2 chart-topping covers, 1 song, and a mystery: what is it about Hallelujah?
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” has been covered by over 50 artists, and is now poised to take the top two spots on the UK music charts. Who would have thought that these brooding lyrics about a bad relationship would become a planetary breakup anthem?
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