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".
Leonard Cohen discography following this with "Dear Heather" (2004). In 2008 Cohen began touring for the first time in 15 years and, as well as the release of several live albums, he released "Old Ideas" (2012), which peaked at number three on the "Billboard" 200 albums chart. This was the highest ranking ever for a Leonard Cohen album, and it became his first to top the Canadian Albums Chart, a feat he repeated with his followup, "Popular Problems", released in 2014. Cohen released his final studio album, "You Want It Darker", in October 2016, only 19 days prior to his death. His live