"Hard Rock Hallelujah" is a song by Finnish hard rock band Lordi. It was released as a single in 2006, reaching the No. 1 spot in Finland and reaching the top 10 in eight other European countries.
Lordi performed the song for Finland at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest and won the contest with 292 points, marking the country's first win as well as making Eurovision history with a hard rock song winning the contest. It held the record for most points until it was beaten by "Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak of Norway with 387 points three years later.
On 26 May 2006 the Guinness World Record of karaoke singing was broken when approximately 80,000 people gathered to sing "Hard Rock Hallelujah" in Helsinki, Finland, to celebrate victory in Eurovision.
It recieved 60,6% total yes votes!