Songs Similar to Hurt by Johnny Cash
Album: American IV: The Man Comes Around · Country · Sad
Johnny Cash's “Hurt” from the album American IV: The Man Comes Around is a country track that we file under sad songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play; the original moves at roughly 91 BPM.
The closest match right now is “I Hung My Head” by Johnny Cash (100% match). The list also pulls in Tracy Chapman, Dolly Parton, Townes Van Zandt and Bob Dylan — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Johnny Cash's. By genre, the list is mostly country (9 of 20 tracks), with singer & songwriter and folk mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Hurt”
What songs are similar to Hurt?
On our list, the closest matches are “I Hung My Head” by Johnny Cash, “The Man Comes Around” by Johnny Cash and “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Hurt” by Johnny Cash, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Hurt sound like?
Based on listening data, “Hurt” sits closest to John Denver, Tracy Chapman, Dolly Parton and Townes Van Zandt. Fans of Johnny Cash play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Hurt Country?
We file “Hurt” by Johnny Cash under Country. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Hurt?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Hurt” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.