"Everybody Knows" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and collaborator Sharon Robinson. It has often been covered and used in soundtracks.
Everybody Knows was first released on Cohen's album I'm Your Man, February 1988.
Five minutes, thirty-seven seconds in duration, "Everybody Knows" is known for its somber tone and repetition of the title at the beginning of most verses. Featuring phrases such as "Everybody knows that ...
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"Everybody Knows" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and collaborator Sharon Robinson. It has often been covered and used in soundtracks.
Everybody Knows was first released on Cohen's album I'm Your Man, February 1988.
Five minutes, thirty-seven seconds in duration, "Everybody Knows" is known for its somber tone and repetition of the title at the beginning of most verses. Featuring phrases such as "Everybody knows that the dice are loaded" and "Everybody knows that the good guys lost", "Everybody Knows" has been variously described by critics as "bitterly pessimistic" yet funny, or, more strongly, a "bleak prophecy about the end of the world as we know it."
"Everybody Knows" has been widely used in television and film. Allan Moyle's 1990 film Pump Up the Volume was the first and most notable cinematic use of "Everybody Knows". A favorite of protagonist Mark Hunter (Christian Slater, as the operator of an underground radio station), Cohen's song is played...
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