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“Take Me To Church” by Hozier

From the EP Take Me to Church E.P. (2013)

“Take Me To Church” by Hozier appears on 47 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the EP Take Me to Church E.P.. Its best result is #1 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014, and it was voted number one on nine countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 alternative song of 2014, #3,302 alternative song of all time and #80 of the '10s.

47countdowns
27stations
#1best position
9#1 finishes
17top 10 finishes
2013–2026years charted

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Hozier was a struggling musician when he wrote "Take Me to Church" in the attic of his parents' house in County Wicklow, and in 2013 it became his debut single, later opening his self-titled album. Once Rubyworks Records took notice, producer Rob Kirwan helped him finish it, with Kate Ellis on cello, Alex Ryan on bass and Fiachra Kinder on drums.

It's a slow-burning soul song that borrows the language of worship to talk about love under the shadow of the Church's discrimination. The stark black-and-white video, a romance between two men and the brutal homophobic attack that follows, went viral and landed him deals with Columbia and Island. It then held the top of Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart for 23 straight weeks, peaked at number two on the Hot 100 and earned a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2013 53 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 200
2014 5 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 91
2014 27 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 103
2014 20 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 99
2014 1 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 89
2014 1 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 107
2014 49 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 88
2014 8 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2014 50
2014 10 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 50
2014 1 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 200
2014 1 Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY WEXT Top 97 of 2014 97
2014 1 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014 90
2014 1 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 51
2014 1 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 104
2014 3 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014 89
2014 1 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 100
2014 4 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 50
2014 13 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 50
2014 1 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014 103

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2014 102 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2015 425 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2016 103 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2018 2 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2019 10 102.7 WEQX WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade 103
2019 81 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade 103
2019 45 ALT 98.7 ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade 98
2019 48 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2019 473 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 48 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2020 41 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s 102
2020 42 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade 99
2020 18 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade 100
2020 908 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 50 107.7 The End The End Obligatory Top 100 Alternative Songs of All Time (2021) 100
2022 180 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2022 302 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 330 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 621 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2024 46 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 192 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 10 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 14 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2025 42 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 12 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 347 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 263 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917
2026 449 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Also listed as: Take Me to Church; Take me to Church.

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