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".
Rufus Wainwright his way to stardom. The two met several months prior to Buckley's drowning, during a gig by Wainwright. The song references "Hallelujah", a Leonard Cohen song covered by Buckley (and later by Wainwright). "Nobody's Off the Hook" is written to close friend and fellow musician Teddy Thompson. Several songs deal with his experiences with addiction ("Go Or Go Ahead" and "I Don't Know What It Is"). Wainwright married Jörn Weisbrodt in 2012. Their daughter, Viva Cohen, was conceived by Wainwright and Lorca Cohen, daughter of Leonard Cohen, in 2011. Wainwright identifies as "a complete libertarian" and stated in 2008, "I