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Hallelujah

original song written and composed by Leonard Cohen, originally recorded by Leonard Cohen and released in 1984
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Summary

Hallelujah is a musical work/composition[1]. Hallelujah ranks in the top 0.2% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,640 views/month, #39 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Leonard Cohen[3]
  • Genre: popular music[4]
  • Performer: Leonard Cohen[5], Susan Boyle[6]
  • Part of: Various Positions[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Publication date: 1984[9]
  • Lyricist: Leonard Cohen[10]
  • Title: Hallelujah[11]
  • Different from: Hallelujah[12]
  • First line: Now I've heard there was a secret chord[13]
  • Form of creative work: song[14]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9d0296b2-e2d6-3aaa-8e38-7f15d38ed906[16]

Why It Matters

Hallelujah has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Hallelujah is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Leonard Cohen Susan Boyle

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . SOCAN Public Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SOCAN Public Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Youtube video id → ['YrLk4vdY28Q', 'ttEMYvpoR-k']
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (Official Live in London 2008), update youtube video data from api ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/343e7b83e48b|details]])"
  2. 19w ago · BEZPREDELIUS · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Youtube video id → ['YrLk4vdY28Q', 'ttEMYvpoR-k']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Youtube video id: YrLk4vdY28Q"
  3. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Leonard Cohen, Susan Boyle
    Form of creative work → song
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T0715144345, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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