"moment for Irish pop"" in 2008, with the same publication later calling it the best Irish song of that year. Jape fans launched an online petition to establish the song as the Christmas number one in the Irish Singles Chart. However, it lost out to a cover of the Leonard Cohen song ""Hallelujah"", performed by Alexandra Burke, that year's winner of British television talent show ""The X Factor"". The song is often covered by Irish indie musician Rob Smith. Phil Lynott (song) ""Phil Lynott"" is a 2008 single by the Irish band Jape, taken from their third studio album, ""Ritual""."
"Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song) ""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 recording by John Cale, which inspired a recording by Jeff Buckley. It is considered as the ""baseline"" of secular hymns. Following its increased popularity after being featured in the film ""Shrek"" (2001), many other arrangements have been performed in recordings and in concert, with over 300 versions known. The song has been used in film and television soundtracks and televised talent contests. ""Hallelujah"" experienced renewed interest"
"Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song) ""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 recording by John Cale, which inspired a recording by Jeff Buckley. It is considered as the ""baseline"" of secular hymns. Following its increased popularity after being featured in the film ""Shrek"" (2001), many other arrangements have been performed in recordings and in concert, with over 300 versions known. The song has been used in film and television soundtracks and televised talent contests. ""Hallelujah"" experienced renewed interest"
"""Hallelujah"", a cover of Leonard Cohen's song, was Burke's debut release as ""The X Factor"" winner's single. The song, which reached the UK Singles Chart Christmas number-one, broke numerous records including the ""fastest-selling download ever across Europe"" after selling 105,000 digital copies after just two days of release, and 576,000 copies in its first sales week. The song remained at number-one for three weeks, and was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. ""Hallelujah"" went on to sell over one million copies in the United Kingdom alone, and was 2008's biggest selling single in the United Kingdom, despite having only"
"his earliest noted performance being in Montreal on 8 July 1988. 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. 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"
"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, which propelled Jeff Buckley's version of the song to the top of the ""Billboard"" digital song chart. 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. A 2009 hit by Orthodox Jewish singer"
"Hallelujah (Paramore song) ""Hallelujah"" is a song by American rock band Paramore, released as the second single from their second studio album ""Riot!"". The single peaked at No. 139 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is not to be confused with the Leonard Cohen song of the same name, although on the ""Final Riot!"" summer 2008 tour, lead singer Hayley Williams performed an extract, accompanied by lead guitarist, Josh Farro. This song has two versions; the first one is the demo which got filtered and by that reason Hayley put all of her effort to make the new song"
"to the editorial about 10 ""mother"" themes, each with a length of over five minutes, before filming began. In the Christmas special episode ""Happy F*cking New Year"", a cover of Leonard Cohen's ""Hallelujah"" is featured, which was arranged by Gary Fry and recorded by the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, with the lead vocalist being Daniel Martin Moore. The theme music of ""Sense8"" was picked by the Wachowskis from the two hours of original music Tykwer and Klimek had written. The show received a nomination for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music during the 68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. For"
"song was also featured twice (once as a string quartet version) on the fourth season of ""So You Think You Can Dance"". A CD single and two 7""s were released in the UK on 10 September. Hallelujah (Paramore song) ""Hallelujah"" is a song by American rock band Paramore, released as the second single from their second studio album ""Riot!"". The single peaked at No. 139 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is not to be confused with the Leonard Cohen song of the same name, although on the ""Final Riot!"" summer 2008 tour, lead singer Hayley Williams performed an"
"December 2008, by Morter on Facebook in an attempt to make the song the 2008 Christmas number one in the UK. The campaign's purpose was to stop the winner of ""The X Factor"" from gaining the Christmas number one spot, thereby ending the show's chain of success. The year's X Factor winner at the time was Alexandra Burke with her winning song being a cover of Leonard Cohen's ""Hallelujah"". The group attracted nearly 30,000 people in its first week active. Campaigners were encouraged to get as many people as possible to download the song from iTunes between 15 and 20"
"he came 4th in the public voting. Ray Kelly (singer) Father Ray Kelly, S.P.S. (born April 1953 in Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath, Ireland) is an Irish Catholic priest, best known for singing. He is the priest of St. Brigid′s & St. Mary′s parish at Oldcastle, County Meath. Kelly became famous in 2014 after a video of him singing Leonard Cohen's song ""Hallelujah"" while officiating at a couple's wedding became a YouTube sensation. The words were modified to suit the occasion by 10-year-old bridesmaid Lucy Pitts O'Connor. By 2018, it had received over 61 million hits. In December 2014 Universal Music released"
"Christmas songs, including Wham!'s ""Last Christmas"" and ""Fairytale of New York"" by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, returned to the chart throughout December. Alexandra Burke won the fifth series of ""The X Factor"" on 13 December, and released her debut single - a cover of Leonard Cohen's track ""Hallelujah"" - on 14 December. The single sold 576,000 copies in its first week of release, and was the Christmas number one single of 2008. The late Jeff Buckley's version of ""Hallelujah"" - originally recorded for his 1994 album ""Grace"" - charted at number two, following a campaign to raise Buckley's version"
"that they considered the special as the twelfth episode of season 2. In the Christmas special episode ""Happy F*cking New Year"", a cover of Leonard Cohen's ""Hallelujah"" is featured, recorded by the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, with the lead vocalist being Daniel Martin Moore. The sequence, which depicts the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus singing, was originally cut to a different cover of the song, but days before the deadline of completion the licensing deal fell through, and Stoller had to order a custom version to be conducted to match their completed cut. The song was ready in five days,"
"on 22 April 2008. It has sold 1,144,000 digital copies in the US as of May 2010. It also hit number one in France in March 2008. The Buckley version has been widely used in film and television dramas, including the series ""The West Wing"", ""Crossing Jordan"", ""Without a Trace"", ""The O.C."", ""House"", ""Dirt"", ""Criminal Minds"", ""ER"", ""Third Watch"", ""Ugly Betty"", ""LAX"", ""NCIS"", ""Justiça"" and ""Sense8"" and the films ""Feast of Love"", ""The Edukators"", ""Vinterkyss"" and ""Lord of War"". ""Hallelujah can be joyous or bittersweet, depending on what part of it you use"", ""Time"" quoted Buckley's publisher as saying, and"
"filming began. This time around, Lana experimented more with combining original and source music while working with Mounsey, who in the last episode of the season was credited as composer, along with Klimek and Tykwer. In the Christmas special episode ""Happy F*cking New Year"", a cover of Leonard Cohen's ""Hallelujah"" is featured, which was arranged by Gary Fry and recorded by the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, with the lead vocalist being Daniel Martin Moore. The sequence, which depicts the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus singing, was originally cut to a different cover of the song, but days before the deadline"
"European and U.S. television and radio stations, while Cohen performed for the first time in his career on PBS's ""Austin City Limits"" show. ""Hallelujah"" was first released on Cohen's studio album ""Various Positions"" in 1984, and he sang it during his Europe tour in 1985. The song had limited initial success but found greater popularity through a 1991 cover by John Cale, which formed the basis for a later cover by Jeff Buckley. ""Hallelujah"" has been performed by almost 200 artists in various languages. The song is the subject of the book ""The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff"
"December 2004, followed by the album ""April"", in January 2005. In 2006 Lind, together with fellow Norwegian artists Kurt Nilsen (World Idol winner), Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm released the concert album ""Hallelujah Live"", featuring songs from the foursome's solo records as well as several songs by other artists, most notably a cover version of Leonard Cohen's ""Hallelujah"". Lind released a new single, ""Scared Of Heights,"" in May 2008. His fifth album titled ""Army Of One"" was released on the 23 June 2008. In January 2009 he received the award ""Årets Spelleman"" (artist of the year) at the Norwegian Grammy"
"songs. In April 2008, Voegele released her official debut single, ""Only Fooling Myself"". The song's music video was released in May 2008, and featured Voegele singing as the background changes to various different locations. The single peaked a #37 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart in the US, which is based on radio airplay. In September of the same year, Voegele released her second official single, a cover of the Leonard Cohen song ""Hallelujah"". Voegele's version of the song became her first single to chart on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in the US, where it debuted and"
"on his eponymous 1995 release. In 2004, jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux covered ""Dance Me to the End of Love"" on her album ""Careless Love""; the version even became a hit in Brazil. The best-known, and most-covered song on the album, however, is ""Hallelujah"", having been recorded by John Cale, Jeff Buckley (in one of the song's most acclaimed versions), and many others. ""Hallelujah"", ""Dance Me to the End of Love"" and ""If It Be Your Will"" all appear on the Canadian singer Patricia O'Callaghan's fifth solo album ""Matador: The Songs of Leonard Cohen"" released in 2011. All songs written by"
"what it means to be an artist and that it leaves less room for people trying to work their up organically. Before the UK Singles Chart started to include streaming data in its chart, another criticism of ""The X Factor"" is that the winner routinely achieves the number one spot in the UK Christmas singles charts, which, it is claimed, has ""taken the magic"" out of the event. In 2008, a campaign was launched to encourage people to buy Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's song ""Hallelujah"" instead of 2008 ""X Factor"" winner Alexandra Burke's version; however Burke beat Buckley's"
"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"". 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 No. 13 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. On 16 April 2010, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the"
"the song (in 1991), promoted a message of ""soberness and sincerity"" in contrast to Cohen's dispassionate tone; the cover by Jeff Buckley, an American singer-songwriter, is more sorrowful and was described by Buckley as ""a hallelujah to the orgasm""; Crowe interpreted the song as a ""very sexual"" composition that discussed relationships; Wainwright offered a ""purifying and almost liturgical"" interpretation; 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. Canadian singer k.d. lang said in an interview shortly after Cohen's death that she considered"
"the Year. To thank the fans and radio stations that supported him through his solo career, Lee released ""Hallelujah/Thunder Road"" in March 2011. Hallelujah, the classic song originally written and composed by Leonard Cohen, featured Lee on lead vocals and acoustic guitar and Peter Milo on backing vocals. It was released in response to the request of fans who heard him perform it at his many shows in Waikīkī and on tour. Thunder Road was composed by Lee during one of his tours of the West Coast of the U.S. Lee’s second solo album ""Kawehilani"" was released in May 2012"
"propelled Jeff Buckley's version to be certified gold and platinum as a single on April 22, 2008. Castro's version of the song ""Hallelujah"" briefly appeared in the number-one spot on the iTunes chart before it was removed due to the producers of ""American Idol"" not wanting any contestant to be favored. After his elimination Castro made a number of television appearances including on ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"" and ""The Ellen DeGeneres Show"" Castro returned to the Idol stage for the seventh-season finale and was the only top-12 finalist who performed a solo. He sang ""Hallelujah"". When he returned"
"Cohen's original, the Buckley version was not released as a single, until much later, and it didn't 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""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hot Digital Songs in the U.S. after a performance of the song by Jason Castro in the seventh season of ""American Idol"". The sudden resurgence of interest provided both Gold and Platinum status, the RIAA certifying the digital track"
"""American Idol"". The song debuted at No. 1 that week on ""Billboard""s Hot Digital Songs chart, giving Buckley his first No. 1 on any ""Billboard"" chart. In a similar vein, the 2008 UK ""X Factor"" winner, Alexandra Burke, released a cover of ""Hallelujah"" with the intent to top the UK Singles Chart as the Christmas number one single. Buckley fans countered this, launching a campaign with the aim of propelling Buckley's version to the number one spot. The campaign picked up support through social networking websites and it soon spread to the mainstream media. Burke's version eventually reached Christmas Number"
"Hallelujah! (gospel song) ""Hallelujah!"" is a 1992 song from """", a Grammy award winning Reprise Records concept album. The song is a soulful re-interpretation of the ""Hallelujah"" chorus from ""Messiah, ""George Frideric Handel's well-known oratorio from 1741. It is performed by a choir of all-star gospel, contemporary Christian, R&B and jazz singers, along with several actors. The song was arranged and produced by Take 6 alumnus Mervyn Warren, and conducted by Quincy Jones. ""Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration"" won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in 1992, as well as a Dove Award for Contemporary Gospel Album"
"record deal with Sony BMG and Syco Music and released her debut single, ""Hallelujah"". ""Hallelujah"" peaked at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart. The song became the current European record holder for single sales over a period of 24 hours, selling 105,000 copies in one day. It was also the top-selling song of the year in the UK, and became the 2008 UK Christmas number-one single. By January 2009, UK sales of Burke's version had passed one million copies, a first for a British female soloist. The music video for the song was directed by"
"Cohen"" (1998) Larry Coryell - ""Sketches of Coryell"" (1996) Changing Faces - ""Changing Faces"" (1994) Cliff Eberhardt - ""Now You are My Home"" (1993) Larry Coryell - ""Twelve Frets to One Octave"" (1991) Kimm Rogers- ""Where The Pavement Grows"" (2015) Leslie DiNicola- ""Wake Up"" (2014) Leslie DiNicola- ""Some Greener Yard"" (2012) Leslie DiNicola- ""Draw Back Your Bow"" (2011) Jenni Alpert – ""No Second Guesses"" (2008) Leonard Cohen – ""The Street"" (2006, unreleased) Jim Boggia – ""Safe in Sound"" (2005) ""Instead"", co-written with singer Madeleine Peyroux (2009) ""Homeless Happiness"", co-written with singer Madeleine Peyroux (2009) ""Live the Proof"", co-written with singer"
"following Cohen's death in November 2016 and appeared on multiple international singles charts, including entering the American ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for the first time. ""Hallelujah"", in its original version, is in time, which evokes both early rock and roll and gospel music. Written in the key of C major, the chord progression matches lyrics from the song: ""goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift"": C, F, G, A minor, F. Cohen wrote around 80 draft verses for ""Hallelujah"", with one writing session at the Royalton Hotel in New York where he was reduced"
"Perhaps Cohen's most famous song, ""Hallelujah"" was first released on his studio album ""Various Positions"" in 1984. ""I'm Your Man"" in 1988 marked Cohen's turn to synthesized productions and remains his most popular album. In 1992, Cohen released its follow-up, ""The Future"", which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest. Cohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of ""Ten New Songs"", which was a major hit in Canada and Europe. His eleventh album, ""Dear Heather"", followed in 2004. Following a successful string of tours between 2008 and 2013, Cohen released three albums in the final"
"That, Leona Lewis and Kings of Leon. Note: the official list of best-selling singles of 2008 produced by the Official Chart Company and published in ""Music Week"" in the issue dated 17 January 2009 originally included ""Superstar"" by Lupe Fiasco at number 22. The following week (issue dated 24 January 2009) ""Music Week"" published a correction by the OCC to the effect that sales of ""Superstar"" had been overstated and it should have been placed at number 67, with all the original numbers 23 to 67 moving up one place. This has been reflected in the table above. Notes: 2008"
"had led to speculation that either another British Invasion was underway or that there was a return to normalcy. In 2008 Leona Lewis's single ""Bleeding Love"" topped the Billboard Hot 100, and her album, ""Spirit"", also reached number 1, as Lewis became the first UK solo artist to debut at number one in the US with a debut album. The year would also be a successful one for Duffy, Adele, Estelle, and M.I.A. Led by Coldplay, British acts received a total of 16 Grammy Awards in 2009. In 2009, Jay Sean topped the Billboard Hot 100, followed by Taio Cruz"