Song · Hozier
“From Eden” by Hozier
From the album Hozier (2014)
“From Eden” by Hozier appears on 14 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2014 and 2025. It was first released in 2014 on the album Hozier. Its best result is #9 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 indie & aaa song of 2014, #3,780 indie & aaa song of all time and #81 of the '10s.
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Hozier followed "Take Me to Church" with "From Eden", out in March 2014 as the second single from his self-titled debut album, and it's one of the record's stranger turns. He casts himself slithering out of the Garden of Eden toward a love that feels familiar, a bout of biblical brooding set to a groove with Motown in its bones, a flamenco bridge and a meter that counts in fives.
He plays guitar, piano and synth and produced it with Rob Kirwan. André Antunes handles drums and percussion, Alex Ryan plays bass, and Kate Ellis and Matt Rafter add cello, with Andrew Scheps mixing. It went to No. 2 in Ireland, and a video starring Katie McGrath followed that November.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 33 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 | 104 |
| 2014 | 23 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014 | 90 |
| 2014 | 30 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 32 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
| 2014 | 10 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
| 2014 | 82 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 | 100 |
| 2014 | 11 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2014 | 97 |
| 2015 | 9 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 | 50 |
| 2015 | 78 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 453 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2018 | 117 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2020 | 1566 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2024 | 449 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 407 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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