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Hurt

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Hurt

Summary

Hurt is a musical work/composition[1]. Hurt ranks in the top 0.9% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,267 views/month, #175 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hurt's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Hurt's composer is recorded as Trent Reznor[4].
  • Hurt's genre is alternative rock[5].
  • Hurt followed Piggy[6].
  • Hurt was followed by The Perfect Drug[7].
  • Hurt was produced by Rick Rubin[8].
  • Hurt was performed by Nine Inch Nails[9].
  • Among the performers on Hurt was Johnny Cash[10].
  • Hurt is part of The Downward Spiral[11].
  • Hurt's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Hurt was published on March 8, 1994[13].
  • Hurt's lyricist is recorded as Trent Reznor[14].
  • Hurt's tonality is recorded as A minor[15].
  • Hurt's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best Rock Song[16].
  • Hurt's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hurt'}[17].
  • Hurt's different from is recorded as Hurt[18].
  • Hurt's form of creative work is recorded as song[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • Genre(s): industrial rock, rock[21]

  • Community tags: industrial rock, rock, sea shanties[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ca56bd56-0e88-35f3-aec2-12eb8e9c739e[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Nine Inch Nails[9] and Johnny Cash[10]. Hurt was produced by Rick Rubin[8].

Publication

Hurt was released on March 8, 1994[13]. Hurt's language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Hurt's genre is alternative rock[5]. Hurt is part of The Downward Spiral[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Hurt followed Piggy[6]. Hurt was followed by The Perfect Drug[7].

Why It Matters

Hurt ranks in the top 0.9% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,267 views/month, #175 of 19,375).[2] Hurt has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Hurt is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Johnny Cash Nine Inch Nails Rick Rubin Trent Reznor

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Nine Inch Nails, Johnny Cash
    Part of → The Downward Spiral
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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