"Take Me To Church" become a rock radio hit (where it spent 23 consecutive weeks at the top of the Hot Rock Songs chart, as the longest-running number-one in its history at the time). The song has been certified five times platinum in the US. This was 2014's most-streamed track globally on Spotify. The song was streamed over 87 million times during the year on the service.
Written in the wake of a breakup with his first girlfriend, this is both a love song and a contemplation of sin. Lyrically the song is one large metaphor comparing a lover to religion.
