Moving Child Abuse PSA Accompanied by Johnny Cash's 'Hurt'

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Brent points us to this impressive Australian child abuse PSA which features Johhny Cash singing the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt while images of a creepy old dude makes his way towards a sleeping child's room. The spot urges viewers to become a childhood hero since it's not so easy for an abused child to do so on their own.

Written by Steve Hall    Comments (3)     File: Commercials, Good     Aug-30-06  
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Just wanted to clarify that it was Johnny Cash who sang the original version of "Hurt" and it was Nine Inch Nails who did a cover later on.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming. :)

Posted by: J on September 1, 2006 02:45 AM

no Jon, you're sorely mistaken, it's widely known by anyone with a semblance of music knowledge that Trent Reznor originally wrote "Hurt". you can find it on the 1994 album, The Downward Spiral. I think you need to readjust your programming...

Posted by: editorAdotas on September 1, 2006 02:26 PM

As a victim of child abuse I'm disappointed to see that the only comment editorAdotas can come up with is to criticise someone for making a mistake over who originally recorded "Hurt". Anyone with a semblance of decency knows that there are things in life more important than putting others down over a simple mistake. Child abuse for example.

Thank you Brent for posting the link to the ad, it's heartbreakingly effective.

Posted by: Hurt on September 28, 2006 03:50 AM

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