Jeff Buckley → Leonard Cohen → Iggy Pop

Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah is the version many people know best. Who wrote the song and put it on record first?Leonard Cohenknewkept

Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah · 1985 · via Jeff Buckley

Leonard Cohen wrote Hallelujah and released it first, back in 1985. Play his next to Jeff's and you'll hear where the song came from before it ever reached Grace.

Leonard Cohen co-wrote "You Want It Darker" with Patrick Leonard. Which singer later put out his own recording of it?Iggy Poplearned

Leonard Cohen

You Want It Darker · 2016 · via Leonard Cohen

Cohen released "You Want It Darker" in 2016, and six years later Iggy Pop put out his own take on it. Hear Cohen first, then let Iggy show you where the song goes in somebody else's mouth.