Sorry about the weird popup YouTube thingies embedded here - don't click them - but this version actually has the best sound of any on YouTube. Part of the "Hope for Haiti Now" benefit in January, 2010. See a more emotional/quiet version from Rice here. Also interesting to see that he's playing capo'd at the third fret. Performed in 2008, at Leonard Cohen's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Allison CroweĬrowe's album "Tidings" featured songs recorded in a single take. (For guitar nerds, most versions are performed capo'd at the 5th fret and played in "G", thus sung in the key of C.) 6. Sheryl CrowĬrow speeds it up a bit, and her guitar treatment is different than most - she capos on the first fret. Watch John Cale and a string quartet perform the classic song in 1992. This arrangement seemed really weird to me until I listened to it several times. John Cale is credited for popularizing Cohen's song with his early cover. If this doesn't make you cry, I don't know what will.
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The last note goes on forever, and the video includes nearly a full minute of standing ovation.
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But still, her vocal control in this live version is stunning. Another notable Wainwright performance is from the Leonard Cohen documentary "I'm Your Man," and includes vocals from Joan Wasser (Buckley's girlfriend) and Martha Wainwright. Wainwright's album version is actually my favorite version of the song. Wainwright's version is nearly as famous as Buckley's, because it appeared on the Shrek soundtrack (despite John Cale's version actually being used in the film). Jeff Buckley (Live in Studio)Īlthough this version differs a little from his famous album version (it has a longer intro), Jeff Buckley's is the most famous cover of "Hallelujah." It was inspired by John Cale's version (#4 below) and was released on Buckley's album "Grace" in 1994. (One very notable version is the one by Espen Lind featuring Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm, which cannot be embedded.) 1. There are actually so many "well-known" covers of "Hallelujah" that I couldn't include them all in a top 10 - go search YouTube for more.
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Here are ten of the best-known versions of the song. I also happen to know it popped up in The Watchmen, The L Word, Shrek, and probably many more. According to Wikipedia, it has appeared in: The West Wing, Crossing Jordan, Without a Trace, The O.C., Scrubs, House, Criminal Minds, ER, Third Watch, Ugly Betty, and LAX and the films Feast of Love, The Edukators, Vinterkyss and Lord of War.
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"Hallelujah" has appeared in endless TV shows and movies. Buckley's rendition became a Platinum single on April 22, 2008, eleven years after his death and fourteen years after its original release - despite never being officially released as a single. In 2008, American Idol contestent Jason Castro sang a version that caused Jeff Buckley's famous cover to rocket to the top of the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart (you know, the kids these days with their iTunes and what-not).
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It has become famous mainly through cover versions, and has been recorded by hundreds of artists. "Hallelujah" is a song written by Leonard Cohen in 1984, and never officially released as a single.