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The song has been used in film and television soundtracks and televised talent contests. "Hallelujah" experienced renewed interest following Cohen's death in November 2016 and re-appeared on international singles charts, including entering the American Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. [6]
The phrase "hallelujah" translates to "praise Jah/Yah", [2] [12] though it carries a deeper meaning as the word halel in Hebrew means a joyous praise in song, to boast in God. [13] [14] The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of YHWH, and is a shortened form of his name "God, Jah, or Jehovah". [3]
The Oxford English Dictionary defines hallelujah as “a song or shout of praise to God,” but biblical scholars will tell you it’s actually a smash-up of two Hebrew words: “hallel” meaning ...
The Hebrew word Hallelujah as an expression of praise to God was preserved, untranslated, by the Early Christians as a superlative expression of thanksgiving, joy, and triumph. Thus it appears in the ancient Greek Liturgy of St. James , which is still used to this day by the Patriarch of Jerusalem and, in its Syriac recension is the prototype ...
The song is the subject of the 2012 book The Holy or the Broken by Alan Light and the 2022 documentary film Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine. [74] Janet Maslin 's New York Times book review said that Cohen spent years struggling with the song, which eventually became "one of the most haunting ...
"Hallelujah" (Carrie Underwood song), a 2020 Christmas song co-performed with John Legend " Hallelujah (So Low) ", a 2018 song by Editors "Hallelujah!", a 1927 song written by Vincent Youmans, Leo Robin and Clifford Grey for Hit the Deck (musical)
A look into the enduring popularity of the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah" and Jeff Buckley's cover version of it. The book is the basis for the 2022 biographical documentary film Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song created by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine. [2] Light served as a consulting producer for the film. [2]
The song peaked at number five on the Billboard R&B chart. It is loosely based on 'Get It Over Baby' by Ike Turner (1953). The song incorporates Gospel music. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" is a testament to the joyous release of love, featuring a sophisticated horn arrangement and memorable tenor sax solo by Don Wilkerson.