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".
Suzanne (Leonard Cohen song) legal document deceptively presented to him which he did not read. Its lyrics first appeared as the poem "Suzanne Takes You Down" in Cohen's 1966 book of poetry "Parasites of Heaven", admittedly because of lack of new material. Lyrics to a few other songs from his subsequent 1967 debut album were also printed in the book. The song "Suzanne" was first performed by The Stormy Clovers in 1966 and then recorded by Judy Collins, appearing on her 1966 album "In My Life". It was later released by Cohen on his debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen". Cohen's recording did not