About the artist: Johnny Cash (1932 - 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His genre-spanning songs and sound embraced country, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. He released over sixty studio albums in a recording career that lasted 57 years. Johnny Cash currently has one song in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: one of the latest additions to the list. Johnny Cash' music is not exactly my taste, but when in 2019 I first heard his song Hurt, it blew me away, and the more I hear it (and see the amazing video), the more I love it. It is a track from his 2002 album American IV: The Man Comes Around, which mainly consists of covers. Hurt is originally a Nine Inch Nails song, and that band's leader Trent Reznor praised Cash's interpretation of his song for its "sincerity and meaning", going so far as to say "that song isn't mine anymore - it's his now". Run time 3:38.
