Songs of Leonard Cohen

Suzanne

"Suzanne" is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen. Its lyrics first appeared as the poem "Suzanne Takes You Down" in Cohen's 1966 book of poetry Parasites of Heaven, admittedly because of lack of new material (lyrics to a few other songs from his subsequent 1967 debut album were also printed in the book). The song was recorded by Judy Collins the same year, and by Noel Harrison and Cohen himself in 1967. It is the most-covered song in Cohen's catalogue (though "Hallelujah" has seen a surge of recordings in recent years.) The song forms the theme for the final scene of Cohen's short movie I am a Hotel released in 1983. The band R.E.M. give Cohen joint credit for their song Hope (on their 1998 album Up), in light of the similarity between the two songs. R.E.M. describe themselves as realising that similarity only after completing the song. In 2006, Pitchfork Media listed the song #41 on their list of 'The Top Songs of the 1960s'. [Read more on Last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Leonard+Cohen/_/Suzanne). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Suzanne is een nummer van de Canadese zanger-dichter Leonard Cohen uit 1966. Het is een van de bekendste nummers van Cohen, mede dankzij de vele cover-versies die ervan zijn verschenen. == Oorsprong == Suzanne verscheen voor het eerst als gedicht in de dichtbundel Parasites of Heaven uit 1966. In hetzelfde jaar werd het voor het eerst op plaat gezet door Judy Collins op haar album In My Life. Pas een jaar later nam Cohen het zelf op voor zijn debuutalbum Songs of Leonard Cohen. Inmiddels was het ook door anderen gecoverd, onder meer door zanger/acteur Noel Harrison. Hij behaalde er in 1967 de 56e plaats mee in de Amerikaanse Hot 100. In 1969 werd het nummer vertaald in het Nederlands door Rob Crispijn, destijds een van de tekstschrijvers voor Herman van Veen. Die nam deze versie op en had er een grote hit mee in de Top 40. Ook deze versie is in de loop der jaren vele malen gecoverd, onder meer door Frank Boeijen en Liesbeth List.

"Suzanne" is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen. Its lyrics first appeared as the poem "Suzanne Takes You Down" in Cohen's 1966 book of poetry Parasites of Heaven, admittedly because of lack of new material (lyrics to a few other songs from his subsequent 1967 debut album were also printed in the book). The song was recorded by Judy Collins the same year, and by Noel Harrison and Cohen himself in 1967. It is the most-covered song in Cohen's catalogue (though "Hallelujah" has seen a surge of recordings in recent years.) [Read more on Last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Leonard+Cohen/_/Suzanne).