Phil Lynott (song) moment for Irish pop" in 2008, with the same publication later calling it the best Irish song of that year. Jape fans launched an online petition to establish the song as the Christmas number one in the Irish Singles Chart. However, it lost out to a cover of the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah", performed by Alexandra Burke, that year's winner of British television talent show "The X Factor". The song is often covered by Irish indie musician Rob Smith. Phil Lynott (song) "Phil Lynott" is a 2008 single by the Irish band Jape, taken from their third studio album, "Ritual".
I'm Your Man (Leonard Cohen album) the album at number 29 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". In a "Rolling Stone" top ten readers poll, three songs from the album – "I'm Your Man", "Tower of Song", and "Everybody Knows" – were voted the best Leonard Cohen songs of all time, ranking #10, #8 and #4, respectively. The album was also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". All songs were written by Cohen, except where noted. Liner notes: Written, produced, arranged and played by Leonard Cohen.Vocals by Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes.Engineers:Ian Terry with François Deschamps at