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âHallelujahâ by Leonard Cohen is one of the greatest songs ever written. So itâs no surprise that leonardcohenfiles.com currently lists 2,040 covers of Leonard Cohen songs. And that doesnât count all the YouTubers posting their âCover of Jeff Buckleyâs âHallelujah.ââ. 15. Amanda Palmer.
So there's many people around hearing only one of those versions by Leonard, and thinking that Jeff Buckley wrote other verses. Leonard never performed both versions merged into one - that was done by John Cale. He heard new Hallelujah in 1988 show and asked Leonard for ALL verses and Leonard faxed the lyrics to him. Cale then organised verses, sung them live for years, and made studio version for I'm Your Fan tribute album.