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Originally Posted by kane
1. The song itself was a hit before Cash died. It was a NIN song that was very popular. It really only became popular for him after he died.
2. No. NIN took the song to #2 on the billboard top 200 charts back in the mid 90's (cash's version made it to #22 on the billboard top 200 and #2 on the country chart.) although it did become a big country hit for Cash.
3. It had been a while since he had a huge hit. He has had some successful records but the last time he had a record go to #1 was in 1969 so it had been a while.
You can argue all day about which version of this song is better. I'm a fan of both Cash And Reznor. I like the sound of Reznor's version and the bleakness of it. Cash's version is raw and emotional and I think both are great.
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NO it was popular BEFORE he died.
It won an mtv Music award 20 days before he died. August 28th it won, and he died the day after the anviversy of 911 on Sept 12th 2003 I remember it quite clearly. His diabetes is what finally did him in.