--- title: Watch the Pentatonix Bring "Hallelujah" to Life A Cappella description: The popular five-voice group gives the classic Leonard Cohen tune their own take in a soaring new a cappella rendition. canonical: https://time.com/4544713/pentatonix-hallelujah-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-25T18:27:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:59.686Z og:title: Watch the Pentatonix's A Cappella 'Hallelujah' Cover og:description: 5 singers give the classic tune a soaring new spin for the holidays. og:url: https://time.com/4544713/pentatonix-hallelujah-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Pentatonix's A Cappella 'Hallelujah' Cover twitter:description: 5 singers give the classic tune a soaring new spin for the holidays. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Pentatonix Bring 'Hallelujah' to Life in a Beautiful A Cappella Video  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 25, 2016 6:27 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 25, 2016 6:27 PM UTC [Leonard Cohen’s](http://time.com/4502992/leonard-cohen-darker/?iid=sr-link1) 1984 classic “Hallelujah” is one of the most haunting songs ever written—and it just got a fresh, thrilling new spin thanks to the vocal stylings of the Pentatonix, [the five-person a cappella sensation. ](http://time.com/4498069/dolly-parton-pentatonix-jolene/?iid=sr-link3) Released on their new Christmas album, the Pentatonix’s cover of [the soaring tune](http://time.com/3629078/leonard-cohen-hallelujah-peter-hollens-cover/?iid=sr-link4) will give you all the feels, guaranteed. From a stripped-down opening it builds into a lush, layered composition, taking a tour of [all five singers’ strength and range](http://time.com/4083364/pentatonix-interview-cheerleader-cant-sleep-love/?iid=sr-link1) as they stomp across a barren landscape in the unembellished accompanying video. It’s a somewhat more celebratory version of the song than [the ubiquitous Jeff Buckley one](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,785365,00.html?iid=sr-link1) you’ve probably cried along to in the past (it’s on their holiday album, after all), but will still stir up all kinds of emotion. Watch above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4544713/pentatonix-hallelujah-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4544713/pentatonix-hallelujah-video/"},"headline":"Watch the Pentatonix Bring 'Hallelujah' to Life in a Beautiful A Cappella Video","datePublished":"2016-10-25T18:27:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:59.686Z","description":"One song, five voices, all the feels","url":"https://time.com/4544713/pentatonix-hallelujah-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4544713/pentatonix-hallelujah-video/","name":"Watch the Pentatonix Bring 'Hallelujah' to Life in a Beautiful A Cappella Video"}}]}] ```