Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song) Games in Vancouver, before a claimed TV audience of three billion. In 2006, the Norwegian quartet of Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm released a cover of the song. After debuting at number 8 on the Norwegian VG-lista, the single reached number one in January 2007. The song remained listed on the Norwegian top 20 for 37 (non-consecutive) weeks between 2006 and 2007. The song also appears on the 2006 album "Hallelujah Live", credited to Espen Lind with Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm, which also reached the top of the Norwegian VG-lista. Alexandra Burke, the
Leonard Cohen Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of 'Hallelujah"' (2012) by Alan Light. In a "New York Times" review Janet Maslin praised the book and the song, noting that "Cohen spent years struggling with his song "Hallelujah", which eventually became one of the most "oft-performed songs in American musical history." The use of the album track "Everybody Knows" from "I'm Your Man" and "If It Be Your Will" in the 1990 film "Pump Up the Volume" helped expose Cohen's music to a younger audience. He first introduced the song during his world tour in 1988. The song "Everybody Knows" also featured prominently