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) Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Multiple orchestral and instrumental versions of the song have also been performed. Violinist Lindsey Stirling recorded an arrangement of the song in accordance with the "A Savior is Born" campaign, created by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Stirling uploaded a video of her performing the piece in a New York City Subway station to her YouTube channel. During the performance, not one person stopped to listen. On 7 May 2018, Madonna performed a version of the song at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City. Notes