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Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)

March 08, 2023

"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".

"Hallelujah"
Artwork for 1984 Dutch single
Single by Leonard Cohen
from the album Various Positions
ReleasedDecember 1984
RecordedJune 1984[1][2]
GenreFolk rock
Length4:39
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Leonard Cohen
Producer(s)John Lissauer

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.[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]

History

 
Leonard Cohen's studio recording
Partial excerpt of first verse and chorus. First included in Cohen's 1984 album Various Positions.
Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah" cover excerpt
From the album Grace, released in 1994. In 2007, Sony BMG rereleased the album (subtitled "The Legacy Edition") with a live music video of the song.
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Cohen is reputed to have written around 80[7] to as many as 180[8] draft verses for "Hallelujah"—a number affected by the accounting question that he had many versions of the same line.[9] Cohen is said to have claimed 150 draft verses, a claim substantiated by his notebooks containing manifold revisions and additions, and by contemporary interviews.[10] In a writing session in New York's Royalton Hotel, Cohen is famously said to have been reduced to sitting on the floor in his underwear, filling notebooks, banging his head on the floor.[7] Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, creators of the 2022 documentary film Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, said that Cohen took about five years to write the song, and reconfigured it numerous times for performances.[11]

Unlike some other songs that became anthems, "Hallelujah" initially was on an album that was rejected by Columbia Records,[12] was largely ignored after an independent label released it, wasn't widely[8] covered until John Cale's 1991 version, and didn't reach the Billboard charts until Cohen's death in 2016.[13] Reflecting on the song's initial rejection, Cohen related that Columbia told him that "we know you are great, but don't know if you are any good".[14]

Following his original 1984 studio-album version, Cohen performed the original song on his world tour in 1985, but live performances during his 1988 and 1993 tours almost invariably contained a quite different set of lyrics. Numerous singers mix lyrics from both versions, and occasionally make direct lyric changes; for example, in place of Cohen's "holy dove", Canadian-American singer Rufus Wainwright substituted "holy dark", while Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe sang "holy ghost".

Musical composition and lyrical interpretation

"Hallelujah", in its original version, is in 12
8 time, which evokes both early rock and roll and gospel music. Written in the key of C major, the chord progression of C, F, G, A minor, F matches those referenced in the song's famous first verse.[15]

When at age 50 Cohen first recorded the song, he described it as "rather joyous", and said that it came from "a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way, but with enthusiasm, with emotion."[16] He later said "there is a religious hallelujah, but there are many other ones. When one looks at the world, there’s only one thing to say, and it’s hallelujah".[16] Journalist Larry Sloman, who knew Cohen well and interviewed him often,[8] described the song as one part biblical, one part the woman that Cohen slept with last night,[9] citing an unidentified critic saying that Cohen was most interested in "holiness and horniness".[8]

Meaning of "Hallelujah"

      This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah.'

—Leonard Cohen[17]

His original version, recorded on his 1984 album Various Positions, contains allusions to several biblical verses, including the stories of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges ("she cut your hair") as well as King David and Bathsheba ("you saw her bathing on the roof, her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you").[15][18]

Cohen's lyrical poetry and his view that "many different hallelujahs exist" is reflected in wide-ranging covers with very different intents or tones, allowing the song to be "melancholic, fragile, uplifting [or] joyous" depending on the performer:[15] The Welsh singer-songwriter John Cale, the first person to record a cover version of the song (in 1991), promoted a message of "soberness and sincerity" in contrast to Cohen's dispassionate tone;[15] the cover by Jeff Buckley, an American singer-songwriter, is more sorrowful and was described by Buckley as "a hallelujah to the orgasm";[15][19] Crowe interpreted the song as a "very sexual" composition that discussed relationships;[15] Wainwright offered a "purifying and almost liturgical" interpretation;[15] and Guy Garvey of the British band Elbow made the hallelujah a "stately creature" and incorporated his religious interpretation of the song into his band's recordings.[15] Noting its inclusion in the 2001 animated movie Shrek and performance in numerous singing competition reality shows, New York Times movie reviewer A. O. Scott wrote that "Hallelujah is one of those rare songs that survives its banalization with at least some of its sublimity intact".[8]

Canadian singer k.d. lang said in an interview shortly after Cohen's death that she considered the song to be about "the struggle between having human desire and searching for spiritual wisdom. It's being caught between those two places."[20] Former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page, who sang the song at Canadian politician Jack Layton's funeral, described the song as being "about disappointing [other] people".[21]

Where songs come from

      Even Cohen, like the king in the song, was baffled by Hallelujah. He didn't want to explain it and decided he probably couldn't if he tried. He said: "If I knew where songs came from, I would go there more often."

Xan Brooks, The Guardian[22]

The song was the subject of a 2012 book, The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of 'Hallelujah'; author Alan Light said that Cohen's "approach to language and craft feel unlike the work of anybody else. They sound rooted in poetry and literature because he studied as a poet and a novelist first."[13] The book served as the basis for the 2022 documentary film Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song; the film's co-creator said that Cohen "addressed the deepest of our human concerns about longing for connection and longing for some sort of hope, transcendence and acknowledgment of the difficulties of life."[13]

Financial Times arts and culture columnist Enuma Okoro wrote that "the lyrics and the tone of the song seem to sway between hymn and dirge, two musical forms that could serve as responses to almost everything that happens in our lives: songs that celebrate and acknowledge the blessings and provisions of our lives, and songs that bemoan our losses, our heartbreaks, and our deaths".[23] Okoro noted that the Hebrew language roots of the word hallelujah means "praise God", adding that Cohen said people have been "singing it for thousands of years to affirm our little journey".[23]

Charts

Chart (1985–2016) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[24] 59
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[25] 13
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[26] 17
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[27] 65
Finland Download (Latauslista)[28] 4
France (SNEP)[29] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[30] 27
Ireland (IRMA)[31] 55
Italy (FIMI)[32] 66
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[33] 27
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ)[34] 1
Portugal (AFP)[35] 69
Scotland (OCC)[36] 30
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[37] 58
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[38] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[39] 16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 2
UK Singles (OCC)[41] 36
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 59
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[42] 20

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[24] Gold 35,000 
United Kingdom (BPI)[43] Silver 200,000 

  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

Since 1991, "Hallelujah" has been performed by more than 300 singers in many languages.[5] Statistics from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Canadian Recording Industry Association, the Australian Recording Industry Association, and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, show that, by late 2008, more than five million copies of the song sold in CD format.[citation needed] It has been the subject of a BBC Radio documentary, a book,[3] and been in the soundtracks of numerous films and television programs.[44] Different interpretations of the song may include different verses, out of the more than 80 verses Cohen originally wrote.[45]

In an April 2009 CBC Radio interview, Cohen said he found the number of covers of his song "ironic and amusing", given that his record label refused to release it when he first wrote it; however, he then claimed the song could benefit from a break in exposure:

I was just reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it and the reviewer said – "Can we please have a moratorium on 'Hallelujah' in movies and television shows?" And I kind of feel the same way ... I think it's a good song, but I think too many people sing it.[46][47]

Conversely, in early 2012, while promoting his then-current album, Old Ideas, Cohen stated he was not tired of the song being covered:

There's been a couple of times when other people have said can we have a moratorium please on "Hallelujah"? Must we have it at the end of every single drama and every single Idol? And once or twice I've felt maybe I should lend my voice to silencing it but on second thought no, I'm very happy that it's being sung.[48]

John Cale

John Cale's cover first appeared on I'm Your Fan (1991), a Leonard Cohen tribute album, and later on his live album Fragments of a Rainy Season (1992). Cale's version has vocals, piano, and different lyrics that Cohen had only performed live such as "I used to live alone before I knew you" and "All I ever learned from love was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you". Cale had watched Cohen perform the song and asked Cohen to send him the lyrics.[3] Cohen then faxed Cale 15 pages of lyrics. Cale claims that he "went through and just picked out the cheeky verses."[45]

Cale's version forms the basis of most subsequent performances, including Cohen's performances during his 2008–09 world tour. Cale's version is used in the film Shrek (2001), but Rufus Wainwright's version appears on the soundtrack album.[15][3] Cale's also appears on the first soundtrack album for the TV series Scrubs[49][50] and as the ending song of the Cold Case episode "Death Penalty, Final Appeal".

Jeff Buckley

"Hallelujah"
 
Single by Jeff Buckley
from the album Grace
Released22 May 2007[51]
RecordedLate 1993–94, at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
Genre
Length6:53
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Leonard Cohen
Producer(s)Andy Wallace
Jeff Buckley singles chronology
"Forget Her"
(2004) 		"Hallelujah"
(2007)

Jeff Buckley, inspired by Cale's earlier cover, recorded one of the most acclaimed versions of "Hallelujah" for his only complete album, Grace, in 1994. It was released as a single in 2007, ten years after Buckley's death.

Critical reception

In 2004, Buckley's version was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[19] The same year Time called Buckley's version "exquisitely sung," observing "Cohen murmured the original like a dirge, but ... Buckley treated the ... song like a tiny capsule of humanity, using his voice to careen between glory and sadness, beauty and pain ... It's one of the great songs."[52]

In September 2007, a poll of fifty songwriters conducted by the magazine Q listed "Hallelujah" among the all-time "Top 10 Greatest Tracks" with John Legend calling Buckley's version "as near perfect as you can get. The lyrics to 'Hallelujah' are just incredible and the melody's gorgeous and then there's Jeff's interpretation of it. It's one of the most beautiful pieces of recorded music I've ever heard."[53] In July 2009, the Buckley track was ranked number three on the 2009 Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, a listener poll held every decade by the Australian radio station Triple J.[54] In 2017, The International Observer named Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" the greatest song of all time.[55]

On 2 April 2013, it was announced that Buckley's version of the song will be inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry.[56]

Commercial performance

Buckley's version was not an instant hit, nor did Buckley live to see the full measure of the reception his recording would ultimately have; he died in 1997. The album on which it appeared did not go gold in the U.S. until 2002, nine years after its release. In fact, like Cohen's original, the Buckley version was not released as a single until much later, and it did not chart until 2006, posthumously for Buckley. In March of that year, Buckley had his first national top 10 best-seller when "Hallelujah" was at number seven in Norway. In 2007, it made the top 3 on the Swedish charts. In March 2008, it topped Billboard's Hot Digital Songs in the U.S. after a performance of the song by Jason Castro in the seventh season of American Idol.[57][58][59] The sudden resurgence of interest provided both Gold and Platinum status, the RIAA certifying the digital track on 22 April 2008.[60] It has sold 1,144,000 digital copies in the US as of May 2010.[61] It also hit number one in France in March 2008.

Usage in media

The Buckley version has been widely used in film and television dramas, including the movie Lord of War,[62] the series The West Wing,[52] Crossing Jordan,[52] Without a Trace,[52] The O.C.,[52][63] Third Watch,[52] LAX,[52] and Justiça.[64] "Hallelujah can be joyous or bittersweet, depending on what part of it you use", Time quoted Buckley's publisher as saying. The magazine opined that its liberal use in some cases was "a tacit admission that neither the writers nor the actors could convey their characters' emotions as well as Buckley."[52]

On 20 April 2013, Buckley's version of the song was played at Fenway Park during a tribute honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing before the Red Sox played their first home game following the tragedy.[65]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[83] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Belgium (BEA)[84] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[85] 2× Platinum 160,000 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[86] Gold 7,500^
Germany (BVMI)[87] Gold 150,000 
Italy (FIMI)[88] Platinum 50,000 
New Zealand (RMNZ)[89] Gold 5,000*
Sweden (GLF)[90] Gold 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[92] Platinum 501,427[91]
United States (RIAA)[93] 2× Platinum 2,000,000 

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Rufus Wainwright

 
Wainwright in 2010

Canadian-American musician and singer Rufus Wainwright had briefly met Jeff Buckley and recorded a tribute to him after his 1997 death. That song, "Memphis Skyline", referenced Buckley's version of "Hallelujah", which Wainwright would later record, though using piano and a similar arrangement to Cale's. Wainwright's version is included on the album Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture, although it was Cale's version that was used in the film itself.[94] The Shrek soundtrack, containing Wainwright's cover, was certified 2× Platinum in the United States in 2003 as selling more than two million copies.

Rufus Wainwright, his sister Martha Wainwright, and Joan Wasser performed the song in the film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.

In 2016, Rufus Wainwright recorded a version of the song with a chorus of 1500 singers at a disused power station in Toronto.[95]

Charts

Chart (2007–2010) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[96] 97
US Hot Rock and Alternative Songs (Billboard)[97] 16
US Rock Digital Songs (Billboard)[98] 11

k.d. lang

In 2004, k.d. lang recorded a version of "Hallelujah" on her album Hymns of the 49th Parallel. She has since sung it at several major events, such as at the Canadian Juno Awards of 2005,[99] where it "brought the audience to its feet for a two-minute ovation."[100] Lang also sang it at the 2006 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame when Cohen was inducted into the Hall of Fame.[101] Cohen's partner, singer Anjani Thomas, said: "After hearing k.d. lang perform that song at the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2006 we looked at each other and said, 'well, I think we can lay that song to rest now! It's really been done to its ultimate blissful state of perfection'."[102] Lang sang it at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, before a claimed TV audience of three billion.[103]

Lang again performed the song at the 2017 Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen concert.[104]

Alexandra Burke

"Hallelujah"
 
Single by Alexandra Burke
from the album Overcome
B-side
Released17 December 2008
Recorded2008
GenreR&B, pop
Length3:39
LabelSyco
Songwriter(s)Leonard Cohen
Producer(s)Quiz & Larossi
Alexandra Burke singles chronology
"Hero"
(2008) 		"Hallelujah"
(2008) 		"Bad Boys"
(2009)
Music video
"Hallelujah" on YouTube

Alexandra Burke, the winner of the fifth series of the reality television show The X Factor, released a condensed cover version of the song as a prize for her victory. It reached Christmas number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 December 2008.[114]

Chart battle with other versions

The release of Burke's cover created interest in the previous versions of the song, including a Buckley fan campaign to take Buckley's cover to the top of the Christmas chart and therefore deny Burke the top spot.[115] The campaign was fuelled by Buckley fans' dislike of The X Factor's commercialism and the song's arrangement,[116][117] as well as their desire to introduce younger people to Buckley's version.[118] Burke herself was not enamoured of the choice of song, remarking: "It just didn't do anything for me."[117]

Commercial performance

Burke's version broke a European sales record after selling more than 105,000 digital downloads in just one day, breaking the previous record set by Leona Lewis.[119] The song sold 576,000 copies in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling single released by a woman in the United Kingdom and the 2008 Christmas number one, while Buckley's cover charted at number two and Cohen's original version at number 36.[114]

On 28 December 2008, the UK Singles Chart listed Burke's version as the biggest-selling single of the year,[119][120] with NME announcing sales of more than one million copies since its release.[121] This also made Burke the first ever female British artist to have a million-selling single in the UK.[122] It has sold 1.330 million as of August 2016, making it the biggest-selling X Factor winner's single to date.[123]

Charts

Chart (2008–17) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[124] 53
Canada AC (Billboard)[125] 15
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[126] 27
European Hot 100 Singles[127] 6
France (SNEP)[128] 175
Ireland (IRMA)[73] 1
Scotland (OCC)[129] 1
Slovenia (SloTop50)[130] 25
UK Singles (OCC)[131] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[132] Gold 150,000 
United Kingdom (BPI)[133] 3× Platinum 1,800,000 

  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Pentatonix

"Hallelujah"
Single by Pentatonix
from the album A Pentatonix Christmas
Released21 October 2016
Recorded2016
GenreA cappella
Length4:28
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Leonard Cohen
Producer(s)Pentatonix, Ben Bram
Pentatonix singles chronology
"Jolene"
(2016) 		"Hallelujah"
(2016) 		"Dancing On My Own"
(2017)
Music video
"Hallelujah" on YouTube
 
Pentatonix, 2015

The a cappella group Pentatonix covered the song in the quintet's 2016 album, A Pentatonix Christmas. On 21 October 2016, Pentatonix also released a music video for their cover filmed in the California Mojave Desert.[134][135]

Weekly charts

Chart (2016–2023) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[136] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[137] 22
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[138] 14
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[139] 16
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[140] 83
France (SNEP)[141] 20
Germany (Official German Charts)[142] 4
Global 200 (Billboard)[143] 62
Hungary (Single Top 40)[144] 2
Italy (FIMI)[145] 18
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[146] 87
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[147] 53
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[148] 23
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[149] 44
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[150] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[151] 23
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)[152] 2
US Rolling Stone Top 100[153] 68

Year-end charts

Chart (2016) Position
Hungary (Single Top 40)[154] 71

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[155] Platinum 70,000 
Canada (Music Canada)[156] Platinum 80,000 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[157] Gold 45,000 
Germany (BVMI)[158] Platinum 400,000 
Italy (FIMI)[159] Platinum 50,000 
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[160] Platinum 30,000 
United States (RIAA)[161] Gold 500,000 

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other cover versions

it's a beautifully constructed melody that steps up, evolves, and slips back, all in quick time. But this song has a connective chorus, which when it comes in has a power all of its own. The 'secret chord' and the point-blank I-know-you-better-than-you-know-yourself aspect of the song has plenty of resonance for me.

– Bob Dylan[162]

Bob Dylan was among the first to perform Cohen's song in concert with his earliest noted performance being in Montreal on 8 July 1988.[163] Other notable singers who have covered "Hallelujah" include Brandi Carlile, Regina Spektor, Willie Nelson, Susan Boyle, Tim Minchin, Myles Kennedy, and Bono. Bono's version, which is mostly spoken, was included in Tower of Song, an all-star tribute to Cohen in 1995. Bon Jovi has covered the song several times in concert, including on their 2008 Live at Madison Square Garden DVD.[164]

In 2006, the Norwegian quartet of Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm released a cover of the song. After debuting at number 8 on the Norwegian VG-lista, the single reached number one in January 2007.[165] The song remained listed on the Norwegian top 20 for 37 (non-consecutive) weeks between 2006 and 2007.[166] The song also appears on the 2006 album Hallelujah Live, credited to Lind with Nilsen, Fuentes and Holm, which also reached the top of the Norwegian VG-lista.[167]

International group Il Divo released a Spanish-language adaptation with different lyrics on their album The Promise (2008), which topped the charts in the UK. The song was performed by recording artist Damien Rice at the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions when Cohen was inducted. That same year Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins recorded a classical-crossover version for her album Sacred Arias.[163] Kate Voegele performed it in character as Mia Catalano in the U.S. teen drama One Tree Hill. Also appearing on an album, her version made the Hot 100 Billboard charts and reached number 53 in the UK shortly after airing of the episode there.[168] Also in 2008, the Welsh band Brigyn released a version in Welsh.[169] In 2009 Swedish artist Ebba Forsberg released a version sung in Swedish.

The song has become a staple of television talent shows. Jason Castro, an American Idol season 7 contestant, performed a version on 4 March 2008,[170] which propelled Jeff Buckley's version of the song to the top of the Billboard digital song chart.[57][58] His version was included in his self-titled debut album and his second studio album, Who I Am. Lisa Hordijk, winner of the 2009 Dutch X Factor, released "Hallelujah" as her debut single, which went double platinum and remained at the top of the Dutch charts for ten weeks.[171]

A 2009 hit by Orthodox Jewish singer Ohad Moskowitz, "Bo'i Kala", featuring the words of the traditional tune accompanying a Jewish bride to the chuppah, is a musical adaptation of "Hallelujah".[172][173]

On 22 January 2010, American musicians Justin Timberlake, Matt Morris, and Charlie Sexton performed a live cover version of "Hallelujah" during the Hope for Haiti Now telethon in support of those affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake. A recorded version was released the following day on the Hope for Haiti Now soundtrack album and reached a peak of number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[174]

On 16 April 2010, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Richard Eaton Singers conducted by Jack Everly premiered a new arrangement for orchestra and chorus by Claude Lapalme.[175] Also in 2010, the Maccabeats of Yeshiva University released Voices from the Heights, with an a cappella version of "Hallelujah" set to the Hebrew words of the Shabbat liturgical poem "Lecha Dodi".[176][177]

Steven Page performed the song live at the state funeral of Canadian Opposition Leader Jack Layton on 27 August 2011.[178]

Raul Esparza performed the song live at the Kennedy Center's 11 September Memorial Concert on 8 September 2011.[179]

In May 2012, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet presented the World Premiere of The Doorway – Scenes from Leonard Cohen, created and choreographed by Jorden Morris – with "Hallelujah" performed by Allison Crowe (voice and piano) and ballerinas Sophia Lee and Jo-Ann Gudilin dancing alternate dates.[180]

On the 17 December 2012 episode of The Voice, the song was covered in tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting by coaches Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green.[181]

American actor, comedian and musician Adam Sandler performed an off-color parody of "Hallelujah" in December 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York City as part of 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief, with Paul Shaffer on piano. Sandler's version contained numerous references to Hurricane Sandy and contemporary events in local culture, sports and politics.[182]

Singer Tori Kelly recorded a cover of "Hallelujah" for the animated film Sing and has done two notable live performances of the song: during the "In Memoriam" portion of the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, and alongside Luis Fonsi during the 2017 Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief telethon.[183][184] In August 2020, Cohen fans were incensed when Kelly's recording was played after Donald Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention.[185] A legal representative for the Cohen estate said they had "specifically declined the RNC's use request" for "one of the most important songs in the Cohen song catalogue". She added that the estate might have approved the use of Cohen's "You Want It Darker".[186]

On 12 November 2016, an episode of Saturday Night Live opened with cast member Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton performing a rendition of the song in tribute to both Cohen and Clinton. The preceding week had seen both Cohen's death and Clinton's loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[187]

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington sang "Hallelujah" during his eulogy to Chris Cornell at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on 26 May 2017.[188]

The American alt-right conspiracy theorist and comedian Owen Benjamin used the music of "Hallelujah" with new lyrics in his song titled "How They Rule Ya" in support of freeing British far right activist Tommy Robinson, who was held at the time for contempt of court charges for violating a press gag order and illegally filming some of the defendants[189] in the trial of the Huddersfield grooming gang. Released on 12 June 2018 under the alternative title "Free Tommy Robinson", it charted in the UK iTunes Charts.[190] Robinson as a tribute and gratitude to Owen Benjamin, upon his release led the crowd outside the Old Bailey to a rendition of the song written by Benjamin.[191]

At a national remembrance in January 2021 for those killed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Yolanda Adams sang a slightly modified two verses of "Hallelujah", changing "Maybe there's no God above" to "I know that there's a God above". A number of American Jews criticized the performance, as they had a usage of the song at the end of the 2020 Republican National Convention, for ignoring the song's lyrics about sexuality and questioning one's faith.[192]

Inclusions in film, television and events

Accolades and achievements

  • The BBC commemorated the 25th anniversary of the first recording of "Hallelujah" with an hour-long radio documentary, The Fourth, The Fifth, The Minor Fall, broadcast on 1 November 2008, in which the song's history and numerous cover versions were presented and discussed.[15]
  • The song was named one of the top ten greatest tracks of all time in a poll of songwriters conducted by the British music magazine Q.[200]
  • Rolling Stone magazine listed the song as one of the 500 greatest songs.[19]
  • In the February 2009 issue of Blender, "Hallelujah" was named that month's "Greatest Song Ever" (a monthly feature).[201]
  • In 2005, "Hallelujah" was named the tenth-greatest Canadian song of all time in Chart magazine's annual readers' poll.
  • On 21 December 2008, "Hallelujah" became the first song in 51 years[114] to hold the top two positions on the UK Singles Chart; The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's and American singer Jeff Buckley's covers were the two highest-selling songs in the week beginning 15 December 2008. Leonard Cohen's version was number 36 in the same chart.[202]
  • In 2014, "Hallelujah" was ranked number 1 in Rolling Stone's "Best Leonard Cohen Songs" readers' poll.[203]
  • Cohen's original version was ranked number 74 on the 2021 edition of "Top 500 Songs of All Time" by Rolling Stone magazine.[204]

Other charted versions

Covering Artist(s) Year Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[205]		 AUT
[206]		 BEL
(FL)
[207]		 BEL
(WA)
[208]		 CAN
[209]		 DEN
[210]		 EU
[211]		 FRA
[212]		 NL
[213]		 NZ
[214]		 SWE
[215]		 SWI
[216]		 UK
[217]		 US
[218]
Bon Jovi 2008 — 29 — — — — — — — — — — 177 —
Kate Voegele — — — — — — — — — — — — 53 68
Lisa Lois 2009 — — — — — — 99 — 1 — — — — —
Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris featuring Charlie Sexton 2010 — 22 25 31 5 37 — — — 8 10 — 91 13
Natalia and Gabriel Ríos — — 1 6 — — 81 — — — — — — —
Karise Eden 2012 2 — — — — — — — — 35 — — — —
Bastian Baker — — — —[A] — — — 18 — — — 24 — —
Matthew Schuler 2013 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 40
Xavier Naidoo 2014 — 20 — — — — — — — — — 36 — —

Notes

  • A ^ Bastian Baker's version of "Hallelujah" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 5 on the Wallonia Ultratip chart.[221]

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    • For the version by Natalia & Gabriel Ríos: "Charts Vlaanderen – Natalia & Gabriel Ríos – Hallelujah (song)" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
    • For the version by Pentatonix: "Pentatonix – Hallelujah" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  208. ^ Peak positions on the Belgian Ultratop 50 Wallonia chart:
    • For the version by Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton: "Charts Wallonie – Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton – Hallelujah (song)" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
    • For the version by Natalia & Gabriel Ríos: "Charts Wallonie – Natalia & Gabriel Ríos – Hallelujah (song)" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  209. ^ Peak chart positions on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100:
    • For the version by Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton: "Justin Timberlake Album & Song Chart History – Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
    • For the version by Pentatonix: "Pentatonix – Chart History". Billboard.
  210. ^ Peak positions on the Danish Tracklisten:
    • For the version by Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton: "Danish Charts – Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton – Hallelujah (song)". danishcharts.dk. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  211. ^ Peak positions on the European Hot 100 Singles chart:
    • For the version by Lisa: "Chart Search Results – European Hot 100 Singles 2009-05-30". Billboard. Retrieved 21 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
    • For the version by Natalia & Gabriel Ríos: "Chart Search Results – European Hot 100 Singles 2010-03-20". Billboard. Retrieved 21 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
  212. ^ Peak positions on the French Singles Chart:
    • For the version by Bastian Baker: "Classements – Bastian Baker – Hallelujah (chanson)" (in French). Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
    • For the version by Pentatonix: "Classements – Pentatonix – Hallelujah (chanson)" (in French). Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  213. ^ Peak chart positions on the Dutch Single Top 100:
    • For the version by Lisa: "Dutch Charts – Lisa (Lois) – Hallelujah" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  214. ^ Peak chart positions on the New Zealand Singles Chart:
    • For the version by Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton: "New Zealand Charts – Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton – Hallelujah (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
    • For the version by Karise Eden: "New Zealand Charts – Karise Eden – Hallelujah (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  215. ^ Peak chart positions on the Swedish Singles Chart:
    • For the version by Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton: "Swedish Charts – Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton – Hallelujah (song)". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  216. ^ Peak positions on the Swiss Singles Chart:
    • For the version by Bastian Baker: "Swiss Charts – Bastian Baker – Hallelujah" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
    • For the version by Pentatonix: "Swiss Charts – Pentatonix – Hallelujah" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  217. ^ Peak chart positions on the UK Singles Chart:
    • For the version by Bon Jovi: [1]
    • For the version by Kate Voegele: "Chart Archive – Kate Voegele – Hallelujah". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
    • For the version by Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton: "Chart Archive – Timberlake / Morris / Sexton – Hallelujah". officialcharts.com.
  218. ^ Peak chart positions on the US Billboard Hot 100:
    • For the version by Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton: . Billboard. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
    • For the version by Kate Voegele: "Kate Voegele – Chart History". Billboard.
    • For the version by Pentatonix: "Pentatonix – Chart History". Billboard.
  219. ^ "Les Disques d'Or / de Platine – 2010" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  220. ^ . Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  221. ^ "Bastian Baker – Hallelujah". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

Further reading

External links

  • 1984 version lyrics, on The Leonard Cohen Files
  • 1988 version lyrics, on The Leonard Cohen Files
  • BBC: Just whose hallelujah is it anyway? – article on writing and meaning of song
  • BBC: Hallelujah! The rise and rise of Leonard Cohen's once-forgotten classic – 2012 report, by writer Alan Light
  • Hallelujah Guitar chords on Chordlines

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hallelujah, leonard, cohen, song, hallelujah, song, written, canadian, singer, leonard, cohen, originally, released, album, various, positions, 1984, achieving, little, initial, success, song, found, greater, popular, acclaim, through, version, recorded, john,. 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 Hallelujah Artwork for 1984 Dutch singleSingle by Leonard Cohenfrom the album Various PositionsReleasedDecember 1984RecordedJune 1984 1 2 GenreFolk rockLength4 39LabelColumbiaSongwriter s Leonard CohenProducer s John LissauerThe 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 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 Contents 1 History 2 Musical composition and lyrical interpretation 3 Charts 4 Certifications 5 Cover versions 5 1 John Cale 5 2 Jeff Buckley 5 2 1 Critical reception 5 2 2 Commercial performance 5 2 3 Usage in media 5 2 4 Charts 5 2 4 1 Weekly charts 5 2 4 2 Year end charts 5 2 5 Certifications 5 3 Rufus Wainwright 5 3 1 Charts 5 4 k d lang 5 4 1 Charts 5 4 2 Certifications 5 5 Alexandra Burke 5 5 1 Chart battle with other versions 5 5 2 Commercial performance 5 5 3 Charts 5 5 4 Certifications 5 6 Pentatonix 5 6 1 Weekly charts 5 6 2 Year end charts 5 6 3 Certifications 5 7 Other cover versions 6 Inclusions in film television and events 7 Accolades and achievements 8 Other charted versions 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory Edit Leonard Cohen s studio recording source source Partial excerpt of first verse and chorus First included in Cohen s 1984 album Various Positions Jeff Buckley Hallelujah cover excerpt source source track From the album Grace released in 1994 In 2007 Sony BMG rereleased the album subtitled The Legacy Edition with a live music video of the song Problems playing these files See media help Cohen is reputed to have written around 80 7 to as many as 180 8 draft verses for Hallelujah a number affected by the accounting question that he had many versions of the same line 9 Cohen is said to have claimed 150 draft verses a claim substantiated by his notebooks containing manifold revisions and additions and by contemporary interviews 10 In a writing session in New York s Royalton Hotel Cohen is famously said to have been reduced to sitting on the floor in his underwear filling notebooks banging his head on the floor 7 Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine creators of the 2022 documentary film Hallelujah Leonard Cohen A Journey A Song said that Cohen took about five years to write the song and reconfigured it numerous times for performances 11 Unlike some other songs that became anthems Hallelujah initially was on an album that was rejected by Columbia Records 12 was largely ignored after an independent label released it wasn t widely 8 covered until John Cale s 1991 version and didn t reach the Billboard charts until Cohen s death in 2016 13 Reflecting on the song s initial rejection Cohen related that Columbia told him that we know you are great but don t know if you are any good 14 Following his original 1984 studio album version Cohen performed the original song on his world tour in 1985 but live performances during his 1988 and 1993 tours almost invariably contained a quite different set of lyrics Numerous singers mix lyrics from both versions and occasionally make direct lyric changes for example in place of Cohen s holy dove Canadian American singer Rufus Wainwright substituted holy dark while Canadian singer songwriter Allison Crowe sang holy ghost Musical composition and lyrical interpretation Edit Hallelujah in its original version is in 128 time which evokes both early rock and roll and gospel music Written in the key of C major the chord progression of C F G A minor F matches those referenced in the song s famous first verse 15 When at age 50 Cohen first recorded the song he described it as rather joyous and said that it came from a desire to affirm my faith in life not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm with emotion 16 He later said there is a religious hallelujah but there are many other ones When one looks at the world there s only one thing to say and it s hallelujah 16 Journalist Larry Sloman who knew Cohen well and interviewed him often 8 described the song as one part biblical one part the woman that Cohen slept with last night 9 citing an unidentified critic saying that Cohen was most interested in holiness and horniness 8 Meaning of Hallelujah This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled But there are moments when we can reconcile and embrace the whole mess and that s what I mean by Hallelujah Leonard Cohen 17 His original version recorded on his 1984 album Various Positions contains allusions to several biblical verses including the stories of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges she cut your hair as well as King David and Bathsheba you saw her bathing on the roof her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you 15 18 Cohen s lyrical poetry and his view that many different hallelujahs exist is reflected in wide ranging covers with very different intents or tones allowing the song to be melancholic fragile uplifting or joyous depending on the performer 15 The Welsh singer songwriter John Cale the first person to record a cover version of the song in 1991 promoted a message of soberness and sincerity in contrast to Cohen s dispassionate tone 15 the cover by Jeff Buckley an American singer songwriter is more sorrowful and was described by Buckley as a hallelujah to the orgasm 15 19 Crowe interpreted the song as a very sexual composition that discussed relationships 15 Wainwright offered a purifying and almost liturgical interpretation 15 and Guy Garvey of the British band Elbow made the hallelujah a stately creature and incorporated his religious interpretation of the song into his band s recordings 15 Noting its inclusion in the 2001 animated movie Shrek and performance in numerous singing competition reality shows New York Times movie reviewer A O Scott wrote that Hallelujah is one of those rare songs that survives its banalization with at least some of its sublimity intact 8 Canadian singer k d lang said in an interview shortly after Cohen s death that she considered the song to be about the struggle between having human desire and searching for spiritual wisdom It s being caught between those two places 20 Former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page who sang the song at Canadian politician Jack Layton s funeral described the song as being about disappointing other people 21 Where songs come from Even Cohen like the king in the song was baffled by Hallelujah He didn t want to explain it and decided he probably couldn t if he tried He said If I knew where songs came from I would go there more often Xan Brooks The Guardian 22 The song was the subject of a 2012 book The Holy or the Broken Leonard Cohen Jeff Buckley amp the Unlikely Ascent of Hallelujah author Alan Light said that Cohen s approach to language and craft feel unlike the work of anybody else They sound rooted in poetry and literature because he studied as a poet and a novelist first 13 The book served as the basis for the 2022 documentary film Hallelujah Leonard Cohen A Journey A Song the film s co creator said that Cohen addressed the deepest of our human concerns about longing for connection and longing for some sort of hope transcendence and acknowledgment of the difficulties of life 13 Financial Times arts and culture columnist Enuma Okoro wrote that the lyrics and the tone of the song seem to sway between hymn and dirge two musical forms that could serve as responses to almost everything that happens in our lives songs that celebrate and acknowledge the blessings and provisions of our lives and songs that bemoan our losses our heartbreaks and our deaths 23 Okoro noted that the Hebrew language roots of the word hallelujah means praise God adding that Cohen said people have been singing it for thousands of years to affirm our little journey 23 Charts EditChart 1985 2016 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 24 59Austria O3 Austria Top 40 25 13Canada Canadian Hot 100 26 17Czech Republic Singles Digital Top 100 27 65Finland Download Latauslista 28 4France SNEP 29 1Germany Official German Charts 30 27Ireland IRMA 31 55Italy FIMI 32 66Netherlands Single Top 100 33 27New Zealand Heatseekers RMNZ 34 1Portugal AFP 35 69Scotland OCC 36 30Slovakia Singles Digital Top 100 37 58Spain PROMUSICAE 38 3Sweden Sverigetopplistan 39 16Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 40 2UK Singles OCC 41 36US Billboard Hot 100 6 59US Hot Rock amp Alternative Songs Billboard 42 20Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 24 Gold 35 000 United Kingdom BPI 43 Silver 200 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Cover versions EditSince 1991 Hallelujah has been performed by more than 300 singers in many languages 5 Statistics from the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA the Canadian Recording Industry Association the Australian Recording Industry Association and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry show that by late 2008 more than five million copies of the song sold in CD format citation needed It has been the subject of a BBC Radio documentary a book 3 and been in the soundtracks of numerous films and television programs 44 Different interpretations of the song may include different verses out of the more than 80 verses Cohen originally wrote 45 In an April 2009 CBC Radio interview Cohen said he found the number of covers of his song ironic and amusing given that his record label refused to release it when he first wrote it however he then claimed the song could benefit from a break in exposure I was just reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it and the reviewer said Can we please have a moratorium on Hallelujah in movies and television shows And I kind of feel the same way I think it s a good song but I think too many people sing it 46 47 Conversely in early 2012 while promoting his then current album Old Ideas Cohen stated he was not tired of the song being covered There s been a couple of times when other people have said can we have a moratorium please on Hallelujah Must we have it at the end of every single drama and every single Idol And once or twice I ve felt maybe I should lend my voice to silencing it but on second thought no I m very happy that it s being sung 48 John Cale Edit John Cale s cover first appeared on I m Your Fan 1991 a Leonard Cohen tribute album and later on his live album Fragments of a Rainy Season 1992 Cale s version has vocals piano and different lyrics that Cohen had only performed live such as I used to live alone before I knew you and All I ever learned from love was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you Cale had watched Cohen perform the song and asked Cohen to send him the lyrics 3 Cohen then faxed Cale 15 pages of lyrics Cale claims that he went through and just picked out the cheeky verses 45 Cale s version forms the basis of most subsequent performances including Cohen s performances during his 2008 09 world tour Cale s version is used in the film Shrek 2001 but Rufus Wainwright s version appears on the soundtrack album 15 3 Cale s also appears on the first soundtrack album for the TV series Scrubs 49 50 and as the ending song of the Cold Case episode Death Penalty Final Appeal Jeff Buckley Edit Hallelujah Single by Jeff Buckleyfrom the album GraceReleased22 May 2007 51 RecordedLate 1993 94 at Bearsville Studios Bearsville New YorkGenreFolkalternative rockLength6 53LabelColumbiaSongwriter s Leonard CohenProducer s Andy WallaceJeff Buckley singles chronology Forget Her 2004 Hallelujah 2007 Jeff Buckley inspired by Cale s earlier cover recorded one of the most acclaimed versions of Hallelujah for his only complete album Grace in 1994 It was released as a single in 2007 ten years after Buckley s death Critical reception Edit In 2004 Buckley s version was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone s The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 19 The same year Time called Buckley s version exquisitely sung observing Cohen murmured the original like a dirge but Buckley treated the song like a tiny capsule of humanity using his voice to careen between glory and sadness beauty and pain It s one of the great songs 52 In September 2007 a poll of fifty songwriters conducted by the magazine Q listed Hallelujah among the all time Top 10 Greatest Tracks with John Legend calling Buckley s version as near perfect as you can get The lyrics to Hallelujah are just incredible and the melody s gorgeous and then there s Jeff s interpretation of it It s one of the most beautiful pieces of recorded music I ve ever heard 53 In July 2009 the Buckley track was ranked number three on the 2009 Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time a listener poll held every decade by the Australian radio station Triple J 54 In 2017 The International Observer named Buckley s version of Hallelujah the greatest song of all time 55 On 2 April 2013 it was announced that Buckley s version of the song will be inducted into the Library of Congress s National Recording Registry 56 Commercial performance Edit Buckley s version was not an instant hit nor did Buckley live to see the full measure of the reception his recording would ultimately have he died in 1997 The album on which it appeared did not go gold in the U S until 2002 nine years after its release In fact like Cohen s original the Buckley version was not released as a single until much later and it did not chart until 2006 posthumously for Buckley In March of that year Buckley had his first national top 10 best seller when Hallelujah was at number seven in Norway In 2007 it made the top 3 on the Swedish charts In March 2008 it topped Billboard s Hot Digital Songs in the U S after a performance of the song by Jason Castro in the seventh season of American Idol 57 58 59 The sudden resurgence of interest provided both Gold and Platinum status the RIAA certifying the digital track on 22 April 2008 60 It has sold 1 144 000 digital copies in the US as of May 2010 61 It also hit number one in France in March 2008 Usage in media Edit The Buckley version has been widely used in film and television dramas including the movie Lord of War 62 the series The West Wing 52 Crossing Jordan 52 Without a Trace 52 The O C 52 63 Third Watch 52 LAX 52 and Justica 64 Hallelujah can be joyous or bittersweet depending on what part of it you use Time quoted Buckley s publisher as saying The magazine opined that its liberal use in some cases was a tacit admission that neither the writers nor the actors could convey their characters emotions as well as Buckley 52 On 20 April 2013 Buckley s version of the song was played at Fenway Park during a tribute honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing before the Red Sox played their first home game following the tragedy 65 Charts Edit Weekly charts Edit Chart 2006 16 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 66 70Austria O3 Austria Top 40 67 38Canadian Digital Songs Billboard 68 2European Hot 100 Singles 69 10France SNEP 70 64France Downloads Chart SNEP 71 1Finland Suomen virallinen lista 72 14Ireland IRMA 73 8Italy FIMI 74 45Netherlands Single Top 100 75 3New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 76 22Norway VG lista 77 7Sweden Sverigetopplistan 78 5Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 79 38UK Singles The Official Charts Company 80 2US Digital Songs Billboard 81 1 Year end charts Edit Chart 2008 PositionSweden Sverigetopplistan 82 100 Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 83 2 Platinum 140 000 Belgium BEA 84 Gold 25 000 Canada Music Canada 85 2 Platinum 160 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 86 Gold 7 500 Germany BVMI 87 Gold 150 000 Italy FIMI 88 Platinum 50 000 New Zealand RMNZ 89 Gold 5 000 Sweden GLF 90 Gold 10 000 United Kingdom BPI 92 Platinum 501 427 91 United States RIAA 93 2 Platinum 2 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Rufus Wainwright Edit Wainwright in 2010 Canadian American musician and singer Rufus Wainwright had briefly met Jeff Buckley and recorded a tribute to him after his 1997 death That song Memphis Skyline referenced Buckley s version of Hallelujah which Wainwright would later record though using piano and a similar arrangement to Cale s Wainwright s version is included on the album Shrek Music from the Original Motion Picture although it was Cale s version that was used in the film itself 94 The Shrek soundtrack containing Wainwright s cover was certified 2 Platinum in the United States in 2003 as selling more than two million copies Rufus Wainwright his sister Martha Wainwright and Joan Wasser performed the song in the film Leonard Cohen I m Your Man In 2016 Rufus Wainwright recorded a version of the song with a chorus of 1500 singers at a disused power station in Toronto 95 Charts Edit Chart 2007 2010 PeakpositionUK Singles Official Charts Company 96 97US Hot Rock and Alternative Songs Billboard 97 16US Rock Digital Songs Billboard 98 11k d lang Edit In 2004 k d lang recorded a version of Hallelujah on her album Hymns of the 49th Parallel She has since sung it at several major events such as at the Canadian Juno Awards of 2005 99 where it brought the audience to its feet for a two minute ovation 100 Lang also sang it at the 2006 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame when Cohen was inducted into the Hall of Fame 101 Cohen s partner singer Anjani Thomas said After hearing k d lang perform that song at the Canadian Songwriter s Hall of Fame in 2006 we looked at each other and said well I think we can lay that song to rest now It s really been done to its ultimate blissful state of perfection 102 Lang sang it at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver before a claimed TV audience of three billion 103 Lang again performed the song at the 2017 Tower of Song A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen concert 104 Charts Edit Chart 2010 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 105 13Canada Canadian Hot 100 106 2Denmark Tracklisten 107 40Netherlands Single Top 100 108 23Norway VG lista 109 11Sweden Sverigetopplistan 110 12Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 111 21US Billboard Hot 100 112 61 Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesCanada Music Canada 113 Platinum 80 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Alexandra Burke Edit Hallelujah Single by Alexandra Burkefrom the album OvercomeB side Candyman Live on The X Factor Without You Live on The X Factor Released17 December 2008Recorded2008GenreR amp B popLength3 39LabelSycoSongwriter s Leonard CohenProducer s Quiz amp LarossiAlexandra Burke singles chronology Hero 2008 Hallelujah 2008 Bad Boys 2009 Music video Hallelujah on YouTubeAlexandra Burke the winner of the fifth series of the reality television show The X Factor released a condensed cover version of the song as a prize for her victory It reached Christmas number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 December 2008 114 Chart battle with other versions Edit The release of Burke s cover created interest in the previous versions of the song including a Buckley fan campaign to take Buckley s cover to the top of the Christmas chart and therefore deny Burke the top spot 115 The campaign was fuelled by Buckley fans dislike of The X Factor s commercialism and the song s arrangement 116 117 as well as their desire to introduce younger people to Buckley s version 118 Burke herself was not enamoured of the choice of song remarking It just didn t do anything for me 117 Commercial performance Edit Burke s version broke a European sales record after selling more than 105 000 digital downloads in just one day breaking the previous record set by Leona Lewis 119 The song sold 576 000 copies in its first week becoming the fastest selling single released by a woman in the United Kingdom and the 2008 Christmas number one while Buckley s cover charted at number two and Cohen s original version at number 36 114 On 28 December 2008 the UK Singles Chart listed Burke s version as the biggest selling single of the year 119 120 with NME announcing sales of more than one million copies since its release 121 This also made Burke the first ever female British artist to have a million selling single in the UK 122 It has sold 1 330 million as of August 2016 making it the biggest selling X Factor winner s single to date 123 Charts Edit Chart 2008 17 PeakpositionAustria O3 Austria Top 40 124 53Canada AC Billboard 125 15Czech Republic Radio Top 100 126 27European Hot 100 Singles 127 6France SNEP 128 175Ireland IRMA 73 1Scotland OCC 129 1Slovenia SloTop50 130 25UK Singles OCC 131 1Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesGermany BVMI 132 Gold 150 000 United Kingdom BPI 133 3 Platinum 1 800 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Pentatonix Edit Hallelujah Single by Pentatonixfrom the album A Pentatonix ChristmasReleased21 October 2016Recorded2016GenreA cappellaLength4 28LabelRCASongwriter s Leonard CohenProducer s Pentatonix Ben BramPentatonix singles chronology Jolene 2016 Hallelujah 2016 Dancing On My Own 2017 Music video Hallelujah on YouTube Pentatonix 2015 The a cappella group Pentatonix covered the song in the quintet s 2016 album A Pentatonix Christmas On 21 October 2016 Pentatonix also released a music video for their cover filmed in the California Mojave Desert 134 135 Weekly charts Edit Chart 2016 2023 PeakpositionAustria O3 Austria Top 40 136 1Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 137 22Belgium Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia 138 14Canada Canadian Hot 100 139 16Czech Republic Singles Digital Top 100 140 83France SNEP 141 20Germany Official German Charts 142 4Global 200 Billboard 143 62Hungary Single Top 40 144 2Italy FIMI 145 18Netherlands Single Top 100 146 87Slovakia Singles Digital Top 100 147 53Spain PROMUSICAE 148 23Sweden Sverigetopplistan 149 44Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 150 7US Billboard Hot 100 151 23US Holiday 100 Billboard 152 2US Rolling Stone Top 100 153 68Year end charts Edit Chart 2016 PositionHungary Single Top 40 154 71Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 155 Platinum 70 000 Canada Music Canada 156 Platinum 80 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 157 Gold 45 000 Germany BVMI 158 Platinum 400 000 Italy FIMI 159 Platinum 50 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 160 Platinum 30 000 United States RIAA 161 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Other cover versions Edit it s a beautifully constructed melody that steps up evolves and slips back all in quick time But this song has a connective chorus which when it comes in has a power all of its own The secret chord and the point blank I know you better than you know yourself aspect of the song has plenty of resonance for me Bob Dylan 162 Bob Dylan was among the first to perform Cohen s song in concert with his earliest noted performance being in Montreal on 8 July 1988 163 Other notable singers who have covered Hallelujah include Brandi Carlile Regina Spektor Willie Nelson Susan Boyle Tim Minchin Myles Kennedy and Bono Bono s version which is mostly spoken was included in Tower of Song an all star tribute to Cohen in 1995 Bon Jovi has covered the song several times in concert including on their 2008 Live at Madison Square Garden DVD 164 In 2006 the Norwegian quartet of Espen Lind Kurt Nilsen Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm released a cover of the song After debuting at number 8 on the Norwegian VG lista the single reached number one in January 2007 165 The song remained listed on the Norwegian top 20 for 37 non consecutive weeks between 2006 and 2007 166 The song also appears on the 2006 album Hallelujah Live credited to Lind with Nilsen Fuentes and Holm which also reached the top of the Norwegian VG lista 167 International group Il Divo released a Spanish language adaptation with different lyrics on their album The Promise 2008 which topped the charts in the UK The song was performed by recording artist Damien Rice at the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions when Cohen was inducted That same year Welsh mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins recorded a classical crossover version for her album Sacred Arias 163 Kate Voegele performed it in character as Mia Catalano in the U S teen drama One Tree Hill Also appearing on an album her version made the Hot 100 Billboard charts and reached number 53 in the UK shortly after airing of the episode there 168 Also in 2008 the Welsh band Brigyn released a version in Welsh 169 In 2009 Swedish artist Ebba Forsberg released a version sung in Swedish The song has become a staple of television talent shows Jason Castro an American Idol season 7 contestant performed a version on 4 March 2008 170 which propelled Jeff Buckley s version of the song to the top of the Billboard digital song chart 57 58 His version was included in his self titled debut album and his second studio album Who I Am Lisa Hordijk winner of the 2009 Dutch X Factor released Hallelujah as her debut single which went double platinum and remained at the top of the Dutch charts for ten weeks 171 A 2009 hit by Orthodox Jewish singer Ohad Moskowitz Bo i Kala featuring the words of the traditional tune accompanying a Jewish bride to the chuppah is a musical adaptation of Hallelujah 172 173 On 22 January 2010 American musicians Justin Timberlake Matt Morris and Charlie Sexton performed a live cover version of Hallelujah during the Hope for Haiti Now telethon in support of those affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake A recorded version was released the following day on the Hope for Haiti Now soundtrack album and reached a peak of number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 174 On 16 April 2010 the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Richard Eaton Singers conducted by Jack Everly premiered a new arrangement for orchestra and chorus by Claude Lapalme 175 Also in 2010 the Maccabeats of Yeshiva University released Voices from the Heights with an a cappella version of Hallelujah set to the Hebrew words of the Shabbat liturgical poem Lecha Dodi 176 177 Steven Page performed the song live at the state funeral of Canadian Opposition Leader Jack Layton on 27 August 2011 178 Raul Esparza performed the song live at the Kennedy Center s 11 September Memorial Concert on 8 September 2011 179 In May 2012 Canada s Royal Winnipeg Ballet presented the World Premiere of The Doorway Scenes from Leonard Cohen created and choreographed by Jorden Morris with Hallelujah performed by Allison Crowe voice and piano and ballerinas Sophia Lee and Jo Ann Gudilin dancing alternate dates 180 On the 17 December 2012 episode of The Voice the song was covered in tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting by coaches Christina Aguilera Adam Levine Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green 181 American actor comedian and musician Adam Sandler performed an off color parody of Hallelujah in December 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York City as part of 12 12 12 The Concert for Sandy Relief with Paul Shaffer on piano Sandler s version contained numerous references to Hurricane Sandy and contemporary events in local culture sports and politics 182 Singer Tori Kelly recorded a cover of Hallelujah for the animated film Sing and has done two notable live performances of the song during the In Memoriam portion of the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards and alongside Luis Fonsi during the 2017 Hand in Hand A Benefit for Hurricane Relief telethon 183 184 In August 2020 Cohen fans were incensed when Kelly s recording was played after Donald Trump s speech at the Republican National Convention 185 A legal representative for the Cohen estate said they had specifically declined the RNC s use request for one of the most important songs in the Cohen song catalogue She added that the estate might have approved the use of Cohen s You Want It Darker 186 On 12 November 2016 an episode of Saturday Night Live opened with cast member Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton performing a rendition of the song in tribute to both Cohen and Clinton The preceding week had seen both Cohen s death and Clinton s loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 U S presidential election 187 Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington sang Hallelujah during his eulogy to Chris Cornell at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on 26 May 2017 188 The American alt right conspiracy theorist and comedian Owen Benjamin used the music of Hallelujah with new lyrics in his song titled How They Rule Ya in support of freeing British far right activist Tommy Robinson who was held at the time for contempt of court charges for violating a press gag order and illegally filming some of the defendants 189 in the trial of the Huddersfield grooming gang Released on 12 June 2018 under the alternative title Free Tommy Robinson it charted in the UK iTunes Charts 190 Robinson as a tribute and gratitude to Owen Benjamin upon his release led the crowd outside the Old Bailey to a rendition of the song written by Benjamin 191 At a national remembrance in January 2021 for those killed by the COVID 19 pandemic in the United States Yolanda Adams sang a slightly modified two verses of Hallelujah changing Maybe there s no God above to I know that there s a God above A number of American Jews criticized the performance as they had a usage of the song at the end of the 2020 Republican National Convention for ignoring the song s lyrics about sexuality and questioning one s faith 192 Inclusions in film television and events EditAmerican Idol 62 America s Got Talent 62 Basquiat 62 Cold Case 193 Criminal Minds 194 Crossing Jordan 52 CSI 193 COVID memorial service Washington 2021 14 Dancing with the Stars 62 Elizabeth II s 2022 memorial ceremony in Ottawa 195 ER 62 General Hospital 62 Hope for Haiti Now concert 62 House 62 I Can Only Imagine 194 Zack Snyder s Justice League 196 LAX 52 Longmire 194 Lord of War 62 Numbers 193 The O C 62 Olympics opening ceremony Vancouver 197 One Tree Hill 198 Saint Ralph 199 Saturday Night Live 187 Scrubs 62 Sense8 194 Shrek 62 Sing 194 The Sing Off 62 So You Think You Can Dance 198 Third Watch 52 Trauma 62 True Blood 193 Watchmen 62 The West Wing 62 Without a Trace 52 The X Factor 62 The Young Pope 194 12 12 12 The Concert for Sandy Relief 62 Accolades and achievements EditThe BBC commemorated the 25th anniversary of the first recording of Hallelujah with an hour long radio documentary The Fourth The Fifth The Minor Fall broadcast on 1 November 2008 in which the song s history and numerous cover versions were presented and discussed 15 The song was named one of the top ten greatest tracks of all time in a poll of songwriters conducted by the British music magazine Q 200 Rolling Stone magazine listed the song as one of the 500 greatest songs 19 In the February 2009 issue of Blender Hallelujah was named that month s Greatest Song Ever a monthly feature 201 In 2005 Hallelujah was named the tenth greatest Canadian song of all time in Chart magazine s annual readers poll On 21 December 2008 Hallelujah became the first song in 51 years 114 to hold the top two positions on the UK Singles Chart The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke s and American singer Jeff Buckley s covers were the two highest selling songs in the week beginning 15 December 2008 Leonard Cohen s version was number 36 in the same chart 202 In 2014 Hallelujah was ranked number 1 in Rolling Stone s Best Leonard Cohen Songs readers poll 203 Cohen s original version was ranked number 74 on the 2021 edition of Top 500 Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine 204 Other charted versions EditCovering Artist s Year Peak chart positions CertificationsAUS 205 AUT 206 BEL FL 207 BEL WA 208 CAN 209 DEN 210 EU 211 FRA 212 NL 213 NZ 214 SWE 215 SWI 216 UK 217 US 218 Bon Jovi 2008 29 177 Kate Voegele 53 68Lisa Lois 2009 99 1 Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris featuring Charlie Sexton 2010 22 25 31 5 37 8 10 91 13Natalia and Gabriel Rios 1 6 81 BEA Platinum 219 Karise Eden 2012 2 35 ARIA Platinum 220 Bastian Baker A 18 24 Matthew Schuler 2013 40Xavier Naidoo 2014 20 36 Notes A Bastian Baker s version of Hallelujah did not enter the Ultratop 50 but peaked at number 5 on the Wallonia Ultratip chart 221 References Edit 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 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