Hurt

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"Hurt" is a haunting, introspective song famously covered by Johnny Cash, whose stark performance and accompanying video poignantly reflect on pain, regret, and mortality.

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Label Occurrences
Hurt (Johnny Cash music video) 4
Hurt canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
albumArtist Nine Inch Nails
associatedWithArtist Johnny Cash
Nine Inch Nails
composer Trent Reznor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coveredBy Johnny Cash
criticalReception widely acclaimed
genre alternative rock
country (Johnny Cash version)
industrial rock
hasKeyConcept confrontation with aging and death
existential reflection
remorse over past actions
hasMusicVideo Hurt self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hurt (Johnny Cash music video)
includedIn Johnny Cash album American IV: The Man Comes Around
influencedPerceptionOf Johnny Cash’s late-career legacy
instrumentation sparse arrangement (Johnny Cash version)
language English
lyricTheme addiction
mortality
pain
regret
self-destruction
musicVideoDirector Mark Romanek
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
MTV VMA for Best Cinematography
surface form: MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography (Johnny Cash video)
notableFor haunting Johnny Cash cover version
stark, introspective lyrics
originallyPerformedBy Nine Inch Nails
partOfAlbum The Downward Spiral
performer Johnny Cash
Nine Inch Nails
producer Rick Rubin
surface form: Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash version)

Trent Reznor
rankedOnList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
recordLabel American Recordings
surface form: American Recordings (Johnny Cash version)

Interscope Records
Nothing Records
Universal (Johnny Cash version)
releaseYear 1994 (original Nine Inch Nails version)
2002 (Johnny Cash version)
songwriter Trent Reznor
tempo slow
trackNumberOnAlbum The Downward Spiral
surface form: 14 (The Downward Spiral)
vocalist Johnny Cash
Trent Reznor

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Johnny Cash notableWork Hurt
Hurt hasMusicVideo Hurt self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hurt (Johnny Cash music video)
Mark Romanek notableWork Hurt
this entity surface form: Hurt (Johnny Cash music video)
Mark Romanek directed Hurt
this entity surface form: Hurt (Johnny Cash music video)
Mark Romanek notableAwardFor Hurt
this entity surface form: Hurt (Johnny Cash music video)
You’re Gonna Get It! hasPart Hurt
subject surface form: You're Gonna Get It!