Before getting Cash to record his cover, Rubin contacted Trent Reznor to ask how he would feel about this, and Nine Inch Nails' mainman ... I never got to meet Johnny but I'm happy I contributed ...

a truly disconcerting mashup pairing the Christmas song “Jingle Bells” with the painful self-reflecting lyrics of the Nine Inch Nails song “Hurt”, as sung by Johnny Cash.