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There are two popular songs called "Hallelujah."

Leonard Cohen wrote a song called "Hallelujah." It was originally released in 1984. It has been sung by Jeff Buckley, John Cale, and many others. The first lyrics are "I heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the lord." This song was originally wrote by Leonard Cohen. John Cale heard the song and he requested the lyrics from Cohen, Cohen sent Cale roughly 15 pages of lyrics, so Cale selected the few verses that spoke to him the most. These few verses selsected and performed by Cale make up the most popular and widely known lyrics for this song.

Over 200 years earlier, in the 1740's, George Frederic Handel composed "Hallelujah" as part of a much larger work called "The Mesiah." This song was orgianlly written for a four part chorus, and is frequently assoicated with Christmas time.

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