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| Length = 3:38 | Label = Interscope | Writer = Trent Reznor | Producer = Trent Reznor | Last single = "Deep" (2001) | This single = "The Hand That Feeds" (2005) | Next single = "Only" (2005) | Misc = }} "The Hand That Feeds" is a song by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released as the lead single for the album ''With Teeth'' (2005). It is the highest charting song by Nine Inch Nails on all charts except for U.S. Modern Rock Tracks, where it stayed at number 1 for five weeks, because the single that followed, "Only", stayed at number one for two more weeks (non-consecutively), and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 peaking at number 31, bested only by the group's 1999 single "The Day the World Went Away", which peaked at number seventeen but did not chart anywhere else in the U.S. and never had any popular success, making it one of their less popular singles. It is, to date, Nine Inch Nails' only single to hit the top 10 of the UK Singles chart and it's their highest charting single on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 2. It was also a crossover hit, crossing over to pop radio as their first Top 40 radio hit since "Closer" and "Hurt" in 1994 and 1995, respectively, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. ==The song== The song title was formed by fellow rock band: Soundgarden off of their 1988 song "Nazi driver". Though several stations played a leaked copy of "The Hand That Feeds" in February, official radio play of the song began on March 14, 2005. "The Hand That Feeds" was released for sale on both iTunes and Napster on March 22, 2005. Upon its release, it topped the iTunes Top 100 songs list. A music video was made for this song. It was directed by Rob Sheridan and was released on March 17, 2005 on the (NIN official website ). A second video for this song was directed by Ian Inaba, but was shelved and was never completed. The April 15, 2005 update to the (current section of nin.com ) included a link to a multi-track GarageBand file of the song. This file allows anyone with the Macintosh program GarageBand to remix the song. NIN was due to play this song at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, but dropped out due to conflicts between Trent Reznor and MTV concerning the band's plan to incorporate an image of George W. Bush into the performance. An announcement made by Trent Reznor on the (NIN website ) on May 26 stated: "Nine Inch Nails will not be performing at the MTV Movie Awards as previously announced. We were set to perform 'The Hand That Feeds' with an unmolested, straightforward image of George W. Bush as the backdrop. Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. See you on tour this fall when we return to play in America."The following day, MTV stated, "While we respect Nine Inch Nails' point of view, we were uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan political statement. When we discussed our discomfort with the band, their choice was to unfortunately pull out of the Movie Awards."Nine Inch Nails was eventually replaced by Foo Fighters at the ceremony on June 9. During the performance of The Hand That Feeds in Jacksonville, Florida on 10/29/08, a photo of George W. Bush was displayed behind the band, and as the band played the photo gradually morphed into John McCain. The song was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards in 2006. The song is included in the videogames ''Rock Band'', ''Midnight Club 3'' and as downloadable content in ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock''. The song also appears in the trailer to ''Red Riding Hood'' and in the tv spot for ''Underworld: Evolution''. In 2009, it ranked at number 406 in Pitchfork Media's list of The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s.〔http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hand That Feeds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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