Capital G

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This article is about the Nine Inch Nails song. For the Latin letter, see G. For the Canadian electoral area, see Capital G, British Columbia.

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Year Zero
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an alternate reality game by
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Year Zero album
"Survivalism" single
"Capital G" single
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"Capital G" is a single by Nine Inch Nails, the second from their 2007 album Year Zero. A promo CD of the track was released through Interscope Records on April 2, 2007, and a vinyl was later released through What Records on June 11.[3] The song was never released commercially in CD format, nor was an official music video ever released.

Music and lyrics

Though numerous reviews of the album speculated that "G" refers specifically to the G in George W. Bush, Trent Reznor stated that the "G" stands for "greed".[4][5][6]

Release and reception

"Capital G" was not released with a Halo number due to 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.[7] Art collaborator Rob Sheridan confirmed this fact:

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It will not be a halo. It's a simple 9" vinyl release the record company really wanted to put out - Europe only, I believe. Side A is Capital G, side B is the Dave Sitek Survivalism remix. It will be nice for the people who have the 9" collector box, but we kept a halo # off of it because it doesn't warrant one, and so regular collectors wouldn't feel any pressure to pick it up just for the sake of completeness.

— Rob Sheridan, The Spiral fanclub

The song was first played on radio on April 4, 2007. As of April 27, 2007, "Capital G" is listed on the Mediabase Jump![8] and Taking Off[9] charts, which record the track's increase in radio airplay over 7 days. "Capital G" officially became available for airplay on May 14–15,[10] although it received the most adds in the alternative category during the week of April 27, according to Radio & Records.[11]

The song is available for download as an "exhibit" in WAV format at 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.[12][13]

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

"Capital G" is Nine Inch Nails' fifth consecutive top ten single on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.[14]

Trivia

The cover design of the single draws from masonic symbolism - e.g. the "G", cross, radius.

Track listing

CD: Interscope / NINCAPGCDP1 (US)

  1. "Capital G" (album) - 3:51
  2. "Capital G" (edit) - 3:49
  • US promo CD

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

  1. "Capital G" (Phones 666 RPM Mix) - 7:23
  2. "Capital G" (Switch Remix) - 5:01
  • US promo CD

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

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

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart Peak
position
Modern Rock Tracks[15] 6
Mainstream Rock Tracks[15] 25
UK Singles Chart[citation needed] 140

References

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