Hurt (Christina Aguilera song)

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"Hurt"
Single by Christina Aguilera
from the album Back to Basics
Released September 19, 2006
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre Pop
Length 4:03 (Main/Album Version)
3:47 (Radio Edit)
Label RCA
Writer(s) Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry, Mark Ronson
Producer Linda Perry
Christina Aguilera singles chronology
"Ain't No Other Man"
(2006)
"Hurt"
(2006)
"Tell Me"
(2006)

"Hurt" is a song written by Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry and Mark Ronson for Aguilera's third studio album, Back to Basics (2006). The song's lyrical content describes how one deals with the loss of a loved one, and it has received praise from pop music critics. Aguilera premiered the song at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, and released it as the second single from Back to Basics in late 2006 (see 2006 in music).

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[edit] Background and composition

"Hurt" is a ballad song set in the key of E minor.[1] Its slow melody is paced at 72 beats per minute and set in common time.[1] Aguilera's voice range spans from G3 to E5.[1] Its instrumentation comes from bass, cello, contrabass, drums, guitar, piano, viola and violin.[2] String instruments used in the melody were arranged by Eric Gorfain. The song makes an homage to Rachmaninoff's Vocalise towards its conclusion.

Originally Aguilera did not want "Hurt" to be the second single from Back to Basics. Prior to this decision, "Candyman" was planned as the second single and even was confirmed by Aguilera during several different interviews. However, RCA felt that, with the holiday season coming up, it would be safer to release "Hurt", as it would become a big holiday power ballad, comparable to how Aguilera's "Beautiful" performed commercially back in late 2002.[3] "Hurt" was released to radio airplay in the United States on September 19, 2006. The single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #100 in the October 14, 2006 edition. The single would peak on the Hot 100 at #19 in mid-December. "Hurt" had its biggest success on Adult Contemporary radio, where it reached #6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Aguilera promoted the single during the holidays by performing on the TV special Christmas at Rockefeller Center, on November 29, 2006 on NBC.

[edit] Reception

[edit] Critical reception

"Hurt" was generally very well-received by contemporary pop music critics. Billboard commented that Aguilera's "[vocals] relate the pain of moving past a relationship in ruins is daunting", and that "this potential Grammy Award contender" has "a melody and lush production that carries [the song] into the clouds.[4] Blogcritics claims that the song's "slow opening to a soft piano all the way to the spine-tingling bridge" is "one weeper of a ballad", and that Aguilera's "power-belting" vocals were "better than ever". Jody Rosen of Entertainment Weekly said that the song's "self-help bromides Aguilera delivers with melodrama that would make Barbra Streisand shudder; fewer still could make it so compelling."[5] Top 40 reviewer Bill Lamb gave the song five stars, saying "a single piano with the backing of strings gives way to one of the most technically stunning voices in pop music singing words of pain, guilt, and grief in the loss of a loved one." He continues on, predicting the song would edge near to "the top of the pop singles chart by Christmas 2006."[6] Some reviews, however, were less positive. In the Rolling Stone magazine review for Back to Basics, the reviewer, Jenny Eliscu, called "Hurt" an "incongruous schmaltzfest".[7] It was performed live at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards on August 31, 2006.

[edit] Chart performance

Christina Aguilera performing "Hurt" on her Back to Basics Tour.

The single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 5, 2006 at number 100. The single peaked at #19 in its tenth week. While the song had moderate success in the U.S., it became a huge hit across Europe. It reached #1 in Switzerland and peaked at #3 in France, where it became her highest peaking song since "Genie In A Bottle". It also went top 3 in Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium, making it her biggest hit in Europe since 2002's ballad "Beautiful". On initial release "Hurt" peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart for two consecutive weeks, and has to date spent 15 weeks inside the UK top 100 Singles Chart (longer than her top 3 singles "Dirrty", "Beautiful", "What A Girl Wants" and "Fighter"). The song has re-entered the chart on three separate occasions since, once even reaching a peak of number 39 in December 2007[8] after being performed by Hope, contestants on popular talent show, The X Factor. "Hurt" re-entered the chart again in October 2009 at #25, three years after its original release, and this time due to exposure of the song by 2009 X Factor finalist Jamie Archer.[9] "Hurt" showed great longevity in Switzerland, remaining 40 weeks in the Top 100 and re-entering the charts on the week of 19 August 2007 and 13 March 2008.[10] Additionally "Hurt" managed to chart 26 weeks in the German Single Top 100 Chart, the longest-charting single of Christina on German Charts.[11] The single, which peaked there at number 2, showed great longevity too, re-entering the chart in the 34th week of 2007 and in the 11th, 13th and 14th of 2008.[12] Also, in Canada, "Hurt" remained within the top 50 airplay chart for nearly eight months, and peaked at #6 in January, as well staying at #1 in Indonesia for 2 weeks. It was a top 10 airplay hit in Thailand, Singapore,[13] Denmark, Romania and top 5 airplay hit in Greece, France, Finland, Slovakia, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland, while it was a number 1 airplay hit in Portugal, Germany and Philippines.[14] It received certifications in the US (more than 600,000 digital downloads),[15] Germany (150,000 copies shipped),[16] in Austria (15,000 copies shipped),[17] in Australia (35,000 copies shipped),[18] Belgium (20,000),[19] Switzerland (15,000),[20] and in Canada (40,000 digital downloads).[21] Additionally, "Hurt" was certified silver in France, with 100,000 copies sold.[22] The single has sold over 4 millions copies worldwide.

[edit] Music video

Aguilera portraying a '40s circus star in the music video for the song.

During MTV's red-carpet pre-show, Aguilera revealed that she would co-direct the music video alongside Floria Sigismondi, who worked on "Fighter" (2003). The circus-themed video for "Hurt" was shot over five days in September and the video premiered on October 17 on TRL. It is the first video Aguilera has directed. The video reached number one on TRL fourteen times and retired at number 1 on January 11, 2007. It is her eighth video to retire on that show. Furthermore, the video swept the 2007 MVPA awards winning Best Video and Best Direction of a Female Artist. The video begins with the ending instrumental to "Enter the circus"/"Welcome", over which a carnival barker (voiced by Linda Perry) introduces a spectacular circus, and begins in black and white. The transition to color begins when Aguilera appears in an old fashioned dressing room, receiving flowers and then an important telegram. A flashback then shows young Aguilera, played by Laci Kay, with her father, played by Timothy V. Murphy, raptured by the sight of the tightrope walker, played by Elizabeth Glassco. With her father's encouragement, Aguilera begins to train herself to do the same. When the video switches to older Aguilera, we see her descending from the top of a circus tent on a rope, onto the back of an elephant, in point shoes and a structured jeweled outfit, with her father watching adoringly in the audience. She later attempts to greet him but is pulled away by fans and photographers keen to meet the star. The content of the telegram is then revealed to be a message of her father's death, and as Aguilera realizes that she was too wrapped up in her stardom to deal with what matters, she races through the circus in a belated attempt to find her father. The video ends with a shot of Aguilera sitting on a circus box, singing and crying, before fading out to Aguilera's grief-stricken form on the ground outside the circus tent. The camera then zooms out and Aguilera is seen on the ground.

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Hurt".

  • Promo CD single

Released October 2, 2006

# Title
1. "Hurt" (Radio Edit) 3:47
2. "Hurt" (Album Version) 4:03
  • International CD single

Released November 10, 2006

# Title
1. "Hurt" 4:03
2. "Ain't No Other Man" (Shapeshifters Mixshow Mix) 5:24
  • CD maxi-single (premium)

Released November 10, 2006

# Title
1. "Hurt" 4:03
2. "Hurt" (Jake Ridley remix) 5:47
3. "Ain't No Other Man" (Shapeshifters Mixshow Mix) 5:24
4. "Hurt" (Video) 4:53
  • iTunes maxi-single
# Title
1. "Hurt" (Deeper-Mindset Tight Mix) 7:04
2. "Hurt" (Jack Shaft Edit) 7:02
3. "Hurt" (Chris Cox Club Mix) 9:56
4. "Hurt" (JP & BSOD Electro Mix) 6:01
5. "Hurt" (Jonathan Peters Classic Mix) 9:30
6. "Hurt" (Jake Ridley Chillout Club) 5:47
  • Promotional maxi-single
# Title
1. "Hurt" (Deeper-Mindset Mixshow) 5:54
2. "Hurt" (Deeper-Mindset Tight Mix) 7:04
3. "Hurt" (Deeper-Mindset Full On Club Mix) 9:30
4. "Hurt" (Deeper-Mindset Pad a Pella) 7:16
5. "Hurt" (J.P. & BSOD Electro Mix) 6:01
6. "Hurt" (Jack Shaft Mixshow) 5:41
7. "Hurt" (Jack Shaft Main) 7:02
8. "Hurt" (Jack Shaft Extended) 8:30
9. "Hurt" (Jack Shaft Dub) 6:32
10. "Hurt" (Jack Shaft Dub a Pella) 1:53
Unofficial and official remixes
  • "Ander Standing Dub Intro Mix" - 8.24
  • "Ander Standing Hard Dub" - 8.07
  • "Edson Pride Radio Mix"
  • "Edson Pride Synth-A-Dub" - 8.48
  • "Edson Pride Nervous Club Mix" - 9.47
  • "Jack Shaft Radio Mix"
  • "Jack Shaft Mixshow" - 5:41
  • "Jack Shaft Dub-A-Pella" - 1:53
  • "Jack Shaft Dub" - 6:32
  • "Jack Shaft Main" - 7:02
  • "Jack Shaft Extended" - 8:30
  • "Los Angeles Remix" - 7:02

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006-07) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[23] 9
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[24] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[25] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[26] 5
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[27] 28
Czech Republic (IFPI)[28] 17
Denmark (Tracklisten)[29] 14
European Hot 100 Singles[30] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[31] 15
France (SNEP)[32] 3
Germany (Media Control AG)[33] 2
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[34] 5
Ireland (IRMA)[35] 6
Italy (FIMI)[36] 12
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[37] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[38] 11
Slovakia (IFPI)[39] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[40] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[41] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[42] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[43] 19
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[44] 1
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[45] 10
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[46] 15
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[47] 6

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[48] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[49] Gold 15,000x
Belgium (BEA)[50] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[51]
Digital download
Gold 40,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[52] Gold 7,500^
France (SNEP)[53] Silver 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[54] Gold 150,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[55] Gold 15,000x
United States (RIAA)[56] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (2006) Rank
Australia[57] 68
Austria[58] 50
Netherlands[59] 49
Switzerland[60] 24
UK[61] 150
Chart (2007) Rank
Austria[62] 20
France[63] 17
Germany[64] 3
Netherlands[65] 35
Switzerland[66] 22

[edit] Release history

Country Date Format
United States September 29, 2006 Digital download
Australia November 3, 2006
United Kingdom November 18, 2006
Germany November 27, 2006

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Preceded by
"The Saints Are Coming" by U2 and Green Day
Swiss Singles Chart number-one single
November 26, 2006
Succeeded by
"Patience" by Take That
Preceded by
"So Excited" by Janet featuring Khia
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
January 20, 2007
Succeeded by
"Party People" by Altar featuring Jeanie Tracy
Preceded by
"Smack That" by Akon featuring Eminem
European Hot 100 Singles number-one single
February 3, 2007
Succeeded by
"All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado
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