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) winner of the fifth series of the reality television show "The X Factor", released a condensed cover version of the song as a prize for her victory. It reached Christmas number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 December 2008. The release of Burke's cover created interest in the previous versions of the song, including a Buckley fan campaign to take Buckley's cover to the top of the Christmas chart and therefore deny Burke the top spot. The campaign was fuelled by Buckley fans' dislike of "The X Factor"s commercialism and the song's arrangement, as well as their desire