Take Me to Church

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In 2013, Hozier was a struggling musician, often seen in Dublin-area open mic nights. During this period, he penned "Take Me to Church" at his parents' home in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, and recorded a rough demo in their attic with a programmed backing track. He wrote the song after a bad breakup,{{cite journal| author= Rob LeDonne| date =10 October 2014| title =For Hozier and 'Take Me to Church,' a Four-Year Overnight Success Story| journal =The New York Observer | issn = 1052-2948 | url =http://observer.com/2014/10/for-hozier-and-take-me-to-church-a-four-year-overnight-success-story/| access-date =8 February 2015}} as he later remarked that "the vocals were recorded in my attic at 2 o'clock in the morning. So it's a real homemade job."{{cite journal| author= Andrew R. Chow| date =21 November 2014| title =Protesting Injustice, Accepting Fame| journal =The New York Times | issn = 1052-2948 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/arts/music/hozier-on-protest-pop.html?_r=0| access-date =8 February 2015}} It took him three months to write the song; only two musicians feature on the track: Hozier and drummer Fiachra Kinder.{{Cite web|date=27 June 2020|title=Behind The Song: "Take Me To Church" by Hozier|url=https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-song-take-me-to-church-by-hozier/|access-date=9 November 2021|website=American Songwriter|language=en-US}} The demo caught the attention of independent label Rubyworks, which paired him with producer Rob Kirwan. The song was overdubbed with live instrumentation, but the original demo vocals were kept because Kirwan found them "powerful" enough to remain.

Lyrically, "Take Me to Church" is a metaphor, with the protagonist comparing his lover to religion. The song grew out of Hozier's frustration with the Catholic Church which, as somebody raised in the Protestant Quaker faith, he saw as dominating the social and political outlook of the Irish state.{{cite web|last1=O'Regan|first1=Brendan|title=RTÉ's new season is a mixed blessing|url=http://www.irishcatholic.ie/article/rt%C3%A9%E2%80%99s-new-season-mixed-blessing|website=The Irish Catholic|access-date=27 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616183744/http://www.irishcatholic.ie/article/rt%C3%A9%E2%80%99s-new-season-mixed-blessing|archive-date=16 June 2016|url-status=dead}} "Growing up, I always saw the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church", Hozier said in an interview with Rolling Stone. "The history speaks for itself and I grew incredibly frustrated and angry. I essentially just put that into my words."

In an interview with The Irish Times, Hozier stated that he "found the experience of falling in love or being in love was a death, a death of everything … you kind of watch yourself die in a wonderful way, and you experience for the briefest moment–if you see yourself for a moment through their eyes–everything you believed about yourself gone."{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/poplife/2014/09/20/hozier |title=Hozier: An Interview |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=20 September 2014 |access-date=18 November 2014 |author=Mullally, Una |archive-date=5 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605031443/http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/poplife/2014/09/20/hozier/ |url-status=dead }} The song contains sexual undertones; Hozier elaborated that "an act of sex is one of the most human things ..but an organization like the church, say, through its doctrine, would undermine humanity by successfully teaching shame about sexual orientation … the song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love.{{cite news |url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/03/qa-hozier-on-gay-rights-sex-good-hair.html |title=Q&A: Hozier on Gay Rights, Sexuality, and Good Hair | work= NY Magazine |date=11 March 2014 |access-date=17 December 2014}}

"Take Me to Church" draws inspiration from author Christopher Hitchens and paraphrases the poet Fulke Greville's verse "Created sick, commanded to be sound".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/31/hozier-best-vocalists-female-take-me-to-church|title=Hozier: The best vocalists I can think of are female|website=TheGuardian.com|date=31 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.yucatanrecords.com/artist-of-the-week/hozier|title=Hozier|access-date=27 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221111204/http://www.yucatanrecords.com/artist-of-the-week/hozier|archive-date=21 February 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/11259127/Hozier-interview-Im-a-gangly-introvert.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/11259127/Hozier-interview-Im-a-gangly-introvert.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hozier Interview|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=21 July 2015|last1=McCormick|first1=Neil}}{{cbignore}}

Sheet music for "Take Me to Church" shows the key of E minor, with a slow tempo of 63 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0135138|title=Hozier "Take Me to Church" Sheet Music - Download & Print|work=musicnotes.com|date=13 May 2014 }}

The music video for "Take Me to Church" was made by Brendan Canty and Conal Thompson of Feel Good Lost, a small-scale Irish production company hired by Rubyworks, and was released on 25 September 2013. The video was filmed primarily in the city of Cork. According to Canty, the video was made on a budget of {{Euro|1500}} (equivalent to €{{inflation|EU|1500|2013}} in {{inflation/year|EU}}).{{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Eoin |date=6 February 2015 |title=How a €1,500 video made in Cork made Hozier the biggest name in music |work=Irish Examiner |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20310955.html}} The story for the video came from Hozier himself, who wanted to bring attention to the repression and persecution faced by the gay community in Russia.{{Cite news |last=Smyth |first=David |date=6 June 2014 |title=Religious abuse, homophobia and singing corpses are the unlikely ingredients propelling Hozier to rock stardom |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/religious-abuse-homophobia-and-singing-corpses-are-the-unlikely-ingredients-propelling-hozier-to-rock-stardom-9499292.html}}{{Cite magazine |last=Flanagan |first=Andrew |date=7 October 2013 |title=Birth of a Buzz: Behind the Scenes as Hozier Goes Viral |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/birth-of-a-buzz-behind-the-scenes-as-hozier-goes-viral-5748114/ |magazine=Billboard}}

The video features two men (played by Emmet O'Riabhaigh and Daniel Coughlan) in an intimate romantic homosexual relationship. Later on, one of the men is kidnapped from his house, dragged into a forest, and violently kicked by a lynch mob.{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYSVMgRr6pw |title=Hozier - Take Me To Church |date=25 September 2013 |publisher=YouTube}}

Apart from the official videoclip, another one directed by David LaChapelle went viral in 2015 featuring Sergei Polunin dancing to Jade Hale-Christofi's choreography.{{Cite news |last=Mackrell |first=Judith |date=12 February 2015 |title=Sergei Polunin dances with his demons to Hozier's Take Me to Church. David LaChapelle captures the Ukrainian dancer's battle to make peace with his talent – and in another viral video, Baryshnikov partners Lil Buck |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/dance-blog/2015/feb/12/sergei-polunin-hozier-take-me-to-church-david-lachapelle |work=TheGuardian}} It was commissioned for a documentary film titled Dancer, directed by Steven Cantor yet leaked online by LaChapelle before its premiere at Sundance Selects.{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=Katherine |date=20 September 2016 |title=How A Viral Video Set Sergei Polunin On A Path To Revolutionizing Ballet. The "James Dean of ballet" wants to shake up the dance world for good. |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sergie-polunin-dancer-film_n_57e12c6ae4b04a1497b68068 |work=HuffPost}} It was created as a farewell to dance but its online success was an important factor in his decision to keep dancing,{{Cite news |last=Sulcas |first=Roslyn |date=1 September 2016 |title=Sergei Polunin, Ballet's Bad Boy, Has a Change of Heart |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/arts/dance/sergei-polunin-ballets-bad-boy-has-a-change-of-heart.html |work=The New York Times}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kavanagh |first=Julie |date=29 September 2016 |title=Sergei Polunin's Dance Mom. What happened when Galina Polunina finally saw her son dance. |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/sergei-polunins-dance-mom |magazine=The New Yorker}} since he found a new audience and a newly found artistic freedom.{{Cite magazine |last=Regan |first=Helen |date=12 February 2015 |title=Watch Hozier's Stunning Take Me To Church Video With Ukrainian Dancer Sergei Polunin |url=https://time.com/3706645/watch-hoziers-stunning-take-me-to-church-video-with-ukranian-dancer-sergei-polunin/ |magazine=Time}}{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Sarah L. |date=11 February 2015 |title=Why I'm so over dancers as athletes (or, why Misty Copeland is an artist) |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/02/11/why-im-so-over-dancers-as-athletes-or-why-misty-copeland-is-an-artist/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Hozier collaborated with Polunin in the video for "Movement" in 2018{{Cite news |last=Beard |first=Katherine |date=14 November 2018 |title=Sergei Polunin and Hozier Team Up in Another Unforgettable Music Video |url=https://pointemagazine.com/sergei-polunin-and-hozier-team-up-in-another-unforgettable-music-video/#gsc.tab=0 |work=Pointe Magazine}} as a nod to his work on "Take Me to Church".{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=15 November 2018 |title=Hozier unveils new single 'Movement' with video starring ballet dancer Sergei Polunin. The two artists collaborated three years after Polunin starred in the viral video where he danced to Hozier's song 'Take Me To Church' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/hozier-new-single-movement-album-release-tour-music-video-sergei-polunin-a8634586.html |work=Independent}} Polunin posted a series of homophobic, sexist and fatphobic comments about his fellow dancers on Instagram in 2019. Hozier distanced himself and expressed his disappointment with Polunin's ideas,{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=28 February 2019 |title=Hozier interview: 'I think the worst is yet to come with #MeToo and the music industry'. As he releases his long-awaited second album, the Irish singer-songwriter tells Roisin O'Connor about the aftermath of viral fame, working with his heroes, and his reaction to the controversies surrounding 'Take Me to Church' dancer Sergei Polunin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/hozier-interview-new-album-wasteland-baby-sergei-polunin-take-me-to-church-a8800256.html |work=Independent}} which were in contrast with the "Take Me to Church" official video{{Cite news |last=Aoife |first=Kelly |date=28 February 2019 |title='To see all of that was really deflating' - Hozier reacts to homophobic comments of dancer who performs in 'Movement' video. Ukrainian-born ballet dancer Sergei Polunin made the comments on social media |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/to-see-all-of-that-was-really-deflating-hozier-reacts-to-homophobic-comments-of-dancer-who-performs-in-movement-video/37865341.html |work=Irish Independent}} and song that gave him a second chance.{{Cite news |last=McKenna Barry |first=Sarrah |date=11 March 2019 |title=Hozier Distances Himself From Homophobic Ballet Dancer Who Appears In His Video. The singer was critical of homophobic and sexist remarks made by Sergei Polunin on Instagram earlier this year. |url=https://gcn.ie/hozier-homophobic-comments-ballet-dancer-video/ |work=GCN}}

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The song rose in prominence alongside its viral music video, attracting A&R representatives from major labels in a bidding war to sign Hozier. He was signed by Justin Eshak of Columbia Records, who later opined that the song became a hit due to a shift on pop radio, spearheaded by Sam Smith: "The music is connecting because when it gets on the air it's such a sharp juxtaposition to the existing material on top 40 radio." The song first experienced chart success in his native Ireland, climbing the charts in October 2013 and eventually reached number two on Irish Singles Chart.

In May 2014, Hozier performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/hozier-wows-us-on-david-letterman-with-rendition-of-take-me-to-church-30274220.html |title=Hozier wows US on David Letterman with rendition of Take Me to Church |work=Irish Independent |date=14 May 2014 |access-date=20 June 2014}} It was sent to US modern rock radio on 24 June 2014 by Columbia Records. It eventually reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks in December 2014 and January 2015, while becoming his first top 10 single there.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327834/hot-100-taylor-swift-blank-space-meghan-trainor-hozier|title=Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' No. 1 on Hot 100 for Second Week|magazine=Billboard |date=26 November 2014 |access-date=27 November 2014}} As of July 2015, the song has sold 4,270,000 copies in the US.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801063634/http://hitsdailydouble.com/news%26id%3D297039 |archive-date=1 August 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=297039 |title=YTD Marketshare at the Seven-Month Mark |website=HITS Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures |date=31 July 2015 |access-date=1 August 2015 |url-status=dead }} The track has since reached top five in many other countries including peaking at number two in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It topped the charts in numerous countries, including Austria, Belgium, Iceland, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland.

The song initially attracted US attention in Nashville via an adult album alternative radio station. From there, it became the top song for the area on music identification application Shazam, which led to its appearance on a local top 40 station. "Take Me to Church" achieved widespread popularity in the United States between the summer and fall of 2014.

Despite the song's popularity on YouTube, the song achieved more listens on Spotify,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6327661/spotify-seems-to-be-gaining-on-youtubes-streaming | title=Spotify Seems to Be Gaining on YouTube's Streaming Dominance| author = William Gruger | magazine=Billboard | date = 24 November 2014 | access-date = 8 February 2015}} becoming the service's most-streamed song of 2014, achieving 87 million listens.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/hoziers-take-me-to-church-is-the-most-streamed-song-of-2014-9915268.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/hoziers-take-me-to-church-is-the-most-streamed-song-of-2014-9915268.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Hozier's 'Take Me to Church' named Spotify's most viral song of 2014| author = Roisin O'Connor | work=The Independent | date = 10 December 2014 | access-date = 8 February 2015}}

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Personnel taken from Hozier liner notes and Sound on Sound.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Hozier |others=Hozier |date=2014 |type=Album liner notes}}{{Cite web |url= https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-hozier-take-me-church |title= Inside Track: Hozier 'Take Me To Church' |date=March 2015 |website=Sound on Sound}}

• Andrew Hozier-Byrne – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
• Fiachra Kinder – drums

• Hozier performed the song at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2014.
• Hozier performed the song with Annie Lennox at the 57th Grammy Awards on 5 February 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/02/06/annie-lennox-hozier-grammys/22984753/ |title=How the Grammys got Annie Lennox to sing with Hozier |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |website=USA Today |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=6 June 2021}}{{cite web |website=billboard.com |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/grammys-2015/grammy-performances/6465564/grammys-2015-hozier-annie-lennox-mashup |title=Grammys 2015: Hozier & Annie Lennox Mashup 'Take Me to Church/I Put a Spell on You' |first=Joe |last=Lynch |date=8 February 2015 |access-date=6 June 2021}}
• Matt McAndrew performed "Take Me to Church" on U.S. television program The Voice season 7 as his top 12 act. His cover peaked at number 5 on the iTunes charts and at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• The song was used in season 14 of the documentary series Intervention.
• The song was used in a commercial for Beats by Dre which featured LeBron James. The commercial showed James returning to his old high school in Akron, Ohio.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCOgaWSfxxs |title=Beats by Dre Presents: LeBron James in RE-ESTABLISHED 2014 |publisher=Beats by Dre |date=18 October 2014 |access-date=18 October 2014}}
• The song was performed in "We Built This Glee Club," the eleventh episode of the final season of Glee. It was primarily performed by Roderick Meeks (Noah Guthrie) and Kitty Wilde (Becca Tobin).{{Cite magazine |last=Ray |first=Lincee |date=March 14, 2015 |title='Glee' recap: 'We Built This Glee Club' |url=https://ew.com/recap/glee-season-6-episode-11/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
• Ellie Goulding posted a cover of "Take Me to Church" on her official YouTube channel.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDtR8sn4z-A |title=Ellie Goulding – Take Me to Church (Hozier cover) |publisher=Ellie Goulding |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=27 November 2015}} The cover was featured in the Supergirl episode "Livewire".
• Demi Lovato performed the song live from Live Lounge.{{cite web|url=https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt#|title=Take Me to Church – APRA ID: GW45085675|access-date=26 June 2016}}
• The song was used in the closing credits of the third episode of the first season of The Leftovers.
• The song was featured in premiere series iZombie in its fourth season, Episode Two "Blue Bloody".
• India Carney performed this song on U.S. television program The Voice season 8 as her Top 12 act.{{Cite magazine |last=Upadhyaya |first=Kayla Kumari |date=April 14, 2015 |title='The Voice' Recap: Reba McEntire Advises Top 12 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-voice-recap-reba-mcentire-advises-top-12-6531720/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}
• Amber Galloway Gallego performed an American Sign Language version of the song.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l09GAMCy64|title=Take Me to Church ASL Cover|website=YouTube|date=28 January 2015 |access-date=28 October 2017}}
• The rock band Vampires Everywhere! released a cover of the song on their 2016 album Ritual, featuring Chelsea Grin vocalist Alex Koehler.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ONNATQdt4|title=Vampires Everywhere! - Take Me to Church Feat. Alex Koehler|date=19 January 2016|access-date=2 April 2018|via=YouTube}}
• Morgan James performed a cover version arranged by Scott Bradlee on the Postmodern Jukebox YouTube channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C0xGB73Uuc|title=Take Me to Church – Piano / Vocal Hozier Cover ft. Morgan James |website=YouTube |date=6 January 2015 |access-date=31 January 2017}}
• Wé McDonald performed this song on U.S. television program The Voice season 11 as her Top 12 act.
• Sergei Polunin danced to the song, directed by David LaChapelle.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-tW0CkvdDI|title=Sergei Polunin, "Take Me to Church" by Hozier, Directed by David LaChapelle|website=YouTube|date=9 February 2015 }}
• Several artists have covered this song, including YouTube star Jasmine Thompson and Broadway actress Lena Hall.
• The song was used in season 10 of Supernatural, in episode 13 "Halt and Catch Fire".
• The song was used in commercials for the 2014 TV series Constantine on NBC.
• In early 2017 Napalm Records released a cover, with a video, by metal band The Agonist.
• In 2015, Scottish rock band Gun recorded a cover with a video, which later appeared on their 2019 best-of album R3loaded.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpbzJAt5G_I|title=GUN - Take Me to Church (Hozier cover)|date=11 March 2015|access-date=5 January 2020|via=YouTube}}{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Colothan |date=19 September 2019 |title=Gun announce best-of album 'R3loaded' & premiere Stevie Wonder cover |work=Planet Rock |url=https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/gun-announce-best-of-album-r3l0aded-and-premiere-stevie-wonder-cover/ |access-date=6 June 2021}}
• The song was used as a central recurring theme in the third season of the teen series Druck (SKAM Germany), aired March through May 2019.
• Sharon Irving performed the song in her audition on Season 10 of America's Got Talent for which she received a golden buzzer from judge Mel B and advanced to the semi-finals.{{Cite web |last=Swartz |first=Tracy |date=June 11, 2015 |title=South Side singer wows on 'America's Got Talent' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-south-side-singer-wows-on-americas-got-talent-20150610-story.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |website=Chicago Tribune}}

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