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| length = 6:13
| 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 (ReAct Now version)<br>Hurt (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')<br>Hurt ([[Bridge School Benefit]])
| live = [[Further Down The Spiral Tour]] through present
}}'''"Hurt"''' is the final track on ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].''
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]]
===Hurt===
This original album version uses slightly distorted guitars and 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.
A reversed version of the track is hidden on side B of the ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'' vinyl.
===Hurt (Instrumental)===
'''''Running Time: 4:56'''''
Released by Reznor via his [[remix.nin.com]] account, this is an instrumental of the "Quiet" version.
===Hurt (Quiet)===
'''''Running Time: 5:08'''''
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 much less static filling the song'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====
===Hurt (''And All That Could Have Been'')===
This version is faithful to the album version besides the addition of the vocal harmony in the chorus. Robin Finck is playing a nylon-stringed guitar which emulates a piano-like tone. This can sometimes be misheard as a piano rather than the guitar.
===Hurt (ReAct Now version)===
Performed at the [[2005/09/09 Los Angeles, CA|ReAct Now benefit]], this features Reznor on piano and vocals. It was made available for purchase via the now defunct Sony Connect service as an encrypted OMA download with proceeds going toward charities aiding those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
===Hurt (''Beside You In Time'')===
==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 (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 edition of ''The Downward Spiral'' and also 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 [[Further Down The Spiral 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" made its live debut on [[1994/08/27 Rochester, NY|August 27, 1994]], and is one of the most commonly played live songs throughout all eras. It is normally frequently played towards the end of as 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==
==External Links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb4qyuR7_cc "Hurt" live music video]*[http://vimeo.com/3617272 "Hurt" live music videoalternate edit from ''Closure'']
*[http://vimeo.com/12210258 "Hurt" with David Bowie]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJKVKglIRs "Hurt" live from ''Beside You In Time'']