| "You Want It Darker" | |
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| Single by Leonard Cohen | |
| from the album You Want It Darker | |
| Released | September 21, 2016 |
| Length | 3:48 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Composer(s) | Patrick Leonard |
| Lyricist(s) | Leonard Cohen |
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"You Want It Darker" is a song by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen, released on September 21, 2016, Cohen's 82nd birthday.[1] It is the title track from Cohen's album You Want It Darker.[2] The song earned the artist a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance and features the vocals of Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and Shaar Hashomayim Choir.[3]
Alexis Petridis describes the song as "a menacing critique of religion" that "flips from anger to resigned acceptance and back again".[2] Far Out and American Songwriter ranked the song number seven and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Leonard Cohen songs.[4][5]
The song was recorded by Iggy Pop for the 2022 tribute album Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen.[6]
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