Editing Jeff Buckley (section)

===Resurgence===
In 2002, Buckley's cover of "Hallelujah" was used in the "Posse Comitatus" episode of ''[[The West Wing]],'' for which the audio team received an [[Emmy Award]].

On March 7, 2008, Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" was number one on the [[iTunes Store|iTunes]] chart, selling 178,000 downloads for the week, after being performed by [[Jason Castro (singer)|Jason Castro]] on the seventh season of ''[[American Idol (season 7)|American Idol]]''.<ref name=AIdolHallelujah>{{cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |title=Chart Watch: Alan Jackson, late Jeff Buckley top the charts |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=March 12, 2008 |url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/03/alan-jackson-je.html |access-date=June 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529173228/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/03/alan-jackson-je.html |archive-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref> The song also debuted at number one on ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Hot Digital Songs]] chart, giving Buckley his first number one hit on any ''Billboard'' chart.

The 2008 UK ''[[The X Factor (UK)|X Factor]]'' winner [[Alexandra Burke]] released a cover of "Hallelujah", with the intent to top the [[UK Singles Chart]] as the [[Christmas number-one singles in the UK|Christmas number one single]]. Buckley fans countered this, launching a campaign with the aim of propelling Buckley's version to the number one spot; despite this, Burke's version eventually reached the Christmas number one position on the UK charts in December 2008.<ref>{{cite news | last = Singh | first = Anita | title = X Factor Winner Alexandra Burke Sets New Chart Record with "Hallelujah" | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | date = December 15, 2008| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3777432/X-Factor-winner-Alexandra-Burke-sets-new-chart-record-with-Hallelujah.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081218173003/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3777432/X-Factor-winner-Alexandra-Burke-sets-new-chart-record-with-Hallelujah.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 18, 2008 | access-date =December 16, 2008}}</ref> Buckley's version of the song entered the UK charts at number 49 on November 30, and by December 21, it had reached number 2, even though it had not been rereleased in a physical format.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' in chart battle with 'X Factor' version. His song Grace also was added to Edexcel's GCSE music syllabus in England.|website=[[New Musical Express|NME]] |date=December 9, 2008 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/jeff-buckley/41533 |access-date=December 15, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Christmas double for Hallelujah  |work=BBC News |date=December 21, 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7794709.stm |access-date=December 22, 2008}}</ref>