"Hallelujah" is a song written by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen originally released on the 1984 studio album Various Positions. A significantly changed live recording of the song from 1988 was released on the 1994 album, Cohen Live, but neither version achieved wide commercial success outside of Cohen's fans until December 2008 when Cohen's studio recording reached #36 on the UK's single chart. In April 2009, a new live recording of the song was released on a 2CD and DVD collection titled Leonard Cohen: Live In London.
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| - "Hallelujah" is a song written by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen originally released on the 1984 studio album Various Positions. A significantly changed live recording of the song from 1988 was released on the 1994 album, Cohen Live, but neither version achieved wide commercial success outside of Cohen's fans until December 2008 when Cohen's studio recording reached #36 on the UK's single chart. In April 2009, a new live recording of the song was released on a 2CD and DVD collection titled Leonard Cohen: Live In London.
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| - Allison Crowe "Hallelujah" cover excerpt
- Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah" cover excerpt
- John Cale "Hallelujah" cover excerpt
- Rufus Wainwright "Hallelujah" cover excerpt
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| - Different in stylistic approach, Allison Crowe's single-take recording, from Tidings, released in 2003, is among a new generation of interpretations.
- Rufus Wainwright, recorded a version similar to Cale's, also using piano, and was used on the soundtrack album of Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture.
- From the album Grace released in 1994. In 2007, Sony BMG rereleased the album with a live music video of the song.
- John Cale selected the verses by Leonard Cohen which most covers have since followed. First recorded by Cale in 1991 for the Cohen tribute album I'm Your Fan.
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| - "Hallelujah" is a song written by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen originally released on the 1984 studio album Various Positions. A significantly changed live recording of the song from 1988 was released on the 1994 album, Cohen Live, but neither version achieved wide commercial success outside of Cohen's fans until December 2008 when Cohen's studio recording reached #36 on the UK's single chart. In April 2009, a new live recording of the song was released on a 2CD and DVD collection titled Leonard Cohen: Live In London. First covered by John Cale in 1991, Hallelujah has since been recorded over 200 times by different artists, been the subject of a BBC radio documentary and been featured in the soundtracks of numerous movies and television shows. In the UK, the two most commercially successful cover singles have been by Alexandra Burke and Jeff Buckley, whose versions occupied the number one and two spots, respectively, of the UK pop charts in December 2008.
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