10 Songs That Got To Number One By Two Different Artists
4. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen And Jeff Buckley
When you're talking about songs that will outlive us all, Leonard Cohen practically has a boatload of tracks to choose from. Looking at Hallelujah alone, this is the kind of song about lost love that wouldn't sound that out of place in an actual place of worship. But it wasn't until Cohen's drawl was replaced with Jeff Buckley's falsetto that we were woo'd all over again.
Although the words stand as pure poetry on their own, both versions have something great going for them. Take Cohen's for example, with his raspy voice that sounds like it's coming from a man who has finally accepted the heartache that he's tried to repress all these years. Without changing any of the words though, Buckley's version is the same type of heartache at the moment it starts, with Buckley practically sounding like he's on the verge of tears in the studio as he picks away at his guitar.
Hell, even the damn Shrek soundtrack has become somewhat of a cult hit in recent years, with kids getting introduced to this beautiful song as the breakup song between Shrek and Fiona towards the end of the film. When your song is so good that even the romantic ogre treatment can't kill its power, you've got something bulletproof on your hands.