Johnny Cash - Hurt

From album: American IV - Man Comes Around
American IV: The Man Comes Around is the fourth album in the American series by Johnny Cash, released in 2002. The majority of songs are covers which Cash performs in his own sparse style, with help from producer Rick Rubin. For instance, for the song "Personal Jesus", Rubin asked Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante to re-work an acoustic version of Martin Gore's song, which featured a simple acoustic riff that stripped down the song to a blues style. He receives backing vocal assistance from various artists, including Fiona Apple, Nick Cave, and Don Henley. American IV was the final Cash album released during his lifetime; though the Unearthed Box Set was compiled prior to his death, it was not released until two months later. It was also his first non-compilation album to go gold (selling over 500,000 copies) in thirty years. Additionally, the album won "Album of the Year" award at the 2003 CMA Awards.

The video for "Hurt", a song written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails in 1994, was nominated in seven categories at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards and won the award for Best Cinematography. In February 2003, mere days before his 71st birthday, Cash won another Grammy Award for Best Country Male Vocal Performance for "Give My Love To Rose," a song Cash had originally recorded in the late 1950s. The music video for "Hurt" also won a Grammy for Best Short Form Video at the 2004 Awards.

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor admitted that he was initially "flattered" but worried that "the idea [of Cash covering "Hurt"] sounded a bit gimmicky," but when he heard the song and saw the video for the first time, Reznor said he was deeply moved and found Cash's cover beautiful and meaningful

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[Anonymoustoteh5th]

Someone missed the "Like" button.

[bibouche30]

R.I.P Johnny cash.

[bakebakeladz]

stop fighting on a legends video who cares who wrote the song first its an amazing song R.I,P Johnny Cash <3

[djharg1]

What a fucking song!!!! did Nick Cave write it??????

[MAOfights]

I listened to this song for 5 hours one day. I honeslty believed Johnny over Trent. I was trying to feel the hurt. Once I did....

[MH6M]

@Anonymoustoteh5th Indeed some one has....

[evankiefl]

@DeliveryManBoy NIN wrote the song in 1994. This isn't fact taken by Wiki, this is just me knowing. I bought that album. Johnny Cash released this song just before he died, ie. early 2000's. It's simple subtraction mate....

[DC1337]

@DeliveryManBoy So you're saying Cash wrote it & let NIN release it years before he did? Yeah, right.

[damlew11]

Wow... ;O B

Both version are amazing, Cash's and NIN's!

great song \m/

[DeliveryManBoy]

I'm the one arguing that wiki isn't reliable. Stop telling me that wiki isn't reliable. Stop Telling me that wiki said Trent Reznor wrote Hurt. I know that wiki isn't reliable. Thats what I'm saying. I'm saying Wiki is bullshit and I'm saying Johnny Cash wrote Hurt. Where do you people get off? I supply actual video Proof on my channel. Sources. News Articles. ACTUAL TANGIBLE EVIDENCE!! And you people keep trying to tell me that NIN wrote HURT?!!! Johnny C wrote Hurt not Trent.