the same name released in 1990.

The Single

"Sin" is the fourth official Nine Inch Nails release and the final single for the album "Pretty Hate Machine". It contains three remixes of "Sin" from "Pretty Hate Machine" and Nine Inch Nails' first cover song. Even though the front has a stylized graphic that simply says "5in" and it is generally referred to as "Sin" (including on the [http://www.nin.com/halo/index.html official NIN website] ), the spine of the US version refers to the album as "Sin "Long, Dub & Short".

"Get Down, Make Love" is a cover of the Queen song originally released on "News of the World". This version of "Get Down Make Love" samples Dan O'Herlihy from "The Cabinet of Caligari".

The video

A video was released, using the "(short)" remix of the song, which featured two girls dancing with each other at the beginning, cutting to a black-and-white footage of a woman, naked except for what looks like straps to spelunking gear and a halogen lamp, walking a wrist-bound Trent Reznor with a bag over his head through what looks like an industrial warehouse complex and eventually to strap him into a large rotary harness where she spins him throughout the video. These scenes are intercut with two young gay lovers who eventually fight, a man and woman wearing ritualistic dressings and dancing, as well as visuals of a pierced phallus and clitoris, all reflecting the song's dark, sexual aspects.

Track listing

US version

#"Sin (long)" (remixed by Adrian Sherwood, Keith LeBlanc) - 5:51
#"Sin (dub)" (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 5:00
#"Get Down, Make Love" (engineered by Jeff "Critter" Newell, Al Jourgensen, Trent Reznor, Sean Beaven) - 4:19
#"Sin (short)" (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 4:19

UK version

#"Sin (short)" (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 4:19
#"Sin (long)" (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 5:51
#"Get Down, Make Love" (engineered by Jeff "Critter" Newell, Alien Jourgensen, Trent Reznor, Sean Beaven) - 4:19
#"Sin (dub)" (remixed by Sherwood, LeBlanc) - 5:00

External links

* [http://www.nin.com nin.com]
* [http://www.ninwiki.com/Sin (halo) Sin] at the NinWiki
* [http://www.nincollector.com/archive/releases/halo_04/halo04.htm Halo 4 at NINCollector.com]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/5236 discogs.com: "Sin" (US CD5")]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/135582 discogs.com: "Sin" (US 12")]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/97206 discogs.com: "Sin" (UK CD5")]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/318250 discogs.com: "Sin" (UK 8")]