Nine Inch Nails - Hurt

It's a common misconception that Johnny Cash wrote the song 'Hurt' released on his last non-posthumous album The American IV: The Man Comes Around released November 5th 2002. In actuality it was released on March 8th 1994 by Nine Inch Nails on the album The Downward Spiral. Cash covered this song, with Reznor's blessing, eventually saying, "the song belongs to him now" as it was his last major release before his death on September 12th 2003, and widely regarded as his "swan song."