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| "Hallelujah" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Leonard Cohen | |
| from the album Various Positions | |
| Released | December 1984 |
| Recorded | June 1984[1][2] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 4:39 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Leonard Cohen |
| Producer(s) | John Lissauer |
"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success,[1] the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991. Cale's version inspired a 1994 recording by Jeff Buckley that in 2004 was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone's "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
The song achieved widespread popularity after Cale's version of it was featured in the 2001 film Shrek.[3][4] Many other arrangements have been performed in recordings and in concert, with more than 300 versions known as of 2008.[5] The song has been used in film and television soundtracks and televised talent contests. "Hallelujah" experienced renewed interest following Cohen's death in November 2016 and re-appeared on international singles charts, including entering the American Billboard Hot 100 for the first time.[6]
- ^ a b Light, Alan (19 November 2013). The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah". New York: Atria Books. ISBN 978-1451657852.
- ^ "How Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Brilliantly Mingled Sex, Religion". Rollingstone.com. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Fetters, Ashley (2 December 2012). "How Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Became Everybody's 'Hallelujah'". The Atlantic. Washington DC: Emerson Collective. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Singer backs Welsh 'Hallelujah'". BBC. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ Arjatsalo, J., Riise, A., & Kurzweil, K. "A Thousand Covers Deep: Leonard Cohen Covered by Other Artists". The Leonard Cohen files. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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