Hurt (track) by Johnny Cash

Hurt by Johnny Cash
Year: 2002
From the album American IV: The Man Comes Around (track #2)
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From 05/03/2021 00:33
Amazing song
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From 05/24/2018 12:24
Both versions are great, but Cash's cover just echoes this sense of pain, regret, contemplation and sadness that NIN's version doesn't. Cash's voice - and especially his whole persona and legacy - matches the song's lyrics and tone more.

Like Johnny Cash couldn't have done the song with Reznor's arrangement, but Reznor could not have done it with the Cash arrangement.

Just a beautiful song. And has one of the saddest music videos ever.
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From 03/07/2018 06:22
Best cover in the history of music. It's not Nine Inch Nails' song anymore.
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From 03/04/2017 15:37
Perhaps the most emotional song I know. The only contender which springs to mind is I See A Darkness by Bonnie Prince Billy, which Cash actually covered in one of his American albums.
The NIN original is also superb, but it doesn't hit me as hard as this one.
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From 10/27/2016 21:31
I'm sorry, but I just can't go back to the Nine Inch Nails version now that I've heard this one.
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From 06/18/2016 07:46
I agree with @TheHolyKiwi, the original song by Nine Inch Nails is much better than this one. That said Johnny Cash's version is really good, but will never reach the vibes of the original one.
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