Today marks 11 years since ‘Take Me To Church’ was released! “The song was always about humanity at its most natural, and how that is undermined ceaselessly by religious organisations and those who would have us believe they act in its interests. The music video references the increase of organised attacks and torturing of homosexuals in Russia, which is subsequent to a long, hateful, and oppressive political campaign against the LGBT community. What has been seen growing there is no less than nightmarish” — Hozier about ‘Take Me To Church’ Recorded in his parents’ attic at 2am, Hozier did all the vocals, he played all the instruments except for the drums. This is both a love song and a contemplation of sin, drawing influence from the late atheist writer Christopher Hitchens, among other influences. For example, the line “I was born sick, but I love it. Command me to be well” was inspired by Elizabethan dramatist Fulke Greville’s 1554 poem Chorus Sacerdotum, that speaks of m...