-
Play on Mog
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
-
Play on Spotify
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
-
Play on Rdio
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
-
Play on Hype Machine
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
About This Track
This song, written by Leonard Cohen was adapted for John Cale. It differs from the original and has extra verses.
In 1994, Jeff Buckley covered “the Cale version” on his Grace album.
Although the John Cale performance of “Hallelujah” was used in the film Shrek , because of difficulties concerning Cale’s contract with a competing record company, it was not possible to include it on the soundtrack album, Shrek - Music From the Original Motion Picture. Rufus Wainwright was therefore asked to record a version similar to the Cale, also using piano. This explains why one version is found in the film but another version on the soundtrack album.
In 1994, Jeff Buckley covered “the Cale version” on his Grace album.
Although the John Cale performance of “Hallelujah” was used in the film Shrek , because of difficulties concerning Cale’s contract with a competing record company, it was not possible to include it on the soundtrack album, Shrek - Music From the Original Motion Picture. Rufus Wainwright was therefore asked to record a version similar to the Cale, also using piano. This explains why one version is found in the film but another version on the soundtrack album.
Send Ringtones to Cell Similar Music
Play Rufus Wainwright RadioWith: Martha Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Teddy Thompson, Judy Garland and more…
People who listen to this also like
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||
| Regina Spektor - The Call | 3:07 | 115,328 | ||
|
|
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah | 6:53 | 613,372 | |
|
|
Regina Spektor - Samson | 3:08 | 474,785 | |
|
|
Sia - Breathe Me | 4:34 | 462,285 | |
|
|
Sarah McLachlan - Angel | 4:28 | 275,199 | |
|
|
Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk | 4:42 | 136,935 |
Albums featuring this track
-
The Best of Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Shrek
Multi Interprètes Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Hallelujah
Rufus Wainwright Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $0.99
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $1.29
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Singles
Rufus Wainwright Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shouts
-
KiaBerlin wrote:
real beauty
-
smashfest wrote:
love it :'(
-
urnmog wrote:
this is so beautiful its painful
-
Kera_MarieDB wrote:
.....rest in peace Jeff.
-
acm323 wrote:
Damn...this is a song!
-
Mariela- wrote:
This song is just beautiful.
-
naynay1129 wrote:
heard many covers of hallelujah and this one is pretty good but not the best
-
HmmJakLeciBejbe wrote:
don't like this cover, but song is really beautiful.
-
thecferreira wrote:
"Hallelujah" é uma música do cantor canadense Leonard Cohen. Gravada originalmente em 1984 para o álbum Various Positions, a canção já teve inúmeras versões cantadas por diversos artistas como Bon Jovi, John Cale, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, K. D. Lang e Alexandra Burke ao redor do mundo e sendo incluída em trilhas sonoras de filmes e programas de televisão como Shrek.
-
MavisMosier wrote:
brilliant
-
MeganCarrillo wrote:
I could not possibly ever muster up the words to describe how brilliant this song is.
-
Vampira666_ wrote:
Best version to me!
-
Wesbecher wrote:
Saw Rufus at Ravinia with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - pretty amazing stuff!
-
rempi1 wrote:
immer wieder schön!!!
-
diedra13 wrote:
this is one of the best songs...it has been in movies, but just moves me. when I heard it on the shrek movie I had to have it!!!
-
RenanGuerreiroC wrote:
when you know the jeff b. version you can't like that version more. [2] But Rufu's version is really good.
-
ms_creep wrote:
fantastic.
-
joanbian65 wrote:
Rufus does a more Cohenesque version than Cale or Buckley, I think...
-
Juniorreal2011 wrote:
<3 ' Perfect.
-
aerzte_1995 wrote:
Perfekt...!
Track Stats
1,837,985 Scrobbles
252,676 Listeners
Recent Listening Trend
Listening Now
Top Listeners
-
Czacikumar
Top Listener
-
Monte7883
Top Listener
-
happinesszur
Top Listener
-
Allly
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
lisajenkinsfred, jjmackway, silouanwinter and 7 other people loved Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah. 5 hours ago
-
Takutoka added Hallelujah to the playlist \m/. Thursday evening
-
biritapoulsen added Hallelujah to biritapoulsen’s library. Thursday morning
-
Dalbertdel and darkangeldaria loved Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah. Wednesday evening
-
robrabe tagged Hallelujah with ‘love’. Wednesday afternoon
-
MissDearest, gildmage and rmartina loved Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah. Wednesday morning
-
MartiniOk and williamengellau added Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah to their libraries. Tuesday evening
-
Werokiki and marcolentz loved Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah. Tuesday evening
-
GoldenAndroid added Hallelujah to GoldenAndroid’s library. Tuesday evening
-
GabbyGastronome, GeekAaron, PrimGull and 10 other people loved Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah. Tuesday afternoon
Related Journals
-
Piano Ballads
by The_Man_Is_Back |
11 Sep 2011
| 2 comments
-
top hundred tracks (80-71)
by IronShy |
1 Sep 2011
-
2007 mffm's Monthly Recommendations
by mffm |
10 Dec 2010
