#St. Vincent Covers Nine Inch Nails’ “Piggy”: Listen

“#St. Vincent Covers Nine Inch Nails’ “Piggy”: Listen”

This Saturday night (November 7), Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Whitney Houston, the Notorious B.I.G, the Doobie Brothers, and T. Rex are getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Ahead of the ceremony, Amazon Music has recruited various artists to cover some of the inductees’ songs.

St. Vincent has covered Nine Inch Nails’ “Piggy,” while Jehnny Beth takes on NIN’s “Closer.” Real Estate play the Doobie Brothers’ “What a Fool Believes In.” The Kills covered T. Rex’s “Cosmic Dancer.” And Eyelids put their spin on Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence.” Hear the covers below. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

In a press release, St. Vincent said:

[“Piggy”] remains one of my favorite Nails songs to this day.… I am obsessed with the slinky tambourine that is just a little lazy in feel. And when I took this song apart to cover it, it took me a long time to really understand the immensity of the groove. It’s a dark, industrial reggae. Muscular, but never as distorted as you imagined it when you think of it in your head…. They made a complicated thing seem easy and made big, bold sonic choices.

The 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony premieres on HBO and HBO Max on Saturday, beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern. St. Vincent is among the artists participating in the ceremony.