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The song gained a new wave of popularity in 2002 when it was famously covered by [[wp:Johnny Cash|Johnny Cash]], at the recommendation of producer [[wp:Rick Rubin|Rick Rubin]]. This Rubin had to pitch the song multiple times to Cash in order to convince him to cover it, as Cash initially didn't see its appeal.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkwISstQQVw] The cover caused a lot of confusion for the audiences of Cash, who generally weren't familiar with the work of [[Nine Inch Nails]], often resulting in miscrediting the song to Cash. In Cash's version, the line "crown of shit" is changed to "crown of thorns," but the lyrics are otherwise unchanged. Reznor was somewhat uncomfortable with the idea of the cover at first, but lost all reluctance after seeing the music video, and said that the song was no longer his.[https://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/display/11] The powerful video, directed by [[Mark Romanek]], is consistently lauded as one of the greatest music videos of all time.

A version by [[Peter Murphy]] with Trent Reznor on piano was released through iTunes in 2009, while Murphy was releasing a string of covers. It was recorded in the studio, presumably during the same time period as the [[With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration]]. It was later included on Murphy's ''Peter Live – Vol One – Covers''.