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Ten years ago,Hoziers Take Me to Churchwas everywhere except the top of the Hot 100.
Still, the song only peaked at No.
2, held off by Taylor Swifts Blank Space at the top and a rising Uptown Funk just below.
After Take Me to Church, Hozier couldve passed for a one-hit wonder.
His eventual follow-up, the 2018 EPNina Cried Power, barely made a splash.
Its an easy image to craft for a tall, long-haired Irishman singing love songs in a smooth baritone.
It was all Hozier needed.
None of the songs fromWastelandcracked the Hot 100, which might have justified Hoziers next four-year break.
67, thanks to alternative-radio support and strong streaming numbers.
Hozier still didnt have another hit song yet, but he was emphatically sticking around.
Their duet debuted at No.
37, becoming Hoziers first top-40 hit since Church and greasing the wheels for what was to come.
Too Sweet, his eventual No.
In just its third week, Too Sweet hit No.
1, knocking off an impressive run by Metro Boomin, Future, and Kendrick Lamars buzzy Like That.
Hoziers music had barely changed he just had the right song at the right time.
After that, hell likely retreat and spend the next few years working on new music.
Maybe theyll be hits, or maybe pop will have passed him by again.
But if Hoziers learned anything from Too Sweet, its that he doesnt need to change with the times.
