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In a 2024 article from ''Spin'' magazine, it was revealed that this track was recorded as an afterthought.[https://www.spin.com/2024/03/nine-inch-nails-the-downward-spiral-turns-30/] The song was sampled by rap collective Westside Connection in 1997 on its track "The Gangsta, The Killa and The Dope Dealer".

The [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] is simply tour footage of Reznor singing behind a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrim_%28material%29 scrim]. The footage used for this was shot in [[1995/02/11_Dallas,_TX|Dallas, TexasTX]] and [[1995/02/13_Omaha, and _NE|Omaha, NebraskaNE]], in February of 1995. This video was released after a fully produced music video was scrapped. Both the scrapped studio video and the final live video were directed by Simon Maxwell. The live video can be found in the DualDisc edition of ''The Downward Spiral''

A second edit of "Hurt" was released on ''Closure.'' It is mostly similar to the original music video, but includes some alternate takesand angles, as well as some tracking shots of the audience members. It is likely that this new edit (along with the live videos for "[[Eraser#Music_Video|Eraser]]" and "[[Wish_(song)#Music_Video|Wish]]") were produced for Maxwell's [[Closure#Abandoned_1995_tour_film|abandoned professionally shot music concert film]] documenting the [[Further Down The Spiral Tour]] performances.

Behind-the-scenes footage of the original video, shot at Silvercup Studios in New York, can be seen in the "Appendage" footage on the ''Closure'' DVD leak. The original video appears to be similar to the video for "[[Burn (song)|Burn]]". It features Reznor justified to the right of the screen, singing the song with footage of war atrocities and other acts of violence in the background, presumably the same footage projected in the live version. A 2016 interview with Maxwell gives background information about both the original and the final, released video.[http://pantograph-punch.com/postposts/interview-with-simon-maxwell]

[[Image:PMTRHurtPMTRHurtCover.jpg|thumb|Artwork for the Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor version]]

The song gained a new wave of popularity in 2002 when it was famously covered by [[wp:Johnny Cash|Johnny Cash]], at the recommendation of producer [[wp:Rick Rubin|Rick Rubin]]. This Rubin had to pitch the song multiple times to Cash in order to convince him to cover it, as Cash initially didn't see its appeal.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkwISstQQVw] The cover caused a lot of confusion for the audiences of Cash, who generally weren't familiar with the work of [[Nine Inch Nails]], often resulting in miscrediting the song to Cash. In Cash's version, the line "crown of shit" is changed to "crown of thorns," but the lyrics are otherwise unchanged. Reznor was somewhat uncomfortable with the idea of the cover at first, but lost all reluctance after seeing the music video, and said that the song was no longer his.[https://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/display/11] The powerful video, directed by [[Mark Romanek]], is consistently lauded as one of the greatest music videos of all time.

A version by [[Peter Murphy]] with Trent Reznor on piano was released exclusively through iTunes in 2009, while Murphy was releasing a string of covers. It was recorded in the studio, presumably during the same time period as the [[With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration]]. It was later included on Murphy's ''Peter Live – Vol One – Covers''.

*[https://vimeo.com/332866153 "Hurt" live music video]*[https://vimeo.com/3617272 "Hurt" live music video alternate edit from (''Closure''version)]*[https://vimeo.com/12210258 61601833 "Hurt" live with David Bowie]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZjuTjZeydA whcMLj7e3Ew "Hurt" live visuals from the Self Destruct Tour]

*[https://pantograph-punch.com/postposts/interview-with-simon-maxwell Interview with Simon Maxwell]*[https://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-02947 "Hurt" (Instrumental) at archive.org]