The Day the World Went Away

"The Day the World Went Away"
Single by Nine Inch Nails
from the album The Fragile
Released	July 20, 1999 (1999-07-20)
Recorded	August 1997–April 1999
Genre	Art rock alternative rock ambient[1]
Length	4:33 (album version) 4:03 (single version)
Label	Nothing Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Trent Reznor
Producer(s)	Trent Reznor Alan Moulder
Nine Inch Nails singles chronology
"The Perfect Drug" (1997) "The Day the World Went Away" (1999) "We're in This Together" (1999)
Halo numbers chronology
Halo 12 (1997) Halo 13 (1999) Halo 14 (1999)

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AllMusic	[2]

"The Day the World Went Away" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released on July 20, 1999, as the lead single from their third studio album The Fragile (1999). The song was the band's first top-forty hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 17, which remains their highest-ever position on the chart.^[3]