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Hallelujah is a song written and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen for the album Various Positions, released in 1984. The song was released as a single, along with side B The Law, but initially had no commercial success. Despite this, many reinterpretations of Hallelujah followed one another over the years, by both Cohen himself, who repeatedly modified the text, and many other artists.
The first cover of the song dates back to 1991 and was recorded by John Cale. Since then, over 180 reinterpretations of the song have been recorded, and many more are the artists who have repeatedly performed the song live during their concerts. The song was also the subject of a 2008 documentary that aired on BBC Radio 2, is part of countless film and TV soundtracks and has often been used in television singing competitions such as The X Factor and Idol.
The most successful reinterpretation still remains that of Jeff Buckley, released in 1994 as part of his only album Grace. In 2008 the song was brought back into the spotlight by the interpretation of the British singer Alexandra Burke, who released it as a debut single right after winning the fifth edition of the British talent show The X Factor.
In 2009, director Zack Snyder used the song by inserting it into the soundtrack of his adaptation of Watchmen; Snyder also chose to reuse the song for the trailer for his Justice League directors cut.
The text of the piece contains numerous biblical references and has been the subject of different interpretations, also as a result of the continuous changes in the verses that constitute it and the multiple styles adopted in its execution by the artists who have sung it over the years. One of the most recent interpretations is presented by G.A.M., an emerging singing group that prefers to perform a cappella.
The piece is the result of a long and complex compositional process. Bob Dylan stated in an interview that, backstage at a concert, Leonard Cohen had confided to him that it took him about two years to complete the writing of Hallelujah. Cohen himself confirmed the episode, but added that he had lied, because he was ashamed to reveal that in reality it had taken an even longer time than stated. Cohen added that he had written over 80 stanzas for the song, among which he then chose the six that fit into the initial version of the song, recorded for the 1984 album Various Positions. Cohen described the difficulties in composition by citing one episode in particular:
I had filled out two notepads and I remember sitting at the Royalton Hotel [in New York] sitting on the carpet in my underwear, banging my head on the floor and saying I cant finish this song.
The song was then recorded in the Metropole studio in Manhattan, in the city of New York, together with producer John Lissauer, who collaborated on the entire album from which the single is based, also taking care of the arrangements.
In 2009, during an interview with the Guardian, Cohen stated that the release of the song, as well as that of the entire Various Positions album, was also quite complex, as the record company Sony Music believed that the material was not good enough. Cohen thus added that he considers the popularity achieved by Hallelujah through his many performers as a sort of small revenge against the initial distrust shown by the record company.
Hallelujah, nella sua versione originale, è in 6/8, che evoca sia valzer che tempo gospel. È stato scritto nella tonalità di do maggiore, i versi della canzone fanno riferimento alla funzione armonica degli accordi su cui sono stati scritti: goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift: il IV grado (nel caso di Do maggiore, il Fa maggiore), il V grado (Sol maggiore), la ricaduta minore (ovvero il VI grado, La minore) e la spinta maggiore (indicata dal passaggio dal VI grado al IV grado, armonicamente imparentati).
The initial version of the passage contains many references to the biblical texts of the Old Testament. A second version of the song was recorded live in 1988 and later released on the 1994 Cohen Live album. The verses used on this occasion were deprived of most of the references to the sacred text, thus giving rise to a version with a very darker than the previous one.
Trying to explain the meaning of the passage, Cohen stated that:
“This world is full of conflict and full of things that cannot be joined but there are times when we can transcend the dualistic system and come together and embrace all the disorder, thats what I mean by hallelujah. The song explains that different types of hallelujahs exist, and all perfect and broken hallelujahs have the same value. It is a desire for life affirmation, not in some formal religious meaning, but with enthusiasm, with emotion. I know there is an eye that is watching us all. There is a judgment that evaluates everything we do. Halleluja - Double Bass Solo](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QNNH1V3meio/mqdefault.jpg)









