Wish (song)
| "Wish" | ||||
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| Single by Nine Inch Nails | ||||
| from the album Broken | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Format | Promotional 12", Promotional CD | |||
| Genre | Industrial metal | |||
| Length | 3 min 37 s | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
| Producer | Trent Reznor, Flood | |||
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"Wish" is the second promotional single from Nine Inch Nails' Broken. The most successful song from the EP, "Wish" cemented Trent Reznor's image as a rage-fueled star to the public[citation needed]. "Wish" won the Best Metal Performance in the 1993 Grammy Awards. Reznor later joked that his epitaph should read: "REZNOR: Died. Said 'fist fuck' and won a Grammy."[citation needed] "Wish" has been remixed twice on companion disc to the EP, Fixed, as "Wish (Remix)" and "Fist Fuck." Both remixes were performed by J. G. Thirlwell.
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[edit] Music video
The music video for "Wish" was directed by Peter Christopherson, who also directed the music video for "March Of The Pigs" and Broken's eponymous film. The video shows Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor on vocals, Chris Vrenna on drums, Richard Patrick on guitar and James Woolley on keyboards) playing inside high, caged walls while hordes of angry men assault the exterior of the cage. The band is eventually accosted: Woolley is lifted off his feet by a suspended man, Vrenna is lifted off by a crane hook and Patrick is grabbed through the sides of the cage. The video ends with a brief scene of men breaking open the gate of the cage and storming into the cage with bats and clubs.[1] MTV felt that the ending scene was too violent and alternate footage was used for network airplay.
A second video is a live video filmed by Simon Maxwell for Closure in 1995. The footage used is different from the original version.
[edit] The single
"Wish" was never produced as a commercial single to be sold to the public. However, various promotional discs were distributed for airplay.
[edit] 12"
The four-track version was distributed as "Interscope Records DMD 1947". Each side of the record plays the same track listing:
- "Wish" (Remix version by J. G. Thirlwell) – 9:08
- "Wish" (EP version) – 3:47
[edit] CD
The one-track version was distributed as "Interscope Records PRCD 4893-2".
- "Wish" (Radio edit) – 3:37
[edit] Covers
- Silverstein covered the song in 2010 for their EP Transitions.
- The Dillinger Escape Plan covered the song on their Plagiarism (EP) and were asked to join Nine Inch Nails in performing the song during two stops of the 2009 Australian Soundwave Festival and later at Bonaroo 2009 and also on September 10, 2009 in Los Angeles which would be the last known Nine Inch Nails show.
- The song can be found on German Beatsteaks 2002 Wohnzimmer EP
- Behemoth also covered Wish by on their 2003 EP, Conjuration.
- Linkin Park performed the song live on their spring 2004 tour. It was also covered on that year's Projekt Revolution tour where one recording was later released on the Linkin Park Underground 4.0 fanclub CD. Vocalist, Bennington is also able to maintain a full 16 second scream during the performance.
- Dreadnaut covered the song in their 2008 album A Taste Of What's To Come.
- STEMM covered the song on their 2008 album Blood Scent.
- Brand New covered the song live during their spring 2011 tour.
[edit] Appearance in other media
Was featured on an episode of "Beavis & Butthead". While most music videos are typically made fun of, the animated duo ultimately approved of "Wish".
The song is used and heard on the debut trailer of the first-person shooter by Electronic Arts and People Can Fly, Bulletstorm.[2]
The song is featured as a playable track in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, although incorrectly listed with a 2002 release date.
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