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- Buckley has been posthumously recognized as a musical genius, and his cover of "Hallelujah" was soon considered a classic. In 2004, Rolling Stone declared it one of the greatest songs ever recorded, and in 2013, the Library of Congress added Buckley's cover to the National Registry.
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"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991.
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- John Cale (I'm Your Fan, 1991): Sparse, haunting, and impeccably sung, the former Velvet Underground member teased out the song's melody in a way Leonard Cohen never could.
- Jeff Buckley (Grace, 1994): So many of the song's fans believe Buckley wrote "Hallelujah," and he may as well have, in a sense: He reimagined it in remarkable ways and brought it to popular light, even if he never lived to see the effect.
- Rufus Wainwright (Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture, 2001): Wainwright's take is lovely, unadorned and efficient in tempo—and similar enough that hardly anyone noticed when it was swapped in for Cale's on the Shrek soundtrack.
- Regina Spektor (concert for the Jewish Heritage Festival, 2005): Russian-born "anti-folk" star Spektor never actually recorded "Hallelujah," which is a minor tragedy of its own.
Jun 30, 2021 · Crowe has twice recorded piano-based versions of “Hallelujah”: once in 2004, and again recently for the soundtrack of Zack Snyder’s “Justice League.”
Nov 11, 2016 · Leonard Cohen, whose gravely baritone and sophisticated songs of religion and love, depression and suicide, politics and war made him an unlikely and reluctant pop star, has died, it was...
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Sep 14, 2022 · In 2004, kd lang recorded a version of Hallelujah on her album Hymns of the 49th Parallel and performed it at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Nov 7, 2017 · In 2004 Lang recorded a ‘Hallelujah’ cover for her album ‘Hymns of the 49th Parallel’ but it’s far more powerful here, at the 2005 Juno Awards in her (and Cohen’s) home country of Canada.
Jun 30, 2023 · Buckley has been posthumously recognized as a musical genius, and his cover of "Hallelujah" was soon considered a classic. In 2004, Rolling Stone declared it one of the greatest songs ever recorded, and in 2013, the Library of Congress added Buckley's cover to the National Registry.
