The Day the World Went Away

"The Day the World Went Away"
Single by Nine Inch Nails
from the album The Fragile
ReleasedJuly 20, 1999 (1999-07-20)
Genre
Length
  • 4:33 (album version)
  • 4:03 (single version)
Label
SongwriterTrent Reznor
Producers
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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"The Day the World Went Away" is a song by the 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 40 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 17, which remains their highest charting single.