Popularity Īlthough the original version did not chart internationally, the song has now been covered more than 125 times. In April 2019 the United States District Court of the Central District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Løvland and Graham, "finding that it is not substantially similar to Icelandic song Soknudur as a matter of law, and excluding plaintiff's expert musicologist's reports as unreliable, unhelpful, and inadmissible." The court acknowledged that the songs have similarities, but accepted the argument that those similar parts were not necessarily Helgason's own work in the first place substantially the same material is in Danny Boy and other old public-domain songs. Later, singer Edgar Smári performed "Söknuður" in English to outline the similarities. He then admitted that the two songs were similar and he didn't know where the inspiration came from. It was disclosed at a press conference that Groban had "Söknuður" played for him in 2007, who reacted in an 'alarmed' fashion. The Performing Rights Society of Iceland analyzed both songs and found a 97% similarity between them, stating that the songs are "musically identical" except for just two notes. In April 2018 Icelandic composer Jóhann Helgason claimed the song infringed the copyright of his 1977 work "Söknuður," meaning "Into the light" sung by Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson, stating that Løvland would have
A demo version of this recording was released in 2010, on Danielsen's posthumous compilation album One More Time - The Very Best Of, which included several previously unpublished recordings. He was replaced by Norwegian singer Jan Werner Danielsen, who also later recorded the song together with Secret Garden. Originally, Brian Kennedy was supposed to follow Secret Garden on their Asian tour in 2002, but Curb records couldn't come to an agreement with Universal to release Brian, and he reluctantly could not attend the tour. In 2002, it was released on the Secret Garden album Once in a Red Moon, with the vocals sung by Irish singer Brian Kennedy, and sold well in both Ireland and Norway. However, the vocalist was changed due to a desire to distance the album from the Eurovision Song Contest, in which all three men were known for their success: Logan had won twice as a performer and twice as a composer Løvland had won once as a performer and twice as a composer: and Graham had won twice as a composer.
The original designated vocalist was Johnny Logan, who recorded a demo with an orchestra. The song was performed for the very first time at the funeral of Løvland's mother. He later approached Irish novelist and songwriter Brendan Graham to write the lyrics to his melody, after reading Graham's novels. Løvland composed an instrumental piece in 2002 and titled it "Silent Story".
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