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“Hurt” is a song written by Trent Reznor, first released on Nine Inch Nails’ 1994 album The Downward Spiral. In 2002, Hurt was covered by Johnny Cash to critical acclaim; it was one of Cash’s final hit releases before his death.

Reznor’s comments after seeing the video of the Cash version of his song were:

“I pop the video in, and wow… Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps… Wow. I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn’t mine anymore… It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form. I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone. that winds up reinterpreted by a music legend from a radically different era/genre and still retains sincerity and meaning — different, but every bit as pure.” Here is a link to the Johnny Cash video cover.
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  • Hobbaloo

    Timeless beauty. This is the kind of song that will follow me through all my life, till the day I die. [4] I've always found the 'rippliness' in the sound quality disorientating, though. I prefer the Quiet version.

    Friday afternoon

  • Nakkinak

    v listen to it again, with headphones

    Thursday evening

  • Casinocaster

    Absolutely brilliant; yet, surprisingly enough, the rest of the album is rubbish to me

    Thursday afternoon

  • LodairJr

    Timeless beauty. This is the kind of song that will follow me through all my life, till the day I die. [3]

    12 days ago

  • Sound-Of-Nature

    Brilliant masterpiece!

    12 days ago

  • ColinCoitus

    I love it when people cover Johnny Cash. the original is so much better! ;p

    18 days ago

  • karolcia_1993

    always stops the world for me.

    20 days ago

  • kikikirsche

    I like this one more than the cover from Cash. [3]

    20 days ago

  • fuckyouty1

    I like this one more than the cover from Cash. [2]

    25 days ago

  • XtraNL

    I like this one more than the cover from Cash. The emotion NIN puts into this song is just amazing.

    last month

  • Force59

    great song but I wish Last.FM would stop showing those anti-smoking videos -making me sick

    last month

  • POOlgie

    Good Johnny Cash cover...heh heh heh

    last month

  • NickInChaos

    NIN's version is the original, cash's version is actually the cover

    last month

  • BOARDS999

    This is the original version right???? Or is this a cover too?

    last month

  • thenervetattoo

    We all have painful regrets and memories. This song does a really good job of exemplifying that.

    last month

  • snowjam

    bellevue, wa lots of good talent still left in bellevue like queensrych & many more good 4 washington state..........

    last month

  • Loustieg

    Timeless beauty. This is the kind of song that will follow me through all my life, till the day I die. [2]

    last month

  • srrlism

    full of broken thoughts

    last month

  • 9Nails

    Timeless beauty. This is the kind of song that will follow me through all my life, till the day I die.

    March 2012

  • burningcolors

    You're rude, I wasn't even trolling.

    March 2012
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