Capital G

Infobox Single
Name = Capital G
format = single (music)
Artist = Nine Inch Nails
from Album = Year Zero


Released = June 11 2007
Format = Vinyl
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Industrial rock
Length = 3:49
Label = Interscope
Producer = Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Chart position =
* #6 US Modern Rock Tracks
* #25 US Mainstream Rock Tracks
* #94 Canadian Hot 100
Last single = "Survivalism"
(2007)
This single = "Capital G"
(2007)
Next single = "Discipline"
(2008)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Capital G (Promo)
Background = khaki


Lower caption = "Capital G" is a single by Nine Inch Nails, the second from their 2007 album "Year Zero". It is the seventh track on the album. A promo CD was released on April 2 2007, and What Records stated the single and was released on June 11 on vinyl.cite mailing list | url = http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/45384.htm | title = Capital G Halo 25 | date = 2007-04-26 | accessdate = 2007-04-27 | mailinglist = What Records ] As of May 2007, Trent Reznor has no plans of releasing the single in CD format.

The song was first played on radio on April 4, 2007. As of April 27, 2007, "Capital G" is listed on the Mediabase Jump! [cite web
url = http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/Jump.asp?Chart=r3M
title = 7 Day Charts - Jump! - Alternative
publisher = Mediabase
date = 2007-04-19
accessdate = 2007-04-19] and Taking Off [cite web
url = http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/takingoff.asp?chart=R3
title = 7 Day Charts - Taking Off - Alternative
publisher = Mediabase
date = 2007-04-19
accessdate = 2007-04-19] charts, which record the track's increase in radio airplay over 7 days. "Capital G" officially became available for airplay on May 14-15, [cite web
url = http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16697
title = Active & Mainstream Rock Available For Airplay
publisher = FMQB
date = April 2007
accessdate = 2007-04-27] although it received the most adds in the alternative category during the week of April 27, according to "Radio & Records". [cite web
url = http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Alt_Chart.asp
title = Alternative Most Added
publisher = "Radio & Records"
date = 2007-04-27
accessdate = 2007-04-27]

The song is available for download as an "exhibit" in WAV format at [http://www.exterminal.net exterminal.net] , a website within the "Year Zero" alternate reality game revealed by decrypting a binary code sequence on the "Year Zero"'s thermo-chrome disc when heated.

On April 26 2007, the official "Year Zero" website published the multitrack audio files of "Capital G" for Garageband and Logic Pro, as well as WAV files for other applications. [cite web
url = http://yearzero.nin.com/
title = Year Zero
publisher = Nine Inch Nails
date = 2007-04-26
accessdate = 2007-04-27] [cite web
url = http://www.theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue.php?y=07&m=4#1177625582
title = Multitracks for 3 YZ songs posted on nin.com
publisher = The NIN Hotline
date = 2007-04-26
accessdate = 2008-01-10]

"Capital G" reached number 6 on "Billboard"'s Modern Rock Tracks, becoming Nine Inch Nails' fifth consecutive top-ten single in this chart.

The song is available for download in the video game Rock Band.

Meaning

Trent Reznor said that the "G" stands for "Greed," [de icon cite web
url = http://www.motor.de/motormeinung/motor.de/nine_inch_nails_der_apokalyptische_reiter.html
title = Interview: Nine Inch Nails: Der Apokalyptische Reiter
author = Torsten Groß
date = 2007-04-12
accessdate = 2007-04-18] though numerous reviews of the album speculate that "G" refers specifically to George W. Bush. [cite web
url = http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/ny-etledew5173973apr17,0,5087748.column?coll=ny-entertainment-columnists
title = This apocalypse grooves to a beat
author = Glenn Gamboa
publisher = "Newsday"
date = 2007-04-17
accessdate = 2007-04-19
quote = He hangs satiric attacks on President George W. Bush and the Republican party in "Capital G."] [cite web
url = http://www.nypost.com/seven/04152007/entertainment/music/a_good_year_music_dan_aquilante.htm
title = A Good 'Year'
author = Dan Aquilante
publisher = "New York Post"
date = 2007-04-15
accessdate = 2007-04-19
quote = Even though the "Year Zero" story is set 12 years in the future, the 16-song disc is anchored in the present with not-so-veiled references to President Bush, who's portrayed as a war monger in "Capital G."] [cite web
url = http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/53107
title = Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero Review [2]
author = James Munson
publisher = 411mania
date = 2007-04-18
accessdate = 2007-04-19
quote = He mutters the insult “mo-tha-fu-ckers” in the most absurd manner possible on the 80’s synth-pop, Bush-bashing “Capital G”.] [cite web
url = http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21578506-5003421,00.html
title = Dark days ahead
author = Jason Nahrung
publisher = "The Courier-Mail"
date = 2007-04-19
accessdate = 2007-04-19
quote = Nowhere is the target of his ire more obvious than on the bouncy little ditty, "Capital G", which embraces the big end of town as well as Dubya.]

The single

"Capital G" was not released with a Halo number due to Trent Reznor's increasing awareness of the overpricing of retail music, and his record label's alleged plans to overprice Halo releases to take advantage of Nine Inch Nails' dedicated fan base. [cite news
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/05/14/nine-inch-nails-trent-reznor-slams-records-labels-for-sorry-state-of-the-industry/
title = Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor Slams Records Labels for Sorry State of the Industry
author = Daniel Kreps
work = Rolling Stone
date = 2007-05-14
accessdate = 2007-06-02] Art collaborator Rob Sheridan confirmed this fact:

Track listing

CD: Interscope / NINCAPGCDP1 (US)

# "Capital G" (album) - 3:51
# "Capital G" (edit) - 3:49

* US promo CD

CD: Interscope / INTR-12230-2 (US)

# "Capital G" (Phones 666 RPM Mix) - 7:23
# "Capital G" (Switch Remix) - 5:01

* US promo CD

9": Interscope / 173 613-9 (UK)

# "Capital G" (Album Version) - 3:49
# "Survivalism" (Dave Sitek Remix) - 4:30

Personnel

* Trent Reznor - lyrics, performance
* Josh Freese – drums
* Geoff "Double G" Gallegos – baritone saxophone
* Matt Demeritt – tenor saxophone
* Elizabeth Lea – trombone
* William Artope – trumpet
* Atticus Ross - production

Chart positions

External links

* [http://ninwiki.com/Capital_G Capital G] at [http://ninwiki.com/ ninwiki]

References