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Hallelujah is een nummer geschreven door de Canadese zanger Leonard Cohen. Het verscheen voor het eerst op diens album Various Positions uit 1984. Sindsdien is het tientallen keren gecoverd, onder andere door John Cale en Jeff Buckley. Na de opname van Buckley en vooral na diens dood in 1997, steeg het nummer in populariteit. Tot 2009 waren er ongeveer 200 versies van het lied uitgebracht, waarmee het het meest gecoverde Leonard Cohen-nummer is.

"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, 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's "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

The song achieved widespread popularity after Cale's version of it was featured in the 2001 film Shrek. Many other arrangements have been performed in recordings and in concert, with more than 300 versions known as of 2008. 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 for the first time.