Genre Of Song

"Hurt" is a power ballad written by Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry and Mark Ronson for Aguilera's third studio album, Back to Basics (2006). Ballads have come in all different styles and are especially popular amongst British and the Irish culture. Power ballads came into existence in the early 1970s, when rock stars attempted to convey profound messages to audiences. The most common use of the term ballad in modern pop music is for an emotional love song. When the word ballad appears in the title of a song, as for example in Beatle’s "The Ballad of John and Yoko". The ballad probably derives its name from medieval French dance songs or (from which we also get ballet), as did the alternative rival form that became the French Ballad.