Format CD
9"
12" Genre Electro-rock
glam rock Label Interscope | Recorded 2006 Length 3:49 | |
Released June 11, 2007 (2007-06-11) | ||
"Capital G" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from their fifth studio album, Year Zero (2007). It was released on June 11, 2007 as a promotional single from the album.
Contents
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".
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. Art collaborator Rob Sheridan confirmed this fact:
The song was first played on radio on April 4, 2007. As of April 27, 2007, "Capital G" is listed on the Mediabase Jump! and Taking Off charts, which record the track's increase in radio airplay over seven days. "Capital G" officially became available for airplay on May 14–15, although it received the most adds in the alternative category during the week of April 27, according to Radio & Records.
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.
The song is available for download in the video game Rock Band.
"Capital G" is Nine Inch Nails' fifth consecutive top 10 single on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Track listings
- "Capital G" (edit) – 3:49
- "Capital G" (album) – 3:49
- "Capital G" (Phones 666 RPM Mix) – 7:23
- "Capital G" (Switch Remix) – 5:01
- "Capital G" (album) – 3:51
- "Capital G" (edit) – 3:49