"You Want It Darker" is a song by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen, released on September 21, 2016, Cohen's 82nd birthday.
[1] It is the title track from Cohen's album You Want It Darker.
[2] The song earned the artist a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance and features the vocals of Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and Shaar Hashomayim Choir.
[3] Alexis Petridis describes the song as "a menacing critique of religion" that "flips from anger to resigned acceptance and back again".
[2] Far Out and American Songwriter ranked the song number seven and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Leonard Cohen songs.