Corrected the name of the singer whose version of the song was featured in Shrek from Cale to Rufus Wainwright. This is supported by the official soundtrack for Shrek.
"'''Hallelujah'''" is a song written by Canadian singer [[Leonard Cohen]], originally released on his album ''[[Various Positions]]'' (1984). Achieving little initial success,<ref name="Light-2013" /> the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by [[John Cale]] in 1991. Cale's version inspired a 1994 recording by [[Jeff Buckley]] that in 2004 was ranked number 259 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".
The song achieved widespread popularity after Rufus Wainwright’sCale's version of it was featured in the 2001 film ''[[Shrek]]''.<ref name=theatlantic>{{cite news|last1=Fetters|first1=Ashley|title=How Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Became Everybody's 'Hallelujah'|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/12/how-leonard-cohens-hallelujah-became-everybodys-hallelujah/265900/|access-date=3 November 2015|work=[[The Atlantic]]|publisher=[[Emerson Collective]]|location=Washington DC|date=2 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Singer backs Welsh 'Hallelujah'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7715493.stm|access-date=3 November 2015|work=[[BBC]]|date=7 November 2008}}</ref> Many other arrangements have been performed in recordings and in concert, with more than 300 versions known as of 2008.<ref name="covers">{{cite web|url=http://leonardcohenfiles.com:80/coverlist.php?sortby=Song |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607153922/http://leonardcohenfiles.com/coverlist.php?sortby=Song |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 June 2008 |title=A Thousand Covers Deep: Leonard Cohen Covered by Other Artists |author=Arjatsalo, J., Riise, A., & Kurzweil, K. |access-date=6 November 2012 |publisher=The Leonard Cohen files }}</ref> The song has been used in film and television soundtracks and televised talent contests. "Hallelujah" experienced renewed interest following Cohen's death in November 2016 and re-appeared on international singles charts, including entering the American [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for the first time.<ref name="Hot 100"/>
