90.9 The Bridge: Top 909 Cover Songs of All Time

90.9 The Bridge: Top 909 Cover Songs of All Time

Over the 4th of July weekend in 2026, the Kansas City radio station 90.9 The Bridge did a countdown of the top 909 cover songs of all time as voted on by listeners. Here were the results. Click here to see other genre-specific song lists. 1. “Hurt” Johnny Cash 2. “The Man Who Sold the World” Nirvana 3. “Killing Me Softly” Fugees 4. “Hallelujah” Jeff Buckley 5. “Nothing Compares 2U” Sinead O'Connor 6. “All Along the Watchtower” Jimi Hendrix Experience 7. “Smooth Criminal” Alien Ant Farm 8. “I Will Survive” Cake 9. “Sweet Jane” Cowboy Junkies 10. “A Hazy Shade of Winter” Bangles 11. “Take Me to the River” Talking Heads 12. “Personal Jesus” Johnny Cash 13. “In Bloom” Sturgill Simpson 14. “Mad World” Michael Andrews w/ Gary Jules 15. “Jolene” White Stripes 16. “Me and Bobby McGee” Janis Joplin 17. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Devo 18. “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” Nirvana 19. “Wild Horses” Sundays 20. “Respect” Aretha Franklin 21. “The Sound of Silence” Disturbed 22. “With a Little Help from My Friends” Joe Cocker 23. “I Will Always Love You” Whitney Houston 24. “Landslide” Smashing Pumpkins 25. “Proud Mary” Ike & Tina Turner 26. “Mrs. Robinson” Lemonheads 27. “Superstar” Sonic Youth 28. “Because the Night (Unplugged)” 10,000 Maniacs 29. “Heartbeats” Jose Gonzalez 30. “Valerie” Mark Ronson f. Amy Winehouse 31. “Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go” Soft Cell 32. “It's Oh So Quiet” Bjork 33. “Hard to Handle” Black Crowes 34. “Everybody Knows” Concrete Blonde 35. “What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding” Elvis Costello 36. “Lake of Fire (Unplugged)” Nirvana 37. “Last Kiss” Pearl Jam 38. “Angel from Montgomery” Bonnie Raitt 39. “Boyz-n-the-Hood” Dynamite Hack 40. “Across the Universe” Fiona Apple 41. “Close to Me” Get Up Kids 42. “Such Great Heights” Iron & Wine 43. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World” Israel Kamakawiwo?ole 44. “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” They Might Be Giants 45. “Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!” The Beatles 46. “Nothing Compares 2 U” Chris Cornell 47. “Save It for Later” Eddie Vedder 48. “Knockin' on Heaven's Door” Guns N' Roses 49. “I Love Rock and Roll” Joan Jett 50. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” Marilyn Manson 51. “Try a Little Tenderness” Otis Redding 52. “Mahna Mahna” Cake 53. “Gloria” Patti Smith 54. “Common People” William Shatner 55. “I Think We're Alone Now” Tiffany 56. “Twist and Shout” Beatles 57. “You Really Got Me” Van Halen 58. “Toxic” Calvin Arsenia 59. “Easy” Faith No More 60. “Got to Get You into My Life” Earth Wind & Fire 61. “House of the Rising Sun” Animals 62. “Sea of Love” Cat Power 63. “Just Like Heaven” Dinosaur Jr. 64. “Live and Let Die” Guns N' Roses 65. “Hallelujah” Rufus Wainwright 66. “Big Yellow Taxi” Counting Crows 67. “Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen” Santana 68. “Doin' Time” Lana Del Rey 69. “Darling Nikki” Foo Fighters 70. “Pressure Drop” The Clash 71. “Stop Your Sobbing” Pretenders 72. “Love Song” 311 73. “The Boys of Summer” The Ataris 74. “Take on Me” Reel Big Fish 75. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Tori Amos 76. “Summer Breeze (Part 1)” The Isley Brothers 77. “Changes” Charles Bradley 78. “People Are Strange” Echo & the Bunnymen 79. “Blinded by the Light” Manfred Mann's Earth Band 80. “You Found Me” Waxahatchee & Kevin Morby 81. “War Pigs” Cake 82. “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window`” Joe Cocker 83. “The Chain” Highwomen 84. “99 Red Balloons” Goldfinger 85. “American Woman” Lenny Kravitz 86. “Running Up That Hill” Meg Myers 87. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” Camper Van Beethoven 88. “Always on My Mind” Pet Shop Boys 89. “Make You Feel My Love” Adele 90. “Baker Street” Foo Fighters 91. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” Slits 92. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Toots and the Maytals 93. “Rusty Cage” Johnny Cash 94. “I Fought the Law” Clash 95. “Walk This Way” Run-DMC / Aerosmith 96. “Come Together” Aerosmith 97. “Dancing Barefoot” U2 98. “Come on Eileen” Save Ferris 99. “Blackbird” Billy Preston 100. “Iron Man” Cardigans 101. “You're Still the One” Lake Street Dive 102. “Eleanor Rigby” Aretha Franklin 103. “Pinball Wizard” Hillbenders 104. “Dear Prudence” Siouxsie and the Banshees 105. “Got My Mind Set on You” George Harrison 106. “When You Were Mine” Cyndi Lauper 107. “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” Breeders 108. “Weird Fishes” Lianne La Havas 109. “Once in a Lifetime” Angelique Kidjo 110. “Romeo & Juliet” Indigo Girls 111. “The Loco-Motion” Grand Funk Railroad 112. “Billie Jean” The Civil Wars 113. “Gloria” Laura Branigan 114. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Brandi Carlile 115. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” Marvin Gaye 116. “I Feel for You” Chaka Khan 117. “Without You” Harry Nilsson 118. “Higher Ground” Red Hot Chili Peppers 119. “Kansas City Star” Kacey Musgraves 120. “Dancing in the Dark” Lucy Dacus 121. “Running Up That Hill” Placebo 122. “Police and Thieves” Clash 123. “Torn” Natalie Imbruglia 124. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Otis Redding 125. “Beautiful Strangers” Mavis Staples 126. “Ring of Fire” Social Distortion 127. “Head On” Pixies 128. “Landslide” The Chicks 129. “Love Hurts” Nazareth 130. “La Bamba” Los Lobos 131. “Heroes” The Wallflowers 132. “Life on Mars” Seu Jorge 133. “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl” Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso 134. “The Weight” Aretha Franklin 135. “Renegades of Funk” Rage Against the Machine 136. “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” Eddie Vedder 137. “Behind Blue Eyes” Limp Bizkit 138. “Africa” Weezer 139. “Wish You Were Here” Milk Carton Kids 140. “Billie Jean” Chris Cornell 141. “Viva Las Vegas” Dead Kennedys 142. “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Annie Lennox 143. “Red Red Wine” UB40 144. “The Boxer” Mumford and Sons 145. “Jolene” Beyonce 146. “I'm a Believer” Smash Mouth 147. “Love Rollercoaster” Red Hot Chili Peppers 148. “Ain’t That a Shame” Cheap Trick 149. “Hey Jude” Wilson Pickett 150. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” Elton John 151. “War Pigs (Live)” Faith No More 152. “Everybody Hurts” Al Green 153. “Mony Mony” Billy Idol 154. “Morning Has Broken” Cat Stevens 155. “At Last” Etta James 156. “Murder on the Dancefloor” Royel Otis 157. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Tom Jones 158. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Aretha Franklin 159. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris 160. “Land of Confusion” Disturbed 161. “Driver 8” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 162. “Hound Dog” Elvis Presley 163. “Patience” Chris Cornell 164. “Imagine” A Perfect Circle 165. “In Between Days” Ben Folds 166. “Suspicious Minds” Dwight Yoakam 167. “California Sun” Ramones 168. “Bizarre Love Triangle” Frente 169. “My Funny Valentine” Elvis Costello and the Attractions 170. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” Amy WInehouse 171. “Linger” Lake Street Dive 172. “California Man” Cheap Trick 173. “Crimson and Clover” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 174. “Whole Lotta Love” Dread Zeppelin 175. “Addicted to Love” Florence + the Machine 176. “I Shot the Sheriff” Eric Clapton 177. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” Al Green 178. “Kids in America” Muffs 179. “Unchained Melody” The Righteous Brothers 180. “The Letter” Joe Cocker 181. “I Put a Spell on You” Nina Simone 182. “Raspberry Beret” Hindu Love Gods 183. “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” Aerosmith 184. “Helter Skelter (Live)” U2 185. “Wichita Lineman” Flea, Nick Cave 186. “There She Goes” Sixpence None the Richer 187. “Born Under Punches” Angelique Kidjo 188. “Friday I'm in Love” Yo La Tengo 189. “Summertime Blues (Live)” Who 190. “Signs” Tesla 191. “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” Carole King 192. “Ball of Confusion” Love and Rockets 193. “Down in the Park” Foo Fighters 194. “Border Song (Holy Moses)” Aretha Franklin 195. “Dancing Days” Stone Temple Pilots 196. “Do You Wanna Dance?” Ramones 197. “Time After Time” Willie Nelson 198. “Warm Leatherette” Grace Jones 199. “32 Flavors” Alana Davis 200. “Rockin' in the Free World (Live)” David Byrne 201. “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” The Soggy Bottom Boys 202. “Footsteps in the Dark” Cannons 203. “Just a Girl” Florence + the Machine 204. “Thirteen” Elliott Smith 205. “Helter Skelter” Aerosmith 206. “Pictures of Lily” David Bowie 207. “Purple Haze” The Cure 208. “Oh Pretty Woman” Van Halen 209. “Statesboro Blues” Allman Brothers Band 210. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Lana Del Rey 211. “Just Like Heaven (with Robert Smith)” Olivia Rodrigo 212. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” P!nk, Brandi Carlile, Dolly Parton 213. “American Girl” Frank Turner 214. “Mr. Blue Sky” Antennas Up 215. “All Tomorrow's Parties” St. Vincent 216. “All by Myself” Sheryl Crow 217. “Downpressor Man” Sinead O'Connor 218. “Whole Lotta Love” Hozier 219. “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” Rancid 220. “One” Johnny Cash 221. “Can't Get Enough of You Baby” Smash Mouth 222. “Bury a Friend” Duran Duran 223. “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” Hot Chip and Peter Gabriel 224. “Heartbreak Hotel” Willie Nelson 225. “Pride and Joy” Bonnie Raitt 226. “Summertime” The Fun Boy Three 227. “Dancing in the Dark” Cannons 228. “No Scrubs” Weezer 229. “My Back Pages” The Ramones 230. “Bigmouth Strikes Again” Placebo 231. “Enjoy the Silence” Tori Amos 232. “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” Hootie and the Blowfish 233. “Fall on Me” Death Cab for Cutie 234. “Making Plans for Nigel” The Rembrandts 235. “So Far Away” Lake Street Dive 236. “True Faith” Sophie Ellis-Bextor 237. “God Only Knows” David Bowie 238. “Dreams” The Corrs 239. “California Girls” David Lee Roth 240. “That's When I Reach for My Revolver” Moby 241. “Summertime Blues” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 242. “Space Oddity” Brandi Carlile 243. “Psycho Killer” Velvet Revolver 244. “Don't Worry, Baby” She & Him 245. “Out of Time” The Ramones 246. “Shake Some Action” Cracker 247. “A Face in the Crowd” Spoon 248. “Gypsy Woman” David Byrne 249. “Come Together” Gary Clark, Jr. 250. “Route 66” Depeche Mode 251. “Where Is My Mind?” Placebo 252. “Louie Louie” The Kingsmen 253. “I'm on Fire” Johnny Cash 254. “I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone” Sex PIstols 255. “Why Can't We Be Friends?” Smash Mouth 256. “Blue” Sarah McLachlan 257. “D'yer Mak'er” Sheryl Crow 258. “Video Killed the Radio Star” Erasure 259. “Crosstown Traffic” Living Colour 260. “I Walk on Gilded Splinters” Paul Weller 261. “It's My Life” No Doubt 262. “Rockin' in the Free World (Live in Kansas City)” Pearl Jam 263. “Hungry Heart” The Mavericks 264. “China Girl” David Bowie 265. “Superman” R.E.M. 266. “Mama Told Me Not to Come” Tom Jones and Stereophonics 267. “All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks)” Dave Matthews Band 268. “Fade into You” Valerie June 269. “Wichita Lineman” Johnny Cash 270. “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” Cyndi Lauper 271. “The First Cut is the Deepest” Sheryl Crow 272. “911 Is a Joke” Duran Duran 273. “Whole Lotta Love” Ike and Tine Turner 274. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Cat Power 275. “Love is the Drug” Grace Jones 276. “#9 Dream” R.E.M. 277. “Gin and Juice” The Gourds 278. “Personal Jesus” Trevor Horn, Iggy Pop, Phoebe Lunny 279. “Whiskey in the Jar” Metallica 280. “I Don't Want to Grow Up” Ramones 281. “Breakdown” Spoon 282. “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 283. “Ball of Confusion” Duran Duran 284. “That Don't Impress Me Much” Haim 285. “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” En VOgue 286. “Bette Davis Eyes” Kim Carnes 287. “Behind Blue Eyes” Sheryl Crow 288. “Caroline, No” The Wedding Present 289. “Go Your Own Way” The Cranberries 290. “Creep” Arlo Parks 291. “Bohemian Rhapsody” Elton John with Axl Rose 292. “Oh My God” Mark Ronson f/ Lily Allen 293. “Yesterday” Willie Nelson 294. “Summertime” Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong 295. “She Don't Use Jelly” Ben Folds Five 296. “There She Goes Again” King Princess 297. “Clocks” Rhythms Del Mundo with Coldplay 298. “The Ballroom Blitz” Tia Carrere 299. “Let's Have a Party” Spencer Davis Group 300. “Get Your Kicks on Route 66” The Rolling Stones 301. “53rd and 3rd” Metallica 302. “Don't Think Twice It's Alright” Johnny Marr 303. “In the Air Tonight” Lucy Dacus 304. “Good Vibrations” Todd Rundgren 305. “Something in the Way” Rufus Du Sol 306. “Mama Told Me Not to Come” Wilson Pickett 307. “All Along the Watchtower” U2 308. “Sweet Jane” Sweet 309. “American Girl” Everclear 310. “Can't Help Falling in Love with You” UB40 311. “Such Great Heights” Postmodern Jukebox f. Kiah Victoria 312. “Can't Take My Eyes Off of You” Lauryn Hill 313. “Don't Let Me Down” Stereophonics 314. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Weezer 315. “Little Wing” Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 316. “Blueberry Hill” Elton John 317. “Sad But True” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 318. “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” Rolling Stones 319. “Guitar Man” The Jesus and Mary Chain 320. “Hey Bulldog” Toad the Wet Sprocket 321. “Disguises” The Jam 322. “Fast Car” Luke Combs 323. “Wonderwall” Mike Flowers Pops 324. “Thirteen” Wilco 325. “Watching the Detectives” Duran Duran 326. “China Girl” James 327. “Enjoy the Silence” Foushee 328. “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks” Brittany Howard 329. “Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps” Cake 330. “Rockin' in the Free World” Simple Minds 331. “Graceland” Willie Nelson 332. “God Only Knows” Daniel Johnston 333. “The Train from Kansas City” Neko Case 334. “Gimme Shelter” Voice of the Beehive and Jimmy Sommerville 335. “Friend of the Devil” Counting Crows 336. “Don't Be Cruel” Cheap Trick 337. “Born to Run” Cowboy Mouth 338. “Honky Tonk Women” Tom Jones 339. “Sunshine on My Shoulders” Train 340. “Viva Las Vegas” ZZ Top 341. “Spanish Castle Magic” Santana 342. “Always Something There to Remind Me” Naked Eyes 343. “Wouldn't It Be Nice” She & Him, Zoey Deschanel, M Ward 344. “Where Is My Mind” Tkay Maidza 345. “Heroes” Oasis 346. “I'm a Believer” EMF with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer 347. “Dear God” Sarah McLachlan 348. “Paint It, Black” Duran Duran 349. “Running Up That Hill” Kiki Dee 350. “Wichita Lineman” R.E.M. 351. “Come Together” Sugababes 352. “Cum on Feel the Noize” Oasis 353. “I'm Only Sleeping” The Vines 354. “My Back Pages” The Hollies 355. “Whiskey in the Jar” The Pogues 356. “The Way You Do the Things You Do” UB40 357. “Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In” Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings 358. “Bein' Green” Andrew Bird 359. “Route 66 (Live)” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 360. “Summertime” Billie Holiday 361. “Good Lovin'“ The Rascals 362. “Good Guys” Heidi Lynne Gluck 363. “Hey Joe” Wilson Pickett 364. “I Just Wasn't Made for These Times” Jim James 365. “White Lines” Duran Duran 366. “Get Rhythm” Little Richard 367. “Solsbury Hill” Erasure 368. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Elton John 369. “Stand by Your Man” The Chicks 370. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Making Movies 371. “Enjoy the Silence” Bell X1 372. “Twist and Shout” The Isley Brothers 373. “The Best” Tina Turner 374. “This Is Radio Clash” The Urge 375. “The Ghost in You” Counting Crows 376. “Mama Told Me Not to Come” Three Dog Night 377. “A Forest” British Sea Power 378. “No Woman, No Cry” Fugees 379. “Sad But True” Royal Blood 380. “King of Carrot Flowers Part One” Death Cab for Cutie 381. “Never Going Back Again” matchbox twenty 382. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (We-Mo-Weh)” The Tokens 383. “Gold Dust Woman” Warren Haynes 384. “Love Buzz” Nirvana 385. “When Doves Cry” Patti Smith 386. “They Don't Know” Tracey Ullman 387. “Whole Wide World” Cage the Elephant 388. “Second Hand News” Tonic 389. “Rudie Can't Fail” The MIghty Mighty Bosstone 390. “I'll Take You There” General Public 391. “Love Hurts” Joan Jett 392. “No More I Love You's” Annie Lennox 393. “Love Song” The Big Pink 394. “Creep” Macy Gray 395. “Life During Wartime” Staple Singers 396. “Fascination Street” Monotony Street 397. “Rapper's Delight” Sugarhill Gang with Ellen Dow 398. “Wind of Change” AWOLNATION f. Brandon Boyd and Portugal. the Man 399. “Patience (Thundergong)” Ted Lasso 400. “What to Do” Meat Puppets 401. “Golden” Cannons 402. “Take Me Home Country Roads” Olivia Newton-John 403. “Burning Down the House” Bonnie Raitt 404. “Come and Get It” The Beatles 405. “Heroes” Janelle Monae 406. “I Can't Explain” Snuff 407. “The Chain” Shawn Colvin 408. “Manic Monday” Billie Joe Armstrong 409. “Papa Was a Rollin' Stone” Temptations 410. “Gimme Some Truth” Crew ft. Krystle Warren 411. “Tangerine” Big Head Todd and the Monsters 412. “Route 66” The Brian Setzer Orchestra 413. “I've Been Loving You Too Long” Tina Turner 414. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” Bette Midler 415. “Burning Love” Ronnie Spector 416. “Working Class Hero” Screaming Trees 417. “Whatta Man” Salt-N-Pepa 418. “Ring of Fire`” Ray Charles 419. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” Pete Yorn 420. “This Old Heart of Mine” Rod Stewart with Ron Isley 421. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Sophie B. Hawkins 422. “Dreams” The Kills 423. “Don't Be Cruel” The Mavericks 424. “Pinball Wizard” Elton John 425. “Use Me” Mick Jagger 426. “You'll Never Walk Alone” Brittany Howard 427. “Redemption Song” Wyclef Jean 428. “The Greatest Love of All” Whitney Houston 429. “Baby One More Time” Tenacious D 430. “Paint It, Black” The Flaming Groovies 431. “You Really Got Me” Robert Palmer 432. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Sammy Rae 433. “No Matter What” The Knack 434. “Here Comes the Sun” Peter Tosh 435. “Band on the Run” Foo Fighters 436. “I Wanna Be Sedated” The Offspring 437. “Here Comes Your Man” Teenage Fanclub 438. “Don't Stop” Elton John 439. “Spirit in the Sky” The Blind Boys of Alabama 440. “The Scientist” Natasha Bedingfield 441. “You Keep Me Hanging On” Madness 442. “Take a Chance on Me” AWOLNATION ft. Jewel 443. “Roll Over Beethoven” The Beatles 444. “Inspiration Information” Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 445. “Creep” Postmodern Jukebox f. Haley Reinhart 446. “Seven Nation Army” The Flaming Lips 447. “Let's Stay Together” Tina Turner 448. “Gold Dust Woman” Sister Hazel 449. “Let It Be” Tito Nieves and Tito Puente 450. “You Spin Me Round Like a Record” Sweet 451. “Harvest Moon” Sunflower Bean 452. “Miss Otis Regrets” The Lemonheads 453. “Fool in the Rain” O.A.R. and Robert Randolph 454. “Dancing in the Moonlight” Smashing Pumpkins 455. “I'm Free” Soup Dragons f/ Junior Reid 456. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Jimmy Barnes 457. “Ziggy Stardust” Seu Jorge 458. “Whiskey in the Jar” Pulp 459. “Hotel Yorba (Playback)” Katy Guillen & the Drive 460. “Please Mr. Postman” The Beatles 461. “Good Vibrations” The Troggs 462. “Blitzkrieg Bop” Sweet 463. “Hello, Dolly” Louis Armstrong 464. “Piece of My Heart” Melissa Etheridge 465. “Folsom Prison Blues” Keb' Mo' 466. “Spanish Castle Magic” Spin Doctors 467. “Sunday Morning” Michael Stipe 468. “You Want It Darker” Iggy Pop 469. “All Through the Night” Cyndi Lauper 470. “Police on My Back” Billie Joe Armstrong 471. “Mighty Quinn” Manfred Mann 472. “Reason to Believe” Rod Stewart 473. “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Joe Cocker 474. “House of the Rising Sun” Nina Simone 475. “Walkin' After Midnight” Patsy Cline 476. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Samantha Mumba 477. “Soak Up the Sun” Soccer Mommy 478. “Oh! You Pretty Things” Lisa Hannigan 479. “Like a Rolling Stone” Michael Bolton 480. “Maniac” AWOLNATION 481. “I'll Be There (MTV Unplugged) ft Trey Lorenz)” Mariah Carey 482. “In My Life” Jose Feliciano 483. “Back Home Again” Old Crow Medicine Show 484. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” The Vaccines 485. “Let My Love Open the Door” Natalie Imbruglia 486. “Senses Working Overtime” Spacehog 487. “Long Black Train” Cadillac Flambe 488. “Downbound Train” Raul Malo 489. “That's All for Everyone” Tame Impala 490. “Gone Daddy Gone” Gnarls Barkely 491. “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” Hootie & the Blowfish 492. “Just Dropped In” Kenny Rogers 493. “Pet Sounds” Architecture in Helsinki 494. “Mack the Knife” Louis Armstrong 495. “Queen of Hearts” Juice Newton 496. “The Tracks of My Tears” Go West 497. “Uncle John's Band” Lucius 498. “Light My Fire” Shirley Bassey 499. “Barracuda” Fergie 500. “Imagine” Gerry and the Pacemakers 501. “Here Comes Your Man” Kate Roges 502. “I'm Bad I'm Nationwide” Dwight Yoakam 503. “Guns of Brixton” Unwritten Law 504. “Misty Mountain Hop” 4 Non Blondes 505. “Ain’t That a Shame” John Lennon 506. “The Sky Is Crying” Stevie Ray Vaughan 507. “The E Street Shuffle” John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band 508. “Many Shades of Black” The Raconteurs with Adele 509. “I'll Be Your Mirror” Courtney Barnett 510. “Heroes” Blondie 511. “Fade into You” Maximo Park 512. “The Loco-Motion” Kylie Minogue 513. “She's Leaving Home” Billy Bragg 514. “Route 66” Chuck Berry 515. “Secret Garden” Tom Cochrane and Damhnait Doyle 516. “Lola” Madness 517. “Working in a Coal Mine” Devo 518. “Right Down the Line” Local Natives 519. “Femme Fatale” Sharon Van Etten 520. “I Get a Kick Outta You” Louis Armstrong 521. “I Shall Be Released” Paul Weller 522. “Gimme Some Truth” Billie Joe Armstrong 523. “Games People Play” Lissie 524. “Stacy's Mom” Postmodern Jukebox f. Casey Abrams 525. “Can't Help Falling in Love” Hall and Oates 526. “Boys Don't Cry” Lostprophets 527. “Can't Get Enough of You Baby” The Colourfield 528. “Wooden Indian” Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes 529. “Dead Flowers” Cowboy Junkies 530. “Alone Again (Naturally)” AWOLNATION 531. “Stayin' Alive” Rhythms Del Mundo f. Wyclef Jean 532. “You Really Got a Hold on Me” The Beatles 533. “Fantastic Voyage” Coolio 534. “Positively 4th Street” Paul Westerberg 535. “The Black Angel's Death Song” Fontaines D.C. 536. “All Along the Watchtower” The Fratelli's 537. “Rebel Rebel” Rickie Lee Jones 538. “I'm Waiting for the Man” Matt Berninger 539. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Michael McDonald 540. “Message in a Bottle” Maxi Priest 541. “Rolling in the Deep” Aretha Franklin 542. “You Make Loving Fun” Jewel 543. “Hey Bulldog” Fanny 544. “Lullaby” Editors 545. “Brilliant Disguise” Elvis Costello 546. “Rave On” M Ward ft. Zoey Deschanel 547. “I Don't Want to Know” Goo Goo Dolls 548. “Uncle John's Band” Jimmy Buffet 549. “Jack Straw” Bruce Hornsby and the Range 550. “Ring of Fire” Def Leppard 551. “Love Me Tender” Linda Ronstadt 552. “I Want to Break Free” Lisa Stansfield 553. “Lady Madonna” Fats Domino 554. “I Won't Back Down” Kris Kristofferson 555. “Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things” Kirsty MacColl ft. the Pogues 556. “Like a Rolling Stone” Jimi Hendrix 557. “Shadows of the Night” Pat Benatar 558. “Some Kind of Wonderful” Joss Stone 559. “Real Wild Child (Wild One)” Iggy Pop 560. “I Say a Little Prayer” Aretha Franklin 561. “White Riot” Cracker 562. “Fade into You” Gregory Alan Isakov, Sylvan Esso 563. “Royals” Postmodern Juke f. Puddles Pity Party 564. “Devil with the Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly” Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels 565. “Money (That's What I Want)” Flying Lizards 566. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Diana Ross 567. “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” The Go-Go's 568. “Born to Run” Frank Turner 569. “Just a Friend” AWOLNATION 570. “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin 571. “Red House” Buddy Guy 572. “Baby I Love Your Way” Big Mountain 573. “Seven Nation Army” Hard-Fi 574. “Dream Baby” Hootie & the Blowfish 575. “Wild World” Jimmy Cliff 576. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” Earth, Wind and Fire 577. “Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher” Eileen 578. “Radio Ga Ga” Paul Young 579. “Straight to Hell” Moby featuring Heather Nova 580. “Babe I'm Gonna Leave You” Led Zeppelin 581. “The Tide is High” Blondie 582. “Silver Springs” Lykke Li 583. “Ship of Fools” Elvis Costello 584. “Instant Karma!” Paul Weller 585. “If It Be Your Will” Mavis Staples 586. “Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You” The Charlatans 587. “Let ‘Em In” Dr. John 588. “Der Kommisar” After the Fire 589. “Songbird” Duncan Shiek 590. “Piece of My Heart” Big Brother & the Holding Company 591. “Hold on I'm Comin” Aretha Franklin 592. “It Ain’t Me Babe” Nancy Sinatra 593. “Love Song” Adele 594. “Spirit in the Sky” Dr. and the Medics 595. “Bad Romance” Lissie 596. “Foxey Lady” Cee-Lo Green 597. “All You Pretty Girls” Crash Test Dummies 598. “Eye in the Sky” AWOLNATION f. Beck 599. “Marquee Moon” Kronos Quartet 600. “That Thing You Do!” Billie Joe Armstrong 601. “Sad Songs and Waltzes” Cake 602. “Jailhouse Rock” John Cougar Mellencamp 603. “Laid” Better Than Ezra 604. “I Go Blind” Hootie & the Blowfish 605. “Dream a Little Dream” Eddie Vedder 606. “If I Can't Have You” Eve's Plum 607. “Everyday is Like Sunday” Chrissie Hynde 608. “Suspicious Minds” Fine Young Cannibals 609. “Rebel Rebel” Jimmy Cliff 610. “Ain’t That a Shame” Pat Boone 611. “A Hard Day's Night” Johnny Rivera 612. “Working in the Coal Mine” Devo 613. “I Won't Back Down” John Fogerty 614. “Things We Said Today” Bob Dylan 615. “Mind Games” George Clinton 616. “Love Cats” The Futureheads 617. “Use Me” Hootie & the Blowfish 618. “Dazed and Confused” Led Zeppelin 619. “Maybe I'm Amazed” Billy Joel 620. “Drive” AWOLNATION 621. “It's All Over Now Baby Blue” Echo and the Bunnymen 622. “Live to Tell” Berlin 623. “I Want to Take You Higher” Ike & Tina Turner 624. “I Think We're Alone” Billie Joe Armstrong 625. “I Turn My Camera On” Rock Kills Kid 626. “Ziggy Stardust” Bauhaus 627. “Sloop John B” Dick Dale and His Del-Tones 628. “Hey Jude” Elvis Presley 629. “Iko Iko” Belle Stars 630. “The Spider and the Fly” Buffalo Tom 631. “Strawberry Letter 23” Brothers Johnson 632. “Rihannon” Best Coast 633. “Miss Otis Regrets” Bette Midler 634. “Help Me” kd lang 635. “Burning Down the House” Cardigans with Tom Jones 636. “Material Girl” AWOLNATION f. Taylor Hanson 637. “Landslide” Allison Russell 638. “I Just Wanna Have Something to Do” Garbage 639. “One Way Out” Allman Brothers Band 640. “Ring of Fire” Dwight Yoakam 641. “More, More, More (Part 1)” Babes in Toyland 642. “Lola” Andy Taylor 643. “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” Junior Walker & the All Stars 644. “Tomorrow Never Knows” Jimi Hendrix featuring Jim Morrison 645. “Wild World” Maxi Priest 646. “A New England” Billie Joe Armstrong 647. “Denis” Blondie 648. “When I'm 64” Barry Gibb 649. “Ob La Di Ob La Da” Celia Cruz 650. “Light My Fire” Clarence Carter 651. “Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)” Lenny Kravitz 652. “Stayin' Alive” Dweezil Zappa 653. “Imagine” Blues Traveler 654. “Beds Are Burning” AWOLNATION 655. “Addicted to Love” Alex Clare 656. “Life During Wartime” Ben Lee 657. “I Believe in Miracles” Eddie Vedder with Zeke 658. “The Wind Cries Mary” Sting 659. “You Keep Me Hanging On” Kim Wilde 660. “This Used to Be My Playground” A Flock of Seagulls 661. “Bring the Noise (Thundergong)” Flava Flav and Jason Sudeikis 662. “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” UB40 663. “That's What Friends Are For” Dionne Warwick and Friends 664. “We Are Family” The Chipmunks and the Chipettes 665. “My Back Pages” Joan Osbourne and Jackson Browne 666. “Day Tripper” Otis Redding 667. “The Boho Dance” Bjork 668. “Anyhow, Anyway, Anywhere” The Flaming Lips 669. “Bennie and the Jets” Beastie Boys with Biz Markie 670. “Cello Song” Fontaines D.C. 671. “You Better Run” Pat Benatar 672. “Revolution” The Radiators 673. “Maggie's Farm” The Specials 674. “Material Girl” KMFDM 675. “Who Are You” Stereophonics 676. “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension 677. “Casey Jones” Warren Zevon with David Linley 678. “Need You Tonight” Level 42 679. “Blue Monday” Randy Newman 680. “The Crying Game” Boy George 681. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” The Crickets 682. “New York Groove” Ace Frehley 683. “Maybe I'm Amazed” Jem 684. “Jackie Wilson Said” Dexy's Midnight Runners 685. “Band on the Run” Heart 686. “Walking on the Moon” Hot Chocolate 687. “When Doves Cry” Razorlight 688. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” Nancy Sinatra 689. “Oh Pretty Woman” Al Green 690. “Beat on the Brat” U2 691. “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” Linda Ronstadt 692. “The Kids Are Alright” Pearl Jam 693. “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” The Subway 694. “High and Dry” Jamie Cullum 695. “How Lucky” Kurt Vile with John Prine 696. “Pancho and Lefty” Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson 697. “I'm a Believer” The Monkees 698. “Midnight at the Oasis” That Dog 699. “Looking Out My Back Door” The Stray Cats 700. “Like a Rolling Stone” Mick Ronson with David Bowie 701. “Dancing on My Own” Kings of Leon 702. “Every Breath You Take” Shirley Bassey 703. “Like a Virgin” Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow 704. “Truckin'“ Dwight Yoakam 705. “Oh! You Pretty Things” Herman's Hermits 706. “5.15” Phish 707. “China Doll” Suzanne Vega 708. “Sunny Afternoon” Bob Geldof 709. “All Day and All of the Night” The Stranglers 710. “Uncle John's Band” Indigo Girls 711. “Think About Me” The New Pornographers 712. “Some Kind of Wonderful” Grand Funk Railroad 713. “Feelin’ Alright” Paul Weller 714. “Havana Affair” Red Hot Chili Peppers 715. “New York” Cat Power 716. “Hey Joe” Jimi Hendrix Experience 717. “I Only Have Eyes for You” Flamingos 718. “I'm Walkin'“ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 719. “Suspicious Minds” Candi Staton 720. “Everybody’s Talkin’” Harry Nilsson 721. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” Angelique Kidjo 722. “Ain’t That a Shame” Edwyn Collins 723. “Stand by Your Man” Tina Turner 724. “Can't Buy Me Love” Ella Fitzgerald 725. “It's Now or Never” Paul McCartney 726. “Fell in Love with a Boy” Joss Stone 727. “I Hear You Knocking” Dave Edmunds 728. “Use Me” Isaac Hayes 729. “America the Beautiful” Ray Charles 730. “Can't Get Enough of You Baby” ? and the Mysterians 731. “Every 1's a Winner” Ty Segall 732. “Wharf Rat” Midnight Oil 733. “Hello Goodbye” The Cure f. James McCartney 734. “Addicted to Love” Eagles of Death Metal 735. “I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself” White Stripes 736. “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat” Beck 737. “Do You Love Me” Nirvana 738. “Jump Jive an' Wail” The Brian Setzer Orchestra 739. “Jump” Aztec Camera 740. “Killing in the Name” My Brothers and Sisters 741. “Cheat” Rancid 742. “Dizzy” Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff 743. “Enter Sandman” Mac DeMarco 744. “Eight Miles High” Husker Du 745. “Louie Louie” Ike & Tina Turner 746. “Linger” Royel Otis 747. “Nightclubbing” Grace Jones 748. “All My Loving” Maxi Priest 749. “How Will I Know” Sam Smith 750. “Time Warp” Tenacious D 751. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” Liza Minelli 752. “Brand New Cadillac” The Clash 753. “Secret Agent Man” Devo 754. “Gallows Pole” Led Zeppelin 755. “Sad But True” St. Vincent 756. “Lost in the Supermarket” Afghan Whigs 757. “If You Leave” Nada Surf 758. “Back on the Chain Gang” Morrissey 759. “Love Is All Around” R.E.M. 760. “Space Oddity” Natalie Merchant 761. “Wedding Bell Blues” Morrissey w Billiy Joe Armstrong 762. “In the Summertime” Yes You Are 763. “Yesterday” Gladys Knight and the Pips 764. “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” The Mavericks 765. “Spanish Harlem” Aretha Franklin 766. “Beyond the Sea” Bobby Darin 767. “Girl from the North Country” M Ward, Connor Oberst, Jim James 768. “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” Robert Palmer 769. “Farewell Transmission” Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee 770. “Down the Line” The Hollies 771. “Let It Be” Chrissie Hynde 772. “Right Down the Line” Bonnie Raitt 773. “Waterloo Sunset” David Essex 774. “Lady Madonna” Allen Toussaint 775. “Purple House” Prince 776. “Atlantic City” Ed Sheeran 777. “The Scientist” Willie Nelson 778. “How Sweet It Is” James Taylor 779. “Have a Cigar” Foo Fighters and Brian May 780. “Dream Baby” Wayne Newton 781. “Living After Midnight” LA Guns 782. “I Wanna Be Your Dog” Uncle Tupelo 783. “Lotta Love” Nicolette Larson 784. “Whole Lotta Love” Beth Hart 785. “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” David Byrne 786. “Land of 1000 Dances” Wilson Pickett 787. “Start Me Up” Manic Street Preachers 788. “Don't You Evah” Spoon 789. “Love Hurts” Sinead O'Connor 790. “La Vie En Rose” Lucy Dacus 791. “Baby Blue” Aimee Mann 792. “Debaser” Rogue Wave 793. “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” Third Eye Blind 794. “Let My Love Open the Door” Mitski 795. “Summertime Blues” Blue Cheer 796. “Dance Me to the End of Love” Madeleine Peyroux 797. “Someday” Julia Jacklin 798. “Our Lips Are Sealed” Fun Boy Three 799. “Obsession” Animotion 800. “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” Saint Etienne 801. “Handle with Care (Thunder Gong)” Jason Sudeikis, Wil Forte, Fred Armisen 802. “Tears of a Clown” The Beat 803. “Cats in the Cradle” Ugly Kid Joe 804. “Like a Prayer” Loleatta Holloway 805. “Head Over Heels” Japanese Breakfast 806. “Steal My Sunshine” Portugal. the Man f/. Cherry Glaze 807. “A Groovy Kind of Love” Phil Collins 808. “Manic Monday” Bangles 809. “My Way” Sex Pistols 810. “Running Up That Hill” Car Seat Headrest 811. “Bad Romance (Thundergong 2022)” Brendan Hunt 812. “Oye Como Va” Santana 813. “Take Me to Tomorrow” Dave Matthews 814. “Mr. Tambourine Man” Byrds 815. “I Can See Clearly Now” Jimmy Cliff 816. “Nothing Else Matters” Phoebe Bridgers 817. “Jealous Guy” Collective Soul 818. “Champagne Supernova” Matt Pond PA 819. “Espresso” Good Neighbours 820. “Sexual Healing” Soul Asylum 821. “Dancing in the Street” David Bowie and Mick Jagger 822. “Purple Haze” Robert Randolph and the Family Band 823. “Summer Breeze” Type O Negative 824. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” My Morning Jacket 825. “Fast Car” Black Pumas 826. “Careless Whisper” Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio 827. “Spirit in the Sky” Elton John 828. “Twist and Shout” Mamas & the Papas 829. “A Case of You” Prince 830. “Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird” Will to Power 831. “Help!” Deep Purple 832. “What a Wonderful World” Joey Ramone 833. “With a Little Help from My Friends” Wet Wet Wet 834. “Higher Ground” Jass 835. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Robert Glasper 836. “Bette Davis Eyes” Kylie Minogue 837. “Go Your Own Way” Lissie 838. “Time After Time” Everything But the Girl 839. “Friend of the Devil” Lyle Lovett 840. “Clampdown” Indigo Girls 841. “Harvest Moon” SYML 842. “Smalltown Boy” Dido 843. “Here Comes the Sun” Nina Simone 844. “Crossroads” Cream (Eric Clapton) 845. “Shout (Parts 1 & 2)” The Isley Brothers 846. “Free Man in Paris” Sufjan Stevens 847. “Blue Suede Shoes” Elvis Presley 848. “California Sun” The Rivieras 849. “Ring of Fire” Lykke Li 850. “Imagine” Dolly Parton 851. “Summertime” Big Brother & the Holding Company 852. “People Get Ready” Rod Stewart 853. “Light My Fire” Stevie Wonder 854. “Instant Karma!” Toad the Wet Sprocket 855. “You Really Got Me” Iggy Pop 856. “Gold Dust Woman (Live)” Sheryl Crow 85. “Jailhouse Rock” The Cramps 858. “Baby I Love Your Way” Diana Ross 859. “Should I Stay or Should I Go” Kaiser Chiefs 860. “Waterfalls” Death Cab for Cutie 861. “Working Class Hero” Green Day 862. “One Step Beyond” Madness 863. “Wild Thing” Divinyls 864. “Mahna Mahna” The Fray 865. “Hateful” No Doubt 866. “Cherry Bomb” L7 and Joan Jett 867. “Love Will Tear Us Apart” Not a Planet 868. “Breaking the Law” Motorhead 869. “Heroes” TV on the Radio 870. “Let's Dance” The Ramones 871. “Dancing in the Dark” Bastille 872. “Dreams” Letters to Cleo 873. “Money Changes Everything” Cyndi Lauper 874. “I Want Candy” Bow Wow Wow 875. “Burning Down the House” Paramore 876. “Wide Open Spaces” Soccer Mommy 877. “Drive” The Script 878. “Holiday” Heaven 17 879. “Ziggy Stardust” Def Leppard 880. “Driver 8” Hootie & the Blowfish 881. “Fire” Pointer Sisters 882. “Venus and Mars Rock Show” KISS 883. “Crazy” Patsy Cline 884. “Just” Mark Ronson f/ Alex Greenwald 885. “Hot Rod Lincoln” Commander Cody and His Lost Planet 886. “Viva Las Vegas” Reverend Horton Heat 887. “Laid” Matt Nathanson 888. “Money (That's What I Want)” Beatles 889. “Video Killed the Radio Star” The Presidents of the United States of America 890. “Safety Dance” Angel Olsen 891. “Crazy Train” Pat Boone 892. “California” Mates of State 893. “Cum on Feel the Noize” Quiet Riot 894. “Flagpole Sitta” AWOLNATION 895. “Sex on Fire” Cannons 896. “Rainbow Connection” Weezer and Hayley Williams 897. “Venus” Bananarama 898. “Take a Chance on Me” Erasure 899. “Lola (909 Session)” Lake Street Dive 900. “The Muppet Show Theme Song” OK Go 901. “Get It on (Bang a Gong)” Power Station 902. “Express Yourself” Information Society 903. “Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio” KISS 904. “White Man in Hammersmith Palais” 311 905. “Kids in America” Billie Joe Armstrong 906. “Born to Run” Frankie Goes to Hollywood 907. “Psycho Killer ft. Victoria De Angelis” Duran Duran 908. “Baby One More Time” Fountains of Wayne 909. “Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody” David Lee Roth Resources/Related Links Dave’s Music Database: “Other Genre/Category Song Lists” Bridge909.org (July 2026). “Top 909 Cover Songs of All Time” First posted July 4, 2026.

Leonard Cohen: Top 50 Songs

Leonard Cohen Top 50 Songs

Leonard Cohen is a folk-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist born 9/21/1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He died 11/7/2016. He also wrote the novels The Favorite Game and Beautiful Losers, six volumes of poetry, several documentaries. His album, The Songs of Leonard Cohen, ranks as one of the top 1000 of all time and Jeff Buckley’s cover of “Hallelujah” is one of the top 1000 songs of all time. He has been covered my numerous artists, as evidenced by at least three four albums – I’m Your Fan (1991), Tower of Song (1995), the soundtrack to I’m Your Fan (2006), and Here It Is (2022). Those collections alone feature Tori Amos, Peter Gabriel, Don Henley, Elton John, Billy Joel, Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Willie Nelson, the Pixes, Iggy Pop, R.E.M., Sting, James Taylor, U2, Trisha Yearwood, and more. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

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Top 50 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to singles charts.) DMDB Top 5%: 1. Suzanne (1967) 2. Hallelujah (1984) DMDB Top 10%: 3. You Want It Darker (2016) DMDB Top 20%: 4. Bird on the Wire (1969) 5. Everybody Knows (1988) Beyond the DMDB Top 20%: 6. Famous Blue Raincoat (1971) 7. So Long, Marianne (1967) 8. Tower of Song (1988) 9. Chelsea Hotel #2 (1974) 10. First We Take Manhattan (1988) 11. I’m Your Man (1988) 12. Dance Me to the End of Love (1984) 13. Sisters of Mercy (1967) 14. Who by Fire (1974) 15. Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye (1967) 16. The Future (1992) 17. Closing Time (1992) 18. The Partisan (1969) 19. Anthem (1992) 20. The Stranger Song (1967) 21. The Story of Isaac (1969) 22. Lover, Lover, Lover (1974) 23. If It Be Your Will (1984) 24. Memories (1977) 25. Avalanche (1971) 26. Take This Waltz (1986) 27. Democracy (1992) 28. Diamonds in the Mine (1971) 29. Joan of Arc (1971) 30. Tonight Will Be Fine (1969) 31. The Guests (1979) 32. Don’t Go Home with Your Hard-On (1977) 33. Dress Rehearsal Rag (1971) 34. Winter Lady (1967) 35. Light As the Breeze (1992) 36. Ain’t No Cure for Love (1988) 37. In My Secret Life (2001) 38. Waiting for the Miracle (1992) 39. A Thousand Kisses Deep (2001) 40. Take This Longing (1974) 41. Master Song (1967) 42. Darkness (2012) 43. I Can’t Forget (1988) 44. Lady Midnight (1969) 45. Last Year’s Man (1971) 46. Never Any Good (1997) 47. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (1969) 48. True Love Leaves No Traces (1977) 49. Passing Through (1973) 50. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (1967) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Leonard Cohen Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 11/8/2022.

Jeff Buckley’s Grace released

Grace Jeff Buckley

Released: August 23, 1994 Peak: 149 US, 42 UK, 67 CN, 9 AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.6 UK, 3.5 world (includes US and UK) Genre: alternative rock singer/songwriter

Tracks: Song Title (Writers) [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to charts. Mojo Pin (Buckley/ Lucas) [5:42] Grace (Buckley/ Lucas) [5:22] (8/94, --) Last Goodbye (Buckley/ Lucas) [4:35] (1/95, 19 MR, 54 UK, 14 DF) Lilac Wine (Shelton) [4:32] So Real (Buckley/ Tighe) [4:43] (6/95, --) Hallelujah (Cohen) [6:53] (5/07, 1 DG, 2 UK, 70 AU, 1 DF) Lover, You Should’ve Come Over (Buckley) [6:43] (22 DF) Corpus Christi Carol (for Roy) (Britten) [2:56] Eternal Life (Buckley) [4:52] (8/95, --) Dream Brother (Buckley/ Grondahl/ Johnson) [5:26] Total Running Time: 51:43 The Players: Jeff Buckley (vocals, guitar, keyboards, dulcimer, percussion) Gary Lucas (guitar on “Mojo Pin” and “Grace”) Michael Tighe (guitar on “So Real”) Mick Grøndahl (bass) Matt Johnson (percussion, drums) Karl Berger (string arrangements) Loris Holland (organ on “Lover, You Should Have Come Over”) Misha Masud (tabla on “Dream Brother”)

Rating: 4.357 out of 5.00 (average of 29 ratings) Quotable: “Most ethereal and achingly lovelorn album to come out in the past decade." – Carey Head, Ink Blot Magazine Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About Jeff Buckley “Jeff Buckley emerged with his only studio album in 1994 before his tragic death only three years later. Grace was the legacy of a young man gifted with a bloodline of musical talent wrestling with the pain of having an absent father,” PM ‘60s cult folk singer-songwriter Tim Buckley. Cynics might argue that Buckley cashed in on his lineage – or his “matinee idol good looks.” SM Some might even suggest that his death at 30 years old boosted the status of his sole studio album. Such criticisms ignore that Jeff didn’t actively try to promote himself through any of these means. He fought “tirelessly to stand out from his father’s shadow.” PM Jeff was raised by his mother and only met his father once. Jeff was eight years old when Tim died at age 28 of a drug overdose in 1975. TB Jeff had no interest in building on his heartthrob status; he was mortified by his 1995 appearance on People magazine’s list of the 50 most beautiful people. DB-98 As for his death, it wasn’t a suicidal act which might prompt cynics to argue he was trying to create a legacy. He accidentally drowned. He was working on his second album, tentatively titled My Sweetheart the Drunk, when he went drinking with a friend on May 29, 1997, and died of an accidental drowning after diving into the water fully clothed. Jeff Launches His Own Career He spent a decade as a session guitarist PM before recording Grace. In the early ‘90s, Buckley played in coffee houses in New York and worked with Gary Lucas as the short-lived Gods and Monsters. He was a “guitarist in the final incarnation of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band.” TB They didn’t release a record at the time, but Jeff would eventually land a record contract with Columbia Records after a major-label bidding war was sparked after he delivered a “haunting performance of his father’s ‘Once I Was.’” TB An EP, Live at Sin-é came out in 1993, the same year Jeff began work on Grace. He hastily assembled a band which included Mick Grondahl, a bassist he met at a Columbia University café gig, and drummer Matt Johnson, who was friends with Rebbecca Moore, Buckley’s girlfriend. DB-67 Producer Andy Wallace was tapped as the producer and “rose to the challenge, crafting swirling, anthemic arrangements.” SM He wasn’t an obvious choice. He was two decades Buckley’s senior and had worked primarily with hard rock and metal icons like Ozzy Osbourne. DB-64 He’d also produced Run-D.M.C.’s iconic remake of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” and mixed Nirvana’s Nevermind. However, he was viewed as someone who could “take small and particular things and create large soundscapes that matched the epic quality of Jeff’s musical interests.” DB-65 The Album’s Legacy “Far from getting the flowers it deserved in Buckley’s lifetime, the tortured yet romantic album” PM “had only sold modestly on its initial release, reaching Number 50 on the U.K. albums chart.” TB “In the immediate aftermath of his death, it wasn’t apparent what…loss his…talent really would…be.” AD However, Grace has since been cited by “numerous bands and artists, including Radiohead and Coldplay…as a key influence on their work.” TB It “has stood the test of time and always was going to… its appeal is slow burning. Give it time, listen to it…It’s a beautiful record and some debut.” AD “Jeff Buckley sets out upon a road less travelled, avoiding the safe and predictable in favor of the ecstatic and the personal.” CD He “sounds like a man who doesn’t yet know what he wants to be…it’s a ballsy kind of uncertainty, the kind you find in star high-school athletes who seem to have all the confidence in the world even as they’re straining to meet their own ever-increasing expectations.” RS “His prowess as a musician was always the root of his guitar-centric music, but the delicacy with which he feels emotion in Grace is something that gets under your skin and won’t ever crawl out.” PM It “is an album that covers more ground than you initially realize – its heartache comes with a restlessness that stirs bout the soulfulness and the sounds.” CM “There are no obvious melodies rather shifting moods, tempos and intensities.” AD “Ringing guitar and driving drums mix with swaying spartan tenderness and almost awkward rhythmic changes.” Q It is “filled with sweeping choruses, bombastic arrangements, [and] searching lyrics” AM “where images of death and love, rain and fire, torment and longing fill the imagination.” Q Buckley crafts original “songs of mystery and spirituality” Q which “are full of a search for redemption and all about love, loss and faith.” AD His Voice Jeff Buckley had “one of the finest voices of a generation.” AD a title earned by “intimately sharing his soul and pouring it into every note on Grace.” PM He taps the “emotional power of Led Zeppelin and Van Morrison” TB with a voice that “resembles a somewhat more subtle Robert Plant in its five-octave range.” TB Author Tom Moon even suggested he was “the last best hope of rock.” TM His voice was “an exquisite, malleable instrument…from his daring vaults into the upper registers to his long, enraptured middle-register ornaments and moans.” CD There were “the gospel hooks and choir-boy falsettos, the swooping leaps in time signatures, the hushed cathedral hymn-like melodies, the ululating scale-climbing and the smouldering, unbridled balladeering.” DB-9 He “could sound like a tortured Sylvia Plath type, desperate to convey a particular depth of feeling.” TM Buckley “had the piercing tenor voice of an angel wrought with desperation.” RV In a review of Grace, Robert Hilburn said “more than most songwriters, Buckley places special importance on his vocals. Almost as if impatient with mere words, he searches for added vocal color to convey the intensity of the song’s emotion.” DB-23 He “could go from a whisper to a roar” AD with his “impassioned, octave-defying singing” SM which “resembled a cross between Robert Plant, Van Morrison, and his father Tim.” AM “Buckley is doubtless sick of the Son Of Tim tag…but the inheritance of his father’s vocal range and disregard for conventional form is inescapable.” Q Giving Voice to Others It wasn’t just the physical quality of his voice, but how he gave voice to a generation. However, he wasn’t treading in the “’loser’ professions of a still youthful Beck” DB-98 where “vulnerable men are lost, confused and betrayed…to the point of suffocating self=absorption.” DB-116 Rather he was “a millennial rock romantic with a fondness for expressing pulsating, sensual feeling, the cerebral and visceral contours of human intimacy.” JB-98 “It’s the delivery that separates him from the crowd, ranging from delicate and dreamy to highly charged and nakedly emotional.” Q “As a person and performer he left his fans feeling like his personal friends awash in romance and intrigue, a connection very few artists ever give to their audience.” IB “No one summed up Gen X dreaming more magically than Jeff Buckley.” DB-13 Matt Johnson said Buckley “could awaken people’s sense of who they were in their own passions. There’s so much longing…There’s so much deep yearning for a connection to the source.” DB-11 With Grace, Buckley “captured…the sound and fury, the stillness and the raucous noise, the surreal as well as the ordinary, everyday contradictions of mid-1990s American culture and the mad genius of left field rock wonder and possibility.” DB-2 “His extreme intensity and emotional sincerity make Grace…a flourishing achievement.” IB “This was ‘punk rock’ soul music re-outfitted to celebrate the spiritual, the sexual, the emotional connections between men and women, friends and lovers, individual linked together by the electric spirit of humanity itself.” DB-99 His Influences That voice wasn’t just the luck of biology, but also the influence of “huge ears and an even bigger record collection.” RS “He was a complete High Fidelity record store nerd, a lover of all music who took total pleasure in absorbing the most obscure and minute details about popular music culture and history…[and] also seized upon the indie record collector nerd posture.” DB-116-7 Look at the legacy edition of Live at Sin-é. He covers songs made famous by Ray Charles, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, Edith Piaf, and Nina Simone. He proclaimed that Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was his “Elvis.” He “jumbles jazz, R&B, blues and rock references” RS along with “French chanson, eastern melodies and classical choral music to create a classic rock record almost without precedent.” SM Grace “sounds like a Led Zeppelin album written by an ambitious folkie with a fondness for lounge jazz.” AM “This is no pretty folk LP, it’s a powerful album of unlocked emotions, poetry and drama.” Q Buckley creates a “variously fascinating, uneasy listening and hard work, but you could never confuse it with anything else.” Q The Songs Here are insights into the individual songs. “Mojo Pin” This song first saw the light of day with Gods and Monsters although Buckley had been kicking around lyrics for the song since at least 1989. DB-73 It has been suggested that the song could be about drug addiction or the addictive nature of love. DB-76 Lyrically, it tells the story of “a weak and passive body that craves to ‘keep…whole,’ oe that will ‘never be safe from harm,’ and yet musically, Mojo Pin is sonically bold, ambitious, disruptive, and filled with brazen risks.” DB-74 It “aesthetically mimics the cyclical experience of a narcotic-altered state.” DB-76 It “displays exactly what this album is all about.” AD It took “guts to open a major-label, full-length debut rock album with a five-minute, forty-two second ‘song about a dream.’” DB-71 The “singer beckons his listeners to travel with him to the center of a wild, disorienting lyrical and sonic field of play.” DB-72 The song is “ethereal; all delicate guitar washes and wordless sighs.” CM It is “a jagged, crescendo-bending, elliptical tornado of a song.” DB-72 It “volleys between pensive moments and thundering Led Zeppelin tumult.” TM The song “creeps in with ambient, almost sinister, guitars” RV and, along with “Buckley’s angelic, breathy vibrato, seduces the listener and cascades over the odd time signature. Before the first minute of this album is over, you’re enveloped in the most ethereal and achingly” IB “lovelorn album of the ‘90s.” RV “Grace” This is another song which dates back to Buckley’s days with Gods and Monsters and Gary Lucas even lends his guitar prowess to the track. Like “Mojo Pin,” Jeff “matched early notebook musings and poetry to Lucas’ music.” DB-79 “While ‘Mojo Pin’ unleashes a difficult, mid-tempo lament filled with musical breaks,” DB-78 “’Grace’ moves brilliantly and relentlessly away from the bad mojo and runs straight into the shimmering light.” DB-78 Lyrically, the song “marks Buckley’s penchant for writing and singing about death and sorrow” AD as it deals with the “melancholic departure of two lovers forced to separate.” DB-79 However, it serves as “a prayer affirming and manifesting the endless and elliptical beauty of humanity itself.” DB-79 It celebrates “an inclusive musical space that replenishes the soul.” DB-79 “Grace” is “filled with bursts of spinning guitar sunshine and fleet guitar picking in the vein of Led Zeppelin’s more folky, jangling strumming numbers.” DB-80 It also “unveils the full power of Jeff’s vocals, as they seem here to almost fly, traversing space and time.” DB-78 “The vocal is a sheer beauty, a thing of wonder.” AD “Last Goodbye” On Last Goodbye, Buckley “finds his peak in a powerfully controlled vocal performance that marries anger and regret as strings accentuate the melodic heft.” CM “Maybe the most iridescent break-up song ever written.” DB-100 “Backed by acoustic guitars, Mike Johnson’s solid drumming and some lush violins toward the end, it reminds you of that last time you left your lover’s house knowing you could never go back no matter how badly you wanted to.” IB “The chorus is absolutely thrilling with rock guitars and his voice sailing over the top…as if reaching for the heavens.” AD Buckley traverses similar territory to Prince as he “slipped easily into the role of the rock male lover who isn’t too macho to beg for earnest affection.” DB-102 This was the only song to make a dent on U.S. radio, reaching #19 on the alternative rock chart. The song “had been floating around for several years…in his repertoire.” DB-100 Buckley said he included it “to show that it belonged somewhere, that it had a life and purpose all its own.” DB-100 “So Real” The “art-school noisy” AZ So Real “repeats the quiet/loud formula of ‘Last Goodbye’ but with significantly more rock thrown in. A guitar sounds like a buzzsaw at one point. The louder sections are as intense as hell and the other vocals are whispered, quietly caressed.” AD At times, the song is “reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine’s celestial vocals that weave through walls of hazy feedback and distortion.” DB-105 It makes “masterful use of a jarring voices that changes from middle to high register and later shifts from boy soprano vocals to the chorus to a rattling, over-dubbed throat voice towards the song’s climax.” DB-105 “Lilac Wine” The “ghostly” RS Lilac Wine is “a gorgeous rendition” PM of a song Nina Simone made popular in the 1960s. DB-125 It is the first of three covers on the album. By covering it, Buckley showed he was “a white male rock artist unafraid to embrace the musical genius and influence of a black female musician.” DB-123 His rendition “provides an important link to his East Village past…[as it] transports us to the nightclub where cnateuse Buckley unleashes his angst-ridden torch song.” DB-126 It “is a stunning achievement…as [Buckley] plays troubadour and croons out” IB a “tender and pretty vocal amid slow shifting bass and delicate guitar.” AD “With its deep blush of a sound [it] practically adds years to his age. His voice seems weighted down with tears that just won’t come out the normal way. ‘I made wine from the lilac tree, put my heart in its recipe,’ he sings, and his heart’s in this recipe, too. Like any singer worth his salt, he knows that ‘Lilac Wine’ just never comes out right without it.” RS “Hallelujah” “The album’s highlight is the definitive” CM and “emotionally jarring version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah” IB in which “Buckley inhabits the lyric with bittersweet enchantment.” CM It “strips you bare from the first sigh he breathes, as the opening notes ring out and the unapologetically naked production from every delicate pluck of the strings.” PM is a “tour de force of heartbreaking emotional and spiritual immensity.” DB-139-40 It is “a minimal, stripped back performance” AD which is “the centrepiece of the album for many.” AD “It takes a confident singer to attempt [the song] and Buckley manages to top [Cohen] with his impassioned and intense falsetto, an expression of sincerity rarely ever heard in music since.” RV “As tender as the heart that broke to write this song, [Buckley] confesses to us: ‘Well maybe there’s a God above/but all I’ve ever learned from love-was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya.’” IB “This is gospel music with sex, desire, and love tangled together.” DB-138 The path of Buckley’s “exquisite reinterpretation of the song” DB-138 becoming the definitive version is an interesting tale worthy of its own Dave’s Music Database page (read more here). The short version, however, is that Cohen first recorded the song in 1984 and in 1991 John Cale recorded it for the I’m Your Fan tribute album to Cohen. Cale’s version “plays with straight ahead emotional admission, romantic regret, and forthright confession.” DB-138 This was the version Buckley heard. It has “arguably become the definitive version of ‘Hallelujah,’ a classic in its own right,” DB-140 although it didn’t reach a peak audience until after Buckley’s death. “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” “Last Goodbye” and “the torch ballad Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” DB-3 “are powerful evocations of failing relationships.” CD The latter features “late Beatles harmonies and Edith Piaf vocal ornaments” CD “underpinned by stately acoustic guitar and organ.” TB It has “great melodic moments and again, beautiful…gospel influenced vocals come in towards the end.” AD The song draws the listener “into its still, melancholic center” DB-108 as Buckley makes the listener “feel more emotionally naked than during your first sexual experience.” IB It pays homage to “Drown in My Own Tears” in which Ray Charles “would lay himself bear;” DB-109 “so too does Jeff Buckley’s ‘Lover’ reveal a man at his emotional limit.” DB-109 “Eternal Life” “Jeff Buckley surprises you over and over again on this record. He can be as edgy and loud as old Zeppelin” IB on the “Pearl Jam bluesy” AZ “take-no-prisoners anthem” DB-3 “Eternal Life” with its “AOR classic rock crunch.” DB-134 It is “a rock & roll workout with grinding bass.” CM This song and ‘Mojo Pin’ “draw upon blues imagery and metaphors to create a subtle, hard-rocking atmosphere.” CD “Eternal Life” “creates big, swooping fields of emotion around the most plaintive cries for peace and love.” DB-134-5 Buckley said the song was inspired by anger about “the man that shot Martin Luther King, World War II, slaught in Guyana, and the Manson murders.” DB-134 It served as his take on the “crusade rock of the 80s,” such as “any U2 anthem in their pre-Achtung Baby….era.” DB-134 “Corpus Christi Carol” Corpus Christi Carol is the last of the album’s three cover songs. Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell said Buckley “wasn’t shy about trying strange songs that you would never expect a 28-year-old guy to do in the 90s.” DB-117 Doing a cover of a piece by classical composer Benjamin Britten definitely qualifies. Buckley became familiar with the song because of a mix tape given to him by his high school friend Roy Rallo. While the original “shimmers brightly as a beautiful journey toward New Testament perfection and resurrection” DB-132 it takes on a very different connotation in Buckley’s hands. He “made a point of expressing his disinterest in organized religion.” DB-131 Thus he “reoutfits religious anger and majesty as secular spiritual wonder,” DB-133 “the kind of gospel music that philosophically reaches for ‘peace in the midst of a hostile world.’” DB-132 With its “operatic falsetto” DB-3 it is “all atmospheres and shifting moods. The melody isn’t obvious; it needs teasing out…a good half of it…is provided by his vocals. All your attention will focus on THAT voice. Such a sheer presence.” AD “Dream Brother” The “swirling, psychedelic” CM Dream Brother “evokes the feeling of being carried out to sea.” DB-84 It is “a return to the mystic power chords and the floating, fantastical imagery of the album’s first two songs.” DB-83 It “achieves an almost Doors-like melancholy” CD and is “as cosmic and oceanic as the best of Can and Pink Floyd.” DB-84 The guitars also tap into the sound of English group the Cocteau Twins, of whom Buckley was a fan. AD Notes: In 2004, the Legacy reissue added a second disc of bonus tracks, including covers of Bob Dylan’s “Mama, You Been on My Mind,” Hank Williams’ “Lost Highway,” Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “Alligator Wine,” Nina Simone’s “The Other Woman,” MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams,” Big Star’s “Kanga-Roo,” and a medley of blues standards “Parchman Farm Blues” and “Preachin’ Blues.” Also included are “Forget Her,” originally intended for Grace, “Strawberry Street,” an alternate mix of “Dream Brother,” and “I Want Someone Badly,” a collaboration with Shudder to Think that was originally on the First Love, Last Rights soundtrack.

Resources: AM AllMusic.com review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine AZ Amazon.com review by Jeff Bateman DB Daphne Brooks (2005). 33 1/3: Grace. Continuum International Publishing Group Limited: New York, NY. CD CdUniverse.com CM Toby Creswell & Craig Mathieson (2012). 100 Best Albums of All Time. Hardie Grant Books. Page 182. AD AdrianDenning.co.uk IB Ink Blot Magazine review by Careg Head SM Stuart Maconie, Critical List on BBC Radio TM Tom Moon (2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing Company, Inc.: New York, NY. Page 126. PM PasteMagazine.com (6/3/2024). “The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time” Q Q4music.com review by Ian Cranna RV The Review (Oct./Nov. 2001). “The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time” by Clarke Speicher RS RollingStone.com review by Stephanie Zacharek. Originally in print issue 694. TB Thunder Bay (2005). Albums: The Stories Behind 50 Years of Great Recordings. Thunder Bay Press; San Diego, CA. Pages 272-3. WK Wikipedia Related DMDB Pages: First posted 8/23/2011; last updated 11/29/2024.

Leonard Cohen released “Hallelujah”

Hallelujah Leonard Cohen

Writer(s): Leonard Cohen (see lyrics here) Released: December 11, 1984 (album cut) First Charted: December 27, 2008 Peak: 59 US, 36 UK, 17 CN, 59 AU (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 0.2 UK Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 269.65 video, 129.26 streaming

Hallelujah Jeff Buckley

Released: August 23, 1994 (album cut) First Charted: December 20, 2008 Peak: 2 UK, 70 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.6 UK, 3.23 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 293.24 video, 356.38 streaming

Hallelujah Alexandra Burke

Released: December 17, 2008 First Charted: December 27, 2008 Peak: 13 UK, 53 AU (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 1.38 UK Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 201.88 video, 103.30 streaming

Awards (Leonard Cohen): Click on award for more details. Awards (Jeff Buckley): Awards (Alexandra Burke): Click on award for more details.

About the Song: Malcolm Gladwell does a podcast on, as he says, “What happens when genius takes its sweet time to emerge?” RH He mentions economist David Galenson’s theory of creativity which divides art into conceptual innovation, marked by artists who work quickly and have immediate impact, and experimental innovation, in which artists don’t necessarily know what they’re trying to say right away and their influence takes time. RH Gladwell holds up Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” a song “about a love that has soured and gone stale,” SF as a quintessential example of experimental innovation. Rock critic Alan Light wrote an entire book about the song and said Cohen wrote 50 to 70 verses for the song, working on it for five years. RH It finally emerged on his 1984 album Various Positions and was released in Spain and the Netherlands as a single, SF but it “barely makes a ripple…If you go back to listen to that first ‘Hallelujah,’ the song’s failure makes sense. It’s not there yet.” RH Michael Bartel calls the original version “so hyper-serious that it’s almost satire.” RH Cohen continued tweaking the song live and John Cale, known from the Velvet Underground, saw him perform it and requested the lyrics. Cohen responded with 15 faxed pages. Cale recorded it for the 1991 Leonard Cohen tribute album I’m Your Fan and, according to Light, “cracks the code of ‘Hallelujah.’” RH Cale’s recorded version included lyrics like “I used to live alone before I knew you” and “All I ever learned from love was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you” which Cohen had only performed live. WK It’s Cale’s version that Jeff Buckley heard and decides to record. Gladwell called it the “definitive one…a cover of John Cale’s cover…only with Cale’s piano swapped out for a guitar.” RH He said “every subsequent cover – and there have been hundreds – are really covers of Buckley covering Cale covering Cohen.” RH Buckley recorded it for Grace, his only studio album released before his death in 1997. That album achieved gold status in the U.S. in 2002, but the song didn’t even chart until 2006, reaching #7 in Norway. The next year it reached the top 3 in Sweden. In March of 2008 it topped the Billboard digital song chart after Jason Castro performed the song on American Idol. In 2017, The International Observer named Buckley’s version the greatest song of all time. WK Time magazine quoted Buckley’s publisher as saying of the song that it “can be joyous or bittersweet, depending on what part of it you use.” WK The song surfaced again in the 2001 film Shrek. Rufus Wainwright recorded the song as a tribute to Buckley. It was used on the soundtrack and reached #97 on the UK charts. However, it was Cale’s version which was actually used in the film. There were also successful chart versions by k.d. lang, Justin Timberlake, and Alexandra Burke. Lang first recorded “Hallelujah” in 2004, but it was her 2010 version performed at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010 which gave her chart success, reaching #2 in Canada. That same year, Justin Timberlake reached #13 on the U.S. charts with his duet version with Matt Morris. Alexandra Burke won the fifth series television talent competition The X Factor in England and her recording of “Hallelujah” became the top-selling song of 2008, reaching #1 in the UK and selling more than a million copies. It set the European record for most singles sold in a 24-hour period. WK Buckley’s version was given a major boost as a result; it reached #2 in the UK (behind Burke’s version) and #1 in France. Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Alexandra Burke RH Revisionist History podcast (July 2016). “Hallelujah” by Malcolm Gladwell SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 9/18/2021; last updated 5/2/2024.