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k.d. lang - Hallelujah lyrics
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k.d. lang recorded a version of "Hallelujah" in 2004 on her album Hymns of the 49th Parallel. She has several times been chosen to sing the song at major events, such as at the Canadian Juno Awards of 2005, where her rendition "brought the audience to its feet for a two-minute ovation."
Lang also sang it at the 2006 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on the occasion of Leonard Cohen's induction into the Hall of Fame. Of that rendition, Cohen's partner, singer Anjani Thomas, said: "After hearing k.d. lang perform that song at the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2006 we looked at each other and said, 'well, I think we can lay that song to rest now! It's really been done to its ultimate blissful state of perfection'."
Lang also performed the song on 12 February 2010, as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver, British Columbia. It has so far peaked at number 2 on the Canadian Hot 100, debuted at 61 on the Hot 100 and peaked at number 19 in Australia. It also peaked at #61 on Billboard Hot 100 chart.
k.d. lang sings "Hallelujah" live at the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010.
Here is K.D. Lang's performing at the Juno Awards in Winnipeg in 2005.
I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do ya? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah 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 a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well baby I've been here before I've seen this room and I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew ya But I saw your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Maybe there's a God above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who'd out drew ya And it's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen in the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah