Cave performed the song in the film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. Other Martin Sharp wrote the lyrics for Cream's "Tales of Brave Ulysses" to the melody of this song, specifically the Judy Collins version. Eric Clapton later set Sharp's lyrics to his own music. Charts Certifications Notable recordings The song "Suzanne" was first performed by The Stormy Clovers in 1966 and then recorded by Judy Collins, appearing on her 1966 album In My Life. In 1967, Noel Harrison's version—the second cover of the song—reached number 125 in the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart on the week ending September 30. Harrison's version entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 86 on October 28 and peaked at number 56 on November 25, 1967. In 1969, Herman van Veen's Dutch version entered the Dutch Top 40 list at number 39 on April 26 and reached fourth place on May 31. It has since been covered by many other artists, including a young Bruce Springsteen in his band the Castiles. It has been translated in Italian by Fabrizio De André and included in his album Canzoni (1974). The band R.E.M. gave Cohen a joint songwriting credit for their song "Hope" (on their 1998 album Up), in light of the similarity between the two songs. References External links The song lyrics, from Leonard Cohen's web site (higher graphics) The song lyrics, from The Leonard Cohen Files (lower graphics) Rear-view Mirror: Who was "Suzanne" and why did Leonard Cohen make her famous? (CBC) Transcripted excerpt from the BBC Radio 4 FM, June 1998 interview with Suzanne Verdal McCallister 1967 songs Columbia Records singles Joan Baez songs Judy Collins songs Leonard Cohen songs Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) songs Nina Simone songs Songs based on poems Songs written by Leonard Cohen Songs about Canada