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====Chart battle with other versions====
The release of Burke's cover created interest in the previous versions of the song, including a Buckley fan campaign to take Buckley's cover to the top of the Christmas chart and therefore deny Burke the top spot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/12/15/a-secret-chord-jeff-buckley-leonard-cohen-fans-unite-to-keep-reality-show-version-of-hallelujah-off-british-chart.aspx |title=Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen fans unite on Facebook to keep reality show version of 'Hallelujah' off British chart |work=National Post |access-date=1 September 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The campaign was fuelled by Buckley fans' dislike of ''The X Factor''{{'}}s commercialism and the song's arrangement,<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5361069.ece "The Fight for a 'Hallelujah' Christmas Victory"]. ''[[The Times]]''. 18 December 2008.</ref><ref name="Times22Dec08">[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5379960.ece 'Hallelujah' Hits Number One and Two Slots in Christmas Charts]. ''[[The Times]]''. 22 December 2008.</ref> as well as their desire to introduce younger people to Buckley's version.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/dec/19/comment-hallelujah-leonard-cohen |first=Mark|last= Lawson|title= Warring Hallelujahs|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date= 19 December 2008}}</ref> Burke herself was not initially enamoured with the choice of song, saying "It just didn't do anything for me" and "I could not see a way to put my twist on it." After finding a way to perform it to her
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