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Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah

1984 · via Jeff Buckley and 1 more · kept by 1

Leonard Cohen wrote “Hallelujah” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1984. Also recorded by Jeff Buckley (released 1994), Brandi Carlile (released 2004) and David Bazan (released 2007), among 513 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
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The man who wrote it cut it first, back in 1985, so this is the song before Jeff ever touched it. Play the two side by side and you'll hear exactly what Jeff decided to keep.

Plenty of people know Buckley's "Hallelujah" without ever hearing the man who wrote it sing it first. Play Cohen's, then Buckley's, and then let Buckley take you somewhere new.

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Credited writer: Leonard Cohen.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1984.

Other recordings on file · first release year

513 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Jeff Buckley → Leonard Cohen
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Jeff Buckley → Leonard Cohen
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Jeff Buckley → Leonard Cohen → Iggy Pop
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How you get here
Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" is the one everybody knows. Who wrote the song and put it on record first, long before Buckley sang it?Leonard Cohen
a knot from Jeff Buckley · next: Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen wrote and first recorded "Hallelujah." Which of these singers later recorded it, opening a door from Cohen's catalog to a whole other career?Jeff Buckley
a knot from Leonard Cohen · next: Jeff Buckley
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