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| BPM = 80| versions = Hurt<br>Hurt (Instrumental)<br>Hurt (Quiet)<br>Hurt (Live)<br>Hurt (with David Bowie)<br>Hurt (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Hurt (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')<br>Hurt ([[Bridge School Benefit]])

===Meaning===The meaning idea of the narrator being or feeling "a million miles away," as sung at the end of this song , would be mentioned again in both "[[All The Love In The World]]" and "[[1,000,000]]." Whether the three songs are all specifically related beyond [[Recurring_lyrics#A_Million_Miles_Away|repetition of the phrase]] is entirely debatable. Some may interpret this as a depressing suicide note, while others may find it to describe someone finding a new lease on lifepublicly unverified.

It should be noted that the lyric "A million miles away" is referenced in both the songs [[1,000,000]] and [[All The Love in the World]], and the suicidal themes surrounding the songs, especially "1,000,000," may indicate a connection. ===Covers===Hurt has been covered by a variety of artists, such as [[Tori Amos]], [[wp:Matthew Good|Matthew Good]], [[Peter Murphy]], Breaking Benjamin, Underoath, Aaron Lewis, and [[wp:Sevendust|Sevendust]]. 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 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 is otherwise unchanged.

On the This original album version, the uses slightly distorted guitars contain distortionand disrupted noise loops, adding a ragged aesthetic. The song suddenly climaxes towards the end, while the final lyrics are whispered over the noise. A drone follows, and ends the song and the record. This version was also featured as the final track on its promo, which also includes a clean version of the same mix. ===Hurt (Instrumental)===Released by Reznor via his [[remix.nin.com]] account, this unmastered instrumental version is identical to the album version, save the lack of vocals.

The only real difference between this remix and the original is that the guitar sound is much cleaner and the climax towards the end is less drastic. There is also no much less static unlike filling the orignal versionsong's atmosphere. This version appears only on the US version of ''Further Down the Spiral''and was later included on ''The Downward Spiral'' 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Two additional versions of it were included on the "Hurt" promo: "(Quiet Version) Clean" is censored and fades out the noise loop ending, while "(Quiet Version) Soiled" is uncensored and uses a shorter rearrangement of the noise loops, which end suddenly.====Song Credits====*Remixed by Trent Reznor

This live version is found on the UK edition of ''Further Down The Spiral.'' and in video form on ''Closure'' and ''The Downward Spiral'' 10th Anniversary DualDisc edition. In this version , the guitar is replaced with a piano. Reznor moans melodically and quietly after the noisy ending fades away, and the faint sounds of the introduction from "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]" can be heard fading out. On the "Hurt" promo, two versions of this recording are included, one censored and one uncensored, both of which fade in the beginning and out the ending. ===Hurt (with David Bowie)===Ending the cooperative transition set on the 1995 [[Dissonance]] tour, this remix of "Hurt" was played live by [[David Bowie]] and his band, featuring Reznor singing the duet with Bowie as they trade verse sections and choruses. More spacey and featuring new drum loops and guitar, the first half of the song gave way to a return to the album guitar parts after the initial chorus. Its noisy ending eventually segued into the opening song of the Bowie set, "Look Back in Anger." A performance of this version is included on ''Closure''.

The guitar sound This version is replaced by piano, and a faithful to the album version besides the addition of the vocal harmony in the chorus. Robin Finck is added to playing a nylon-stringed guitar which emulates a piano-like tone. This can sometimes be misheard as a piano rather than the chorusguitar.

[[Image:Hurtstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Hurt" video]]The video is simply tour footage of Reznor singing behind a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrim_%28material%29 scrim]. The footage used for this (as well as the live videos for "[[Eraser]]" and "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]") was shot in Dallas, Texas and Omaha, Nebraska 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 DualDisc edition of ''The Downward Spiral'' and also on ''Closure.'' Behind-the-scenes footage of the fully produced music video 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, which is most likely the same footage projected in the live version. ===Credits===*Director: Simon Maxwell*Producer: Maryann Waldoff, Adam Stern, Laurence Novich*Cameraman: Crescenzo Notarile*Editor: Simon Maxwell*Executive Producer of live shoot: Cordelia Plunket

"Hurt" is one of the most commonly played live songs throughout all eras. It is normally played towards the end of the main set, before though it was featured during the mid-set closers "slow section of the [[Further Down The Hand That Feeds]]" and "[[Head Like a HoleSpiral Tour]]".