ALEXANDRA BURKE - HALLELUJAH
I Heard There Was A Secret Chord
That David Played And It Pleased The Lord
But You Don't Really Care For Music, Do Ya?
Well It Goes Like This
The Fourth, The Fifth
The Minor Fall And The Major Lift
The Baffled King Composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Well Your Faith Was Strong But You Needed Proof
You Saw Her Bathing On The Roof
Her Beauty And The Moonlight Overthrew Ya
She Tied You To Her Kitchen Chair
She Broke Your Throne And She Cut Your Hair
And From Your Lips She Drew The Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Well Maybe There's A God Above
But All I've Ever Learned From Love
Was How To Shoot Somebody Who'd Out Drew Ya
It's Not A Cry That You Hear At Night
It's Not Someone Who's Seen The Light
It's A Cold And It's A Broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Leonard Cohen
Producer(s): Quiz & Larossi
On Sunday 14th December 2008, Just A Few Hours After Alexandra Burke Was Announced As The Winner Of The 2008 Uk X-Factor Reality Show, Her Version Of This Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley Song Was Released Online. It Immediately Began Shattering Records For The Fastest Selling Download In The Uk, Selling 149,546 Downloads In Two Days. The Previous Record Holder, Leona Lewis' Version Of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This, Shifted 139,000 In Seven Days. By The Following Tuesday The Song Was Also Available Physically And By The End Of The Week Its Combined Sales Had Reached Around 576,000 Copies, More Than The Rest Of The Top 20 Singles Put Together. This Was The Highest Single Week Sale Of Any Single Since December 2005, When X-Factor Winner Shayne Ward's Debut Single "That's My Goal" Sold 742,000 Copies In Its Debut Week. It Also Became The Fastest Ever-Selling Single In The Uk By A Solo Female Artist.
This Was Chosen As The X-Factor Winner's Debut Single, After Simon Cowell Noticed The Enthusiastic Reaction That American Idol Jason Castro Received When He Performed This Song During One Of The Heats. In The Immediate Aftermath Buckley's Version Began Selling In Huge Quantities As A Download, Topping The Us Itunes Chart At One Stage.
The Same Week That Alexandra Burke Reached #1 With Her Version, Jeff Buckley's Rendition Sold In Large Quantities As Well, Thanks Principally To An Online Campaign, And Ended Up In The Runner-Up Spot. Even Leonard Cohen's Original Version Made The Top 40, Giving The Canadian Singer-Songwriter His Very First Uk Top 40 Hit Under His Own Name, At The Age Of 74.
This Was The Biggest Selling Single Of 2008 In The Uk Shifting 880,000 Copies. The Second Biggest Seller Was The Charity Recording "Hero" By The X Factor Finalists, Which Sold 751,000. This Meant That Burke Achieved The Remarkable Feat Of Singing On Both The Two Biggest Sellers Of That Year.
As A Result Of The Song's Success, Alexandra Burke Became The First Ever Solo British Female Singer To Have A Million Selling Single In The Uk. The Previous Best Selling Single By A Solo British Female Was Julie Covington, Whose 1977 Rendition Of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" Fell Just Short Of The Million Mark With 993,000 Copies Sold.