after abandoning a more elaborate version before filming could be completed, reznor and the live band assembled for the then-impending self destruct tour (featuring drummer chris vrenna, keyboard player james woolley, guitarist robin finck and bassist/guitarist/keyboardist danny lohner) regrouped with director peter christopherson to film a stripped-down, minimalist music video for the song. the video, released in march 1994, features the band performing the song live in front of a white wall backdrop, with reznor moving around aggressively, pushing the other band members and their instruments, and repeatedly tossing his microphone away. throughout the video, stagehands visibly move into the frame to reset the equipment he knocks over, handing reznor a microphone each time he needs to start singing again after an instrumental section. the bulk of the video appears to be filmed in one long take, with the camera zooming and panning continuously. when reznor appeared as a guest programmer on the abc rage tv program, he explained that they just kept playing the song over and over to the point of exhaustion to get the final take. the video uses the live performance audio of the song recorded at the video shoot, rather than synchronizing the footage to the studio-recorded version from the album as most music videos do. this version of the song is also included on the "closer" cassette single.