This first single from the album , " The Day the World Went Away " , was released in North America on July 20 , 1999 . A music video was shot for the song , but went unreleased at the time ( although parts eventually surfaced on 2002 's '' And All That Could Have Been '' DVD ) . A television commercial for the album then aired on the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards , with Nine Inch Nails also performing the album 's title song , " The Fragile , " live on the show . '' The Fragile '' was released on CD , vinyl and cassette on September 21 , 1999 and debuted at number 1 on the '' Billboard '' 200 with sales of 228,000 units , making it the first Nine Inch Nails album to top the charts . Each edition of the album featured minor variations in the track listing . The vinyl edition , pressed on 3 LPs , featured two tracks not available on the CD version ; " 10 Miles High " and " The New Flesh . " The intros and outros of each sides are also different from the CD , particularly the song " Ripe , " which does not have the " ( with Decay ) " section . The cassette edition features an extended version of the song " Please , " entitled " Please ( Appendage ) . " " We 're in This Together " was released as a three part CD single in Europe on December 14 , 1999 . The discs featured the bonus tracks from the vinyl , a Porter Ricks remix and an extended mix of " The Perfect Drug . " A music video was also shot and released for the song . The third single from the album , " Into the Void , " was released on CD in Australia on May 9 , 2000 , featuring no exclusive content . Another music video was shot and released for the song
1999 MTV Video Music Awards
1999 MTV Video Music Awards
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