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ROUND 1.<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/ERUN/c6703d7001_GFIN_media.gif"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/EJ4N/4df2f658c3_2YSD_media.png"><code style="color: rgb(30, 136, 212);"><a href="https://www.musicgrotto.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Home</a></code><code> » </code><code style="color: rgb(30, 136, 212);"><a href="https://www.musicgrotto.com/category/entertainment/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Entertainment</a></code><h1>63 Best Sad Songs Ever (Saddest Songs To Cry To)</h1> "Hurt" is a song by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">industrial rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nine Inch Nails</a> from its second studio album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Downward_Spiral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Downward Spiral</a> (1994), written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Trent Reznor</a>. It was released on April 17, 1995, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotional_single" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">promotional single</a> from the album. The song received a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Award</a> nomination for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rock_Song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Best Rock Song</a> in 1996. In 2020, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerrang!" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kerrang</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard</a> ranked the song number two and number three, respectively, on their lists of the greatest Nine Inch Nails songs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a> In 2002, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Johnny Cash</a> covered "Hurt" to commercial and critical acclaim. The related music video is considered one of the greatest of all time by publications such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">NME</a>. Reznor praised Cash's interpretation of the song for its "sincerity and meaning", going so far as to say "that song isn't mine anymore".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a> <h2>Meaning</h2>The song includes references to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-harm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">self-harm</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_abuse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">heroin addiction</a>, though the overall meaning of the song is disputed. Some listeners contend that the song acts as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_note" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">suicide note</a> written by the song's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">protagonist</a>, as a result of his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_depression" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">depression</a>, while others claim that it describes the difficult process of finding a reason to live in spite of depression and pain and does not have much to do with the storyline of The Downward Spiral.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a> <h2>Johnny Cash version</h2><ul><li>"Hurt"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Johnny_Cash_-_Personal_Jesus_and_Hurt_single.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/Johnny_Cash_-_Personal_Jesus_and_Hurt_single.jpg/220px-Johnny_Cash_-_Personal_Jesus_and_Hurt_single.jpg" height="217" width="220"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Single</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Johnny Cash</a>from the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_IV:_The_Man_Comes_Around" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">American IV: The Man Comes Aro</a>und</li></ul>In 2002, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Johnny Cash</a> covered the song for his album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_IV:_The_Man_Comes_Around" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">American IV: The Man Comes Around</a>. Its accompanying video, featuring images from Cash's life and directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Romanek" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mark Romanek</a>, was named the best video of the year by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Awards</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">CMA Awards</a>, and the best video of all time by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">NME</a> in July 2011.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)#cite_note-NME-16" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[16]</a> The single contains a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depeche_Mode" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Depeche Mode</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Jesus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Personal Jesus</a>" as a B-side.Cash's cover of the song had sold 2,148,000 downloads in the United States as of March 2017.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)#cite_note-Downloads-17" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[17]</a>Cash's cover is widely considered one of his best works. In 2017, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard</a> ranked the song number four on their list of the 15 greatest Johnny Cash songs,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)#cite_note-18" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[18]</a> and in 2021, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Songwriter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">American Songwriter</a> ranked the song number three on their list of the 10 greatest Johnny Cash songs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)#cite_note-19" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[19]</a> A VERY INTERESTING READ ON WIKIPEDIA ABOUT THE JOHNNY CASH VERSION OF THIS SONG. <img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.83e3d57872cca0a6d2684db22428aedc?rik=C3vgKjksMGg7TQ&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="Johnny Cash - Hurt текст">