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) on 22 April 2008. It has sold 1,144,000 digital copies in the US as of May 2010. It also hit number one in France in March 2008. The Buckley version has been widely used in film and television dramas, including the series "The West Wing", "Crossing Jordan", "Without a Trace", "The O.C.", "House", "Dirt", "Criminal Minds", "ER", "Third Watch", "Ugly Betty", "LAX", "NCIS", "Justiça" and "Sense8" and the films "Feast of Love", "The Edukators", "Vinterkyss" and "Lord of War". "Hallelujah can be joyous or bittersweet, depending on what part of it you use", "Time" quoted Buckley's publisher as saying, and