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".
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song) later record, though using piano and a similar arrangement to Cale's. Wainwright's version is included on the album "", although it was Cale's version that was used in the film itself. The "Shrek" soundtrack, containing Wainwright's cover, was certified 2× Platinum in the United States in 2003 as selling over two million copies. Rufus Wainwright, his sister Martha Wainwright, and Joan Wasser performed the song in the film "". In 2004, k.d. lang recorded a version of "Hallelujah" on her album "Hymns of the 49th Parallel". She has since sung it at several major events, such as at the Canadian