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Leonard Cohen

You Want It Darker

2016 · via Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen’s 2016 recording of “You Want It Darker” is the earliest release on file. Leonard Cohen shares the writing credit with Patrick Leonard. Also recorded by First Aid Kit with Nina Zanjani, Maia Hansson Bergqvist & (released 2018) and Iggy Pop (released 2022), among 6 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
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Cohen built this one with Patrick Leonard, and Iggy Pop took it on later. Play them back to back and listen to the same dark request coming out of a very different throat.

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Credited writers: Patrick Leonard and Leonard Cohen.

Earliest release on file: this one, 2016.

Other recordings on file · first release year

6 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-2095 · No. 0004, Oct 13, 2026.

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