Complete List Of Nine Inch Nails Songs From A to Z

Nine Inch Nails built one of modern rock’s most uncompromising catalogs by merging industrial noise, electronic rhythm, metal, ambient composition, cinematic sound design, and Trent Reznor’s intensely personal songwriting. This complete A-to-Z guide brings together the project’s studio albums, EPs, soundtrack songs, archival recordings, instrumental Ghosts releases, and the music created for TRON: Ares.

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Nine Inch Nails was founded by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1988. While working at Right Track Studio, Reznor used unused studio time to record the material that became Pretty Hate Machine. Released in 1989, the album combined synthesizers, programmed rhythms, distorted guitars, and emotionally direct songwriting in a way that helped bring industrial music to a much larger rock audience.

Reznor followed the debut with the far more aggressive Broken EP in 1992. “Wish,” “Last,” “Happiness in Slavery,” “Gave Up,” and “Help Me I Am in Hell” pushed Nine Inch Nails toward a harsher industrial-metal sound. “Wish” earned the project its first Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.

The Downward Spiral arrived in 1994 and established Nine Inch Nails as one of the defining acts of the decade. Recorded in part at the Los Angeles house where members of the Manson Family murdered Sharon Tate and others, the album followed a character’s psychological collapse through “Mr. Self Destruct,” “March of the Pigs,” “Closer,” “Heresy,” “Reptile,” and “Hurt.” Its production brought together guitars, samples, tape manipulation, electronics, noise, and moments of striking quiet.

Reznor expanded that approach across the double album The Fragile in 1999. The record moved between industrial rock, piano-based instrumentals, ambient passages, layered orchestration, and massive walls of sound. “The Day the World Went Away,” “We’re in This Together,” “Into the Void,” “The Wretched,” “The Great Below,” and “The Fragile” became central pieces of the Nine Inch Nails catalog.

After an extended break between studio albums, Nine Inch Nails returned with With Teeth in 2005. “The Hand That Feeds,” “Only,” “Every Day Is Exactly the Same,” “Right Where It Belongs,” and “All the Love in the World” introduced a more direct rhythmic attack. Year Zero followed in 2007 as a politically charged concept album accompanied by an elaborate alternate-reality campaign.

Nine Inch Nails embraced independent digital distribution with Ghosts I–IV and The Slip in 2008. The instrumental Ghosts collection explored ambient, electronic, acoustic, and cinematic textures across 36 main tracks and two deluxe-edition recordings. The Slip returned to a more concise song format through “Discipline,” “Echoplex,” “1,000,000,” “Head Down,” and “Demon Seed.”

Atticus Ross became Reznor’s most important creative partner and was formally recognized as a member of Nine Inch Nails in 2016. The pair expanded the project through Hesitation Marks in 2013 and the trilogy formed by Not the Actual Events, Add Violence, and Bad Witch. In 2020, Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts were released as contrasting ambient works shaped by uncertainty, isolation, hope, and fear.

Nine Inch Nails was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. The inducted group included Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Robin Finck, Chris Vrenna, Danny Lohner, Ilan Rubin, and Alessandro Cortini, recognizing both the project’s central studio vision and the musicians who helped transform it into a powerful live band.

Reznor and Ross also developed one of the most acclaimed film-scoring partnerships of their generation. Their work outside the Nine Inch Nails name has included The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, Watchmen, Soul, and numerous other film and television projects.

In 2025, Reznor and Ross released TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) under the Nine Inch Nails name. It was their first film score credited directly to the project and contained 24 tracks, including “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” “Who Wants to Live Forever?,” “Shadow Over Me,” “Infiltrator,” and “Daemonize.” “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” later earned Reznor and Ross the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.

The 20-track companion album TRON Ares: Divergence followed in 2026. It combined previously unreleased pieces from the scoring sessions with remixes by Arca, Boys Noize, Mark Pritchard, Chilly Gonzales, Danny L Harle, Jack Dangers, Pixel Grip, Working Men’s Club, The Dare, Schwefelgelb, and other contributors.

Across every era, Nine Inch Nails has treated the recording studio as an instrument. The catalog moves from tightly written rock songs to abstract sound experiments, but its defining tension remains the same: brutality against beauty, machinery against human vulnerability, and control against collapse.

Complete List Of Nine Inch Nails Songs From A to Z

#–E

1. “1 Ghosts I” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
2. “2 Ghosts I” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
3. “3 Ghosts I” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
4. “4 Ghosts I” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
5. “5 Ghosts I” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
6. “6 Ghosts I” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
7. “7 Ghosts I” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
8. “8 Ghosts I” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
9. “9 Ghosts I” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
10. “10 Ghosts II” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
11. “10 Miles High” – The Fragile (vinyl edition) (1999)
12. “11 Ghosts II” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
13. “12 Ghosts II” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
14. “13 Ghosts II” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
15. “14 Ghosts II” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
16. “15 Ghosts II” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
17. “16 Ghosts II” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
18. “17 Ghosts II” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
19. “18 Ghosts II” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
20. “19 Ghosts III” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
21. “20 Ghosts III” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
22. “21 Ghosts III” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
23. “22 Ghosts III” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
24. “23 Ghosts III” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
25. “24 Ghosts III” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
26. “25 Ghosts III” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
27. “26 Ghosts III” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
28. “27 Ghosts III” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
29. “28 Ghosts IV” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
30. “29 Ghosts IV” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
31. “30 Ghosts IV” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
32. “31 Ghosts IV” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
33. “32 Ghosts IV” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
34. “33 Ghosts IV” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
35. “34 Ghosts IV” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
36. “35 Ghosts IV” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
37. “36 Ghosts IV” – Ghosts I–IV (2008)
38. “37 Ghosts” – Ghosts I–IV (deluxe edition) (2008)
39. “38 Ghosts” – Ghosts I–IV (deluxe edition) (2008)
40. “100% Expendable” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
41. “100% Expendable (Chilly Gonzales Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
42. “999,999” – The Slip (2008)
43. “1,000,000” – The Slip (2008)
44. “Adrift and at Peace” – And All That Could Have Been (Still) (2002)
45. “Ahead of Ourselves” – Bad Witch (2018)
46. “All the Love in the World” – With Teeth (2005)
47. “All Time Low” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
48. “Almost Dawn” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
49. “And All That Could Have Been” – And All That Could Have Been (Still) (2002)
50. “Another Crashed Car” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
51. “Another Version of the Truth” – Year Zero (2007)
52. “Apart” – Ghosts V: Together (2020)
53. “+Appendage” – The Fragile (Cassette edition) (1999)
54. “Around Every Corner” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
55. “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
56. “As Alive As You Need Me To Be (Arca Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
57. “As Alive As You Need Me To Be (Pixel Grip Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
58. “The Background World” – Add Violence (EP) (2017)
59. “The Becoming” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
60. “The Beginning of the End” – Year Zero (2007)
61. “Beside You in Time” – With Teeth (2005)
62. “The Big Come Down” – The Fragile (1999)
63. “Big Man with a Gun” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
64. “Black Noise” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
65. “Branches/Bones” – Not the Actual Events (EP) (2016)
66. “Building Better Worlds” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
67. “Burn” – Natural Born Killers (soundtrack) (1994)
68. “Burning Bright (Field on Fire)” – Not the Actual Events (EP) (2016)
69. “Came Back Haunted” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
70. “Can I Stay Here?” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
71. “Capital G” – Year Zero (2007)
72. “Claustrophobia Machine (Raw)” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
73. “Closer” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
74. “The Collector” – With Teeth (2005)
75. “Complication” – The Fragile (1999)
76. “Converge” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
77. “Copy of a” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
78. “Corona Radiata” – The Slip (2008)
79. “The Cursed Clock” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
80. “Daemonize” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
81. “The Day the World Went Away” – The Fragile (1999)
82. “Dead Souls” – The Crow (soundtrack) (1994)
83. “Dear World,” – Not the Actual Events (EP) (2016)
84. “Deep” – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (soundtrack) (2001)
85. “Demon Seed” – The Slip (2008)
86. “Disappointed” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
87. “Discipline” – The Slip (2008)
88. “Down in It” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
89. “The Downward Spiral” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
90. “The Eater of Dreams” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
91. “Echoes” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
92. “Echoplex” – The Slip (2008)
93. “Empathetic Response” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
94. “Empathetic Response (Lanark Artefax Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
95. “Eraser” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
96. “Even Deeper” – The Fragile (1999)
97. “Every Day Is Exactly the Same” – With Teeth (2005)
98. “Everything” – Hesitation Marks (2013)

F–L

99. “Feeders” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
100. “Find My Way” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
101. “The First Betrayal” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
102. “Forked Reality” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
103. “Forked Reality (Schwefelgelb Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
104. “The Four of Us Are Dying” – The Slip (2008)
105. “The Fragile” – The Fragile (1999)
106. “The Frail” – The Fragile (1999)
107. “A Framework” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
108. “Gave Up” – Broken (EP) (1992)
109. “Get Down Make Love” – Sin (B-side) (1990)
110. “Getting Smaller” – With Teeth (2005)
111. “Ghost In The Machine” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
112. “Ghost In The Machine (Boys Noize Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
113. “God Break Down the Door” – Bad Witch (2018)
114. “God Given” – Year Zero (2007)
115. “Godmode” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
116. “Gone, Still” – And All That Could Have Been (Still) (2002)
117. “The Good Soldier” – Year Zero (2007)
118. “The Great Below” – The Fragile (1999)
119. “The Great Collapse” – Things Falling Apart (remix album) (2000)
120. “The Great Destroyer” – Year Zero (2007)
121. “The Greater Good” – Year Zero (2007)
122. “The Hand That Feeds” – With Teeth (2005)
123. “Happiness in Slavery” – Broken (EP) (1992)
124. “Head Down” – The Slip (2008)
125. “Head Like a Hole” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
126. “Help Me I Am in Hell” – Broken (EP) (1992)
127. “Heresy” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
128. “Home” – B-side of “The Hand That Feeds” (7″ promo) (2005)
129. “Hope We Can Again” – Ghosts V: Together (2020)
130. “Hurt” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
131. “Hyperpower!” – Year Zero (2007)
132. “The Idea of You” – Not the Actual Events (EP) (2016)
133. “I Do Not Want This” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
134. “I Know You Can Feel It” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
135. “I Know You Can Feel It (Mark Pritchard Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
136. “I Know You Can Feel It (Working Men’s Club Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
137. “I’m Looking Forward to Joining You, Finally” – The Fragile (1999)
138. “I’m Not from This World” – Bad Witch (2018)
139. “Infiltrator” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
140. “Infiltrator (Jack Dangers Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
141. “Init” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
142. “In The Image Of” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
143. “In This Twilight” – Year Zero (2007)
144. “Into the Void” – The Fragile (1999)
145. “In Two” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
146. “I Would for You” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
147. “Just Breathe” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
148. “Just Like You Imagined” – The Fragile (1999)
149. “Kinda I Want To” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
150. “La Mer” – The Fragile (1999)
151. “Last” – Broken (EP) (1992)
152. “Last Heard From” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
153. “Leaving Hope” – And All That Could Have Been (Still) (2002)
154. “Less Than” – Add Violence (EP) (2017)
155. “Letting Go While Holding On” – Ghosts V: Together (2020)
156. “Letting You” – The Slip (2008)
157. “Lights in the Sky” – The Slip (2008)
158. “The Line Begins to Blur” – With Teeth (2005)
159. “Love Is Not Enough” – With Teeth (2005)
160. “The Lovers” – Add Violence (EP) (2017)

M–R

161. “The March” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
162. “March of the Fuckheads” – B-side of “Closer to God” (1994)
163. “March of the Pigs” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
164. “The Mark Has Been Made” – The Fragile (1999)
165. “Maybe Just Once” – Purest Feeling (unreleased demo) (1988)
166. “Meet Your Master” – Year Zero (2007)
167. “Me, I’m Not” – Year Zero (2007)
168. “Memorabilia” – B-side of “Closer to God” (1994)
169. “Metal” – Things Falling Apart (remix album) (2000)
170. “Missing Places” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
171. “Mr. Self Destruct” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
172. “My Violent Heart” – Year Zero (2007)
173. “Nemesis” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
174. “New Directive” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
175. “The New Flesh” – The Fragile (LP edition) (1999)
176. “No Going Back” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
177. “Non-Entity” – NINJA 2009 Tour Sampler (EP) (2009)
178. “Not Anymore” – Add Violence (EP) (2017)
179. “Not So Pretty Now” – NINJA 2009 Tour Sampler (EP) (2009)
180. “Not What It Seems Like” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
181. “No, You Don’t” – The Fragile (1999)
182. “One Way to Get There” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
183. “Only” – With Teeth (2005)
184. “The Only Time” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
185. “Operand” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
186. “Out in the Open” – Ghosts V: Together (2020)
187. “Out In The World” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
188. “Over and Out” – Bad Witch (2018)
189. “The Perfect Drug” – Lost Highway (soundtrack) (1997)
190. “Permanence” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
191. “The Persistence of Loss” – And All That Could Have Been (Still) (2002)
192. “Physical (You’re So)” – Broken (EP) (1992)
193. “Piggy” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
194. “Pilgrimage” – The Fragile (1999)
195. “Pinion” – Broken (EP) (1992)
196. “Play the Goddamned Part” – Bad Witch (2018)
197. “Please” – The Fragile (1999)
198. “Purest Feeling” – Purest Feeling (unreleased demo) (1988)
199. “A Question of Trust” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
200. “A Question of Trust (Boys Noize Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
201. “A Really Bad Night” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
202. “Reptile” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
203. “Right Behind You” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
204. “Right Where It Belongs” – With Teeth (2005)
205. “Ringfinger” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
206. “Ripe (With Decay)” – The Fragile (1999)
207. “Ruiner” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
208. “Run Like Hell” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
209. “Running” – Hesitation Marks (2013)

S–Z

210. “Sanctified” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
211. “Satellite” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
212. “Shadow Over Me” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
213. “Shadow Over Me (The Dare Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
214. “She’s Gone Away” – Not the Actual Events (EP) (2016)
215. “Shit Mirror” – Bad Witch (2018)
216. “Sin” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
217. “Slate (Intro)” – Purest Feeling (unreleased demo) (1988)
218. “Something I Can Never Have” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
219. “Somewhat Damaged” – The Fragile (1999)
220. “So Tired” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
221. “Starfuckers, Inc.” – The Fragile (1999)
222. “Still Remains” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
223. “Still Right Here” – Ghosts V: Together (2020)
224. “Suck” – Broken (EP) (1992)
225. “Sunspots” – With Teeth (2005)
226. “Survivalism” – Year Zero (2007)
227. “Taken” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
228. “Target Identified” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
229. “Temp Fix” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
230. “Terminal” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
231. “Terrible Lie” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
232. “That’s What I Get” – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
233. “Theme for Tetsuo: The Bullet Man” – Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (soundtrack) (2010)
234. “This Changes Everything” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
235. “This Isn’t the Place” – Add Violence (EP) (2017)
236. “Together” – Ghosts V: Together (2020)
237. “TOH (Top of the Hour)” – Japanese commercial (1993)
238. “Trust Fades” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
239. “Turn This Off Please” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
240. “Twist” – Purest Feeling (unreleased demo) (1988)
241. “Underneath It All” – The Fragile (1999)
242. “Various Methods of Escape” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
243. “Vessel” – Year Zero (2007)
244. “A Violet Fluid” – B-side of “March of the Pigs” (1994)
245. “A Warm Place” – The Downward Spiral (1994)
246. “The Warning” – Year Zero (2007)
247. “Was It Worth It?” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
248. “The Way Out Is Through” – The Fragile (1999)
249. “We’re in This Together” – The Fragile (1999)
250. “What Have You Done?” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
251. “What Have You Done? (Boys Noize Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
252. “When It Happens (Don’t Mind Me)” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
253. “Where Is Everybody?” – The Fragile (1999)
254. “While I’m Still Here” – Hesitation Marks (2013)
255. “White Mask” – The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)
256. “Who Wants to Live Forever?” – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
257. “Who Wants to Live Forever? (Danny L Harle Remix)” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
258. “Wish” – Broken (EP) (1992)
259. “With Faith” – Ghosts V: Together (2020)
260. “With Teeth” – With Teeth (2005)
261. “The Worriment Waltz” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
262. “The Wretched” – The Fragile (1999)
263. “You Know What You Are?” – With Teeth (2005)
264. “Your New Normal” – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)
265. “Your Touch” – Ghosts V: Together (2020)
266. “Zero State” – TRON Ares: Divergence (2026)
267. “Zero-Sum” – Year Zero (2007)
268. “Zoo Station” – AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered (2011)

Nine Inch Nails Studio Albums

1. Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
2. The Downward Spiral (1994)
3. The Fragile (1999)
4. With Teeth (2005)
5. Year Zero (2007)
6. Ghosts I–IV (2008)
7. The Slip (2008)
8. Hesitation Marks (2013)
9. Bad Witch (2018)
10. Ghosts V: Together (2020)
11. Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)

Selected Nine Inch Nails EPs, Soundtracks, and Companion Releases

1. Broken (EP, 1992)
2. Fixed (remix EP, 1992)
3. Further Down the Spiral (remix album, 1995)
4. Things Falling Apart (remix album, 2000)
5. Still (2002)
6. Year Zero Remixed (2007)
7. Not the Actual Events (EP, 2016)
8. Add Violence (EP, 2017)
9. TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2025)
10. TRON Ares: Divergence (companion and remix album, 2026)

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