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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 (''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'')===
==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==