Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song): Difference between revisions

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The song achieved widespread popularity after Cale'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"/>