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Leonard Cohen – Suzanne (4:17)

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“Suzanne” is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen. Its lyrics first appeared as the poem “Suzanne Takes You Down” in Cohen’s 1966 book of poetry Parasites of Heaven, admittedly because of lack of new material (lyrics to a few other songs from his subsequent 1967 debut album were also printed in the book). The song was recorded by Judy Collins the same year, and by Noel Harrison and Cohen himself in 1967. It is the most-covered song in Cohen’s catalogue (though “Hallelujah” has seen a surge of recordings in recent years.)

The song forms the theme for the final scene of Cohen’s short movie I am a Hotel released in 1983.
The band R.E.M. give Cohen joint credit for their song Hope (on their 1998 album Up), in light of the similarity between the two songs. R.E.M. describe themselves as realising that similarity only after completing the song.
In 2006, Pitchfork Media listed the song #41 on their list of ‘The Top Songs of the 1960s’.
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  • BigChoupique

    This isn't a great version : / . . . . . Sounds kinda like Humbert from "Lolita" humming to himself as he drives his 'little Lo' across the country to boff her at the next hotel...

    yesterday afternoon

  • keithhorner1

    So not the version from Songs of Leonard Cohen then. A Live version instead. Prefer the version on the album.

    Saturday afternoon

  • silversurfer250

    I have a problem comparing this to Judy Collins version, so,,,they must stand alone. (I like Judy's version better though...Leonard's sounds a bit creepy to me...)

    23 days ago

  • LinusPojken

    @sstoys2: Now you are just embarrassing yourself... The man's a genius, try listening to the lyrics!

    last month

  • h3lovenote

    good song!

    March 2012

  • sstoys2

    how can anybody listen to this guy? just awful, boring.

    March 2012

  • davidbowiegirl

    Great song <3

    February 2012

  • jmhsterngold

    amazing! saw him live a couple years ago and he's still got it :D

    February 2012

  • DEBORRAH1

    rock on Leonard!!! Love this song..

    February 2012

  • DonkeyKongJr13

    yeah, he didn't get lucky, hahhaa, he's one of the best lyricists of all time

    February 2012

  • crimestopper

    I think sting2901 said big choupique is an idiot. What he said.

    February 2012

  • sting2901

    immer wieder "berauschend" diese Musik zu hören

    February 2012

  • smee85

    best version: Suzanne (Live Nov 30, 2008; MENA Arena, Manchester, England)

    February 2012

  • AlterJohn

    Musik für die Ewigkeit !

    February 2012

  • bluejaydandy

    thats my gal

    February 2012

  • Moniek2688

    you've touched her perfect body with your mind. <3

    January 2012

  • SpaceyFan

    <3

    January 2012

  • fivecent

    lucky? say what you want about his voice, he's always the first to admit he's not a singer. but to say he got 'lucky' in coming up with these words is plain ignorant.

    January 2012

  • BigChoupique

    Not my favorite performance of this. Just because he was lucky in coming up with the words doesn't make him a singer. A good singer invests good words with even more emotion through the use of their voice... they don't just say the words.

    January 2012

  • weeindianboy

    This song is pretty.

    January 2012
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