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Written by: Leonard Cohen
Produced by: Andy Wallace
Released: Aug. '94 on Columbia
Charts: Non-single

During his famed early gigs at the New York club Sin-e, Buckley used to break hearts with his version of this Cohen prayer. Buckley called it an homage to "the hallelujah of the orgasm" and had misgivings about his sensuous rendition: "I hope Leonard doesn't hear it." On his posthumous live album Mystery White Boy, Buckley turns "Hallelujah" into a medley with the Smiths' "I Know It's Over."

Appears on: Grace (Columbia)

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