the ep was certified platinum by the recording industry association of america (riaa) on december 18, 1992, despite a complete absence of touring in support of it. the first promotional single, "happiness in slavery", received moderate airplay, but its video's depiction of bob flanagan being pleasured, tortured, and killed on a device led to mtv banning it outright. this stunted the single's growth, but the track "wish" was much more successful with an aggressive live performance on the music video, then later winning a grammy for best metal performance. reznor later quipped that he wanted his gravestone to read "reznor: died. said 'fist fuck', won a grammy."