Happiness in Slavery is a rock song.
`` Happiness in Slavery '' is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from their debut extended play ( EP ) , Broken ( 1992 ) . The song takes its title and refrain from Jean Paulhan 's preface to Pauline Réage 's 1954 erotic novel Story of O. `` Happiness in Slavery '' peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart .