Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' For Number One

• 16th Dec 2008

Fans of the late Jeff Buckley are hoping his haunting cover version of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' can beat the planned 'X Factor' cover of the track that could be Christmas number one.

X Factor winner Alexandra Burke will release a cover of the track in time for the Christmas chart. But fans of the popular Buckley version of the song are calling on people to buy his version instead – which is available via most download stores. His version is already at 43 in the chart thanks to the song's exposure via 'X Factor'.

Apparently fans of the Buckley song have also set up a Facebook group calling on the public to boycott the 'X Factor' version of the song, which they presumably fear will be a cheesy reworking of a track which became really rather moving in Buckley's hands.