Cover Song
Hallelujah
Brian Kittrell — March 13, 2026 · Cover of Leonard Cohen
Day-level release date not confirmed (sources agree December 1984, not a specific day); whether a genuine contemporaneous 7" single was issued is also unconfirmed. See coverSongSources.ts for detail.
Original Recording
| Original Artist | Leonard Cohen |
|---|---|
| Songwriter | Leonard Cohen |
| Label | Columbia Records (Passport Records handled initial US distribution) |
| Original Release Date | December 1984 |
| Release Type | album track |
| Original Album | Various Positions |
Day-level release date not confirmed — sources place it December 1984 (Columbia's US arm initially declined the album; it was distributed in the US via Passport before Columbia's 1990 US CD reissue). Also unconfirmed: whether a genuine contemporaneous 7" single was issued (some Discogs listings vs. retrospective press saying the song went largely unnoticed until decades later) — not asserted either way. This is a heavily covered song (Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, k.d. lang, etc.); Cohen's 1984 Various Positions cut is the original.
Spotify/Apple Music/YouTube listening links for this cover aren't published here yet — pending real per-song streaming URLs, not fabricated placeholders.