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| versions = Hurt<br>Hurt (Album Version) Clean<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]])

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 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.

'''''Running Time: 5:15''''' 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: "(Live Version) Clean" and "(Live Version) Soiled", one the clean version being censored and one the soiled version being uncensored, both of which fade in the beginning and out the ending.

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 Godin Multiac ACS guitar which emulates a piano-like tone. This can sometimes be misheard as a piano rather than the guitar.

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]

===Covers=== [[Image:PMTRHurt.jpg|thumb|Artwork Photo used in the artwork for the Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor version]]"Hurt " has been covered by a variety of artists, such as Matthew Good, Breaking Benjamin, Underoath, Aaron Lewis, Sevendust and Sharon Van Etten. More information can be found [[Covers Of NIN|here]]. 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 the lyrics are otherwise unchanged.

*[https://www.youtubevimeo.com/watch?v=fb4qyuR7_cc 332866153 "Hurt" live music video]*[httphttps://vimeo.com/3617272 "Hurt" live music video alternate edit from ''Closure'']*[httphttps://vimeo.com/12210258 "Hurt" with David Bowie]*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJKVKglIRs "Hurt" live from ''Beside You In Time'']*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZjuTjZeydA "Hurt" live visuals from the Self Destruct Tour]*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Agtnkaed0 eKz9Ko1Y8Eg Footage of filming the original music video]*[httphttps://pantograph-punch.com/postposts/interview-with-simon-maxwell Interview with Simon Maxwell]