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) Richard Eaton Singers conducted by Jack Everly premiered a new arrangement for orchestra and chorus by Claude Lapalme. Also in 2010, the Maccabeats of Yeshiva University released "Voices from the Heights", with an "a cappella" version of "Hallelujah" set to the Hebrew words of the Shabbat liturgical poem "Lecha Dodi". Steven Page performed the song live at the state funeral of Canadian Opposition Leader Jack Layton on 27 August 2011. Raul Esparza performed the song live at the Kennedy Center's 11 September Memorial Concert on 8 September 2011. In May 2012, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet presented the World Premiere of