The 50 Greatest Songs of the 2000s!

13. Johnny Cash: 'Hurt' (2002) - Get your tissues at the ready, this is a sad one. Somehow country legend covering the electronic and punishing Nine Inch Nails created one of the saddest and most poignant moments in music this decade. 'Hurt' was originally a self loathing introspective courtesy of Trent Reznor (and a fine one at that) but in the hands of Johnny Cash it becomes an entirely more emotional affair. Recorded close to his death, the palpable sense of regret and remorse bleeds into every strum of the guitar and every line. Walk The Line may have been a fine way of telling the story of Johnny Cash but if you want to know how the man in black felt about his time on earth then just give this a listen.

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