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The 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 publicly unverified.
The song was sampled by rap collective Westside Connection in 1997 on its track "The Gangsta, The Killa and The Dope Dealer".
===Covers===
[[Image:PMTRHurt.jpg|thumb|150px|Artwork for the Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor version]]
Hurt has been covered by a variety of artists, such as Matthew Good, [[Peter Murphy]], Breaking Benjamin, Underoath, Aaron Lewis, and 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. 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]].
===Song Credits===
*Production and Mix: [[Trent Reznor]]
*Drums: [[Chris Vrenna]]
==Music Video==
[[Image:Hurtstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Hurt" video]]
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 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 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 takes, as well as some tracking shots of the audience members. It is likely that this new edit (along with the live videos for "Eraser" and "Wish") were produced for Maxwell's abandoned professionally shot music concert film documenting the Downward [[Further Down The Spiral tour Tour]] performances.
Behind-the-scenes footage of the original 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, 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/post/interview-with-simon-maxwell]
==Live==
"Hurt" is one of the most commonly played live songs throughout all eras. It is normally frequently played towards as the end of the main setlast song at nearly every show, though it was there are a few exceptions: featured during the mid-set slow section of the [[Further Down The Spiral Tour]], a few songs before the end on [[Live: With Teeth]], and the penultimate song of [[Lights In The Sky Tour]]. For the ReAct Now live performance, Reznor performed the Cash lyrics of "Crown of thorns" in place of "Crown of shit".
==Lyrics==