Christina’s Aguilera’s song ‘Hurt’ was released in 2006 as the second single of her “Back to Basics” album which was a homage to music of the 1920’s and 1930’s. 

According to an article on Digital Spy, when working on this album, Christina was looking for a song about losing someone. Songwriter Linda Perry, whose own father had passed away less than 12 months prior, described the result as “this beautiful song about losing my dad, and the pain that I’m going through, and the guilt and regret for not being more present for him,”