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Hallelujah_(Jeff_Buckley).ogg‎ (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 31s, 129kbps)

This clip of Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the artist Jeff Buckley. It is intended, in the context of scholarship, to inform the reader of the sound of Jeff Buckley while not displacing the original product.

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