# In My Secret Life

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"**In My Secret Life**" is a song written and performed by [Leonard Cohen](/source/Leonard_Cohen) and [Sharon Robinson](/source/Sharon_Robinson_(songwriter)). Bob Metzger plays the guitar. The song first appears on the album *[Ten New Songs](/source/Ten_New_Songs)*, released in 2001.

Cohen first revealed he was working on a new song called 'My Secret Life' in 1988,[1] although it was not until 2001 that the song finally made it onto record. In addition to the album version of 4:53 minutes long, a promotional radio edit of 3:52 minutes was released by Sony Music Canada.[2]

"In My Secret Life" peaked at number two on the Polish Airplay Chart in 2002.[3]

## Music video

The music video for "In My Secret Life" was filmed in Montreal at [Habitat 67](/source/Habitat_67). This building is famous for its futuristic take on architecture and was built by Jewish architect [Moshe Safdie](/source/Moshe_Safdie), popular for [Expo 67](/source/Expo_67) in 1967 as his thesis at [McGill University](/source/McGill_University).

## Cover versions

The song has been covered by [Eric Burdon](/source/Eric_Burdon) (on his 2004 album *[My Secret Life](/source/My_Secret_Life_(Eric_Burdon_album))*), [Katie Melua](/source/Katie_Melua) (on her 2009 album *[Pictures](/source/Pictures_(Katie_Melua_album))*), [Dominique Eade](/source/Dominique_Eade), [Till Brönner](/source/Till_Br%C3%B6nner), [Ariane Moffatt](/source/Ariane_Moffatt), [Adan Jodorowsky](/source/Adan_Jodorowsky) (in Spanish on the documentary *Hecho en México*) and [Tapani Kansa](/source/Tapani_Kansa) amongst others.

[Bettye LaVette](/source/Bettye_LaVette) performed the song at the 2017 *[Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen](/source/Tower_of_Song:_A_Memorial_Tribute_to_Leonard_Cohen)* concert.[4]

## Personnel

- Leonard Cohen : Vocals
- Sharon Robinson : Keyboard, drum programming, bass programming, vocals.
- Bob Metzger : electric guitar

## References

1. de Lisle, Tim. ['Who held a gun to Leonard Cohen's head?'](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/sep/17/2) *The Guardian*, September 17, 2004.

1. [LeonardCohenFiles.com CD SINGLES AND PROMOS 2001 - 2003](http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/gallery-cd4.html)

1. [PiF PaF PRODUCTION - airplay chart top 30. LISTA KRAJOWA, tydzień 08 - 2002](https://web.archive.org/web/20071025110411/http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_08_2002.html)

1. ["Watch Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen on Wednesday, January 3 on CBC"](https://www.cbc.ca/arts/watch-tower-of-song-a-memorial-tribute-to-leonard-cohen-on-wednesday-january-3-on-cbc-1.4467590). [CBC Arts](/source/CBC_Arts), December 29, 2017.

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