"Wish" | ||||
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Promotional single by Nine Inch Nails | ||||
from the EP Broken | ||||
Released | 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
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Length | 3:47 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Trent Reznor | |||
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"Nine Inch Nails - Wish" on YouTube |
"Wish" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from their debut EP Broken (1992). It was released in 1992 as a promotional single from the EP. The drumming on the track was performed by Martin Atkins.[4]
"Wish" was remixed twice for the companion disc to the EP, Fixed, as "Wish (Remix)" and "Fist Fuck". Both remixes were produced by J. G. Thirlwell.
"Wish" won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1993. Referencing a lyric from the song, Trent Reznor later joked that his epitaph should read: "REZNOR: Died. Said 'fist fuck' and won a Grammy."[5][6] In 2020, Kerrang and Billboard ranked the song number one and number four, respectively, on their lists of the greatest Nine Inch Nails songs.[7][8]