Song · Hozier
“Francesca” by Hozier
From the album Unreal Unearth (2023)
“Francesca” by Hozier appears on 14 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2023 and 2025. It was first released in 2023 on the album Unreal Unearth. Its best result is #5 on the WERS Top 88 Songs of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 indie & aaa song of 2023, #2,425 indie & aaa song of all time and #81 of the '20s.
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"Francesca" arrived with Hozier's Unreal Unearth in August 2023, one of the album's big, surging moments, written by Hozier with Jennifer Decilveo. Decilveo stacks drum machine, piano and synthesizer underneath, Sam KS adds live drums, Alex Ryan covers bass and organ, and Hozier and David Levita trade guitars while Hozier's voice climbs for the rafters.
Andrew Scheps mixed it, with Sean Cook and Nick "Squids" Squillante recording, and the result has the weight of a hymn played at stadium volume.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2023 | 88 |
| 2023 | 48 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2023 | 89 |
| 2023 | 15 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 106 of 2023 | 106 |
| 2023 | 41 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2023 | 89 |
| 2023 | 20 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2023 | 107 |
| 2023 | 10 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023 | 90 |
| 2023 | 21 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2023 | 100 |
| 2023 | 39 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2023 | 98 |
| 2023 | 70 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2023 | 90 |
| 2023 | 169 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2023 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 573 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 668 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 377 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 622 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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