Hallelujah (4:14)
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“Hallelujah” is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen originally released on his 1984 studio album Various Positions. “Hallelujah” has been covered more than 120 times (counting only recorded, not live, versions) and featured in the soundtracks of numerous movies and television shows.
American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley recorded one of the best-known covers of “Hallelujah” for his 1994 studio album, Grace. Buckley, not wholly satisfied with any one take, recorded the song more than twenty times. Grammy Award-winning music studio engineer Andy Wallace took three of these recordings to create a single track. The result is a sparse-sounding production of vocals and electric guitar, influenced by John Cale’s version.
In 2004, Jeff Buckley’s version was ranked #259 on Rolling Stone’s “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. In September 2007, a poll of fifty songwriters conducted by Q Magazine listed “Hallelujah” among the all-time “Top 10 Greatest Tracks” with John Legend calling Buckley’s version “as near perfect as you can get”. Buckley’s first #1 came posthumously in March 2008 when “Hallelujah” topped Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs following a performance of the song by Jason Castro on American Idol.
American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley recorded one of the best-known covers of “Hallelujah” for his 1994 studio album, Grace. Buckley, not wholly satisfied with any one take, recorded the song more than twenty times. Grammy Award-winning music studio engineer Andy Wallace took three of these recordings to create a single track. The result is a sparse-sounding production of vocals and electric guitar, influenced by John Cale’s version.
In 2004, Jeff Buckley’s version was ranked #259 on Rolling Stone’s “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. In September 2007, a poll of fifty songwriters conducted by Q Magazine listed “Hallelujah” among the all-time “Top 10 Greatest Tracks” with John Legend calling Buckley’s version “as near perfect as you can get”. Buckley’s first #1 came posthumously in March 2008 when “Hallelujah” topped Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs following a performance of the song by Jason Castro on American Idol.
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her035 wrote:
Thank You, Jeff
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Frillicious wrote:
One of the best songs for me in the history of all music.
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Lorettaa wrote:
wahnsinnig schön!
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ChrisJHutchins wrote:
A voice that shows that a voice can be a true instrument... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtaOGs_3EHA
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ShyXero wrote:
incredible
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Indyroo wrote:
;_; hits something somewhere inside me...
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Jeanskatze wrote:
ZUM WEINEN SCHÖN
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chantchantchant wrote:
most touching piece of music ever recorded
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bully_bass wrote:
I'm a big Cohen fan but this is the best version anyone has recorded of this great song! Such a shame the boy had to die so young like his father. How tragic is that?
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tomandoelfresko wrote:
alucinante este tema!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ivonamaja wrote:
love it !
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edoslast wrote:
böyle şarkı söyleyen biri sonsuza kadar yaşar diye düşündürtüyor...
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penguin_93 wrote:
Can't think of a better cover than this... this makes me cry :'(
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b060113last wrote:
its one of the best songs i've cried to
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Caz_Mc wrote:
One of the greatest artists of all time. He put so much emotion into his music.
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Isledune wrote:
i'm in tears
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rustyking wrote:
Superb. Sublime. A great song by Leonard Cohen. A magical interpretation from Jeff Buckley. This song always moves me no matter how many times I've heard it before.
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Milusass wrote:
incredible.
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goldendreams wrote:
As close to perfection as it's possible for a song to be...
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Bluesman24 wrote:
Ich sag´nur die fetten Jahre sind vorbei....
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