From Eden

Hozier wrote it, Kirwan and Hozier produced it in 2013, and it is the sixth track on the album. Wikipedia describes soul rock and blues rock with a Motown influence, a 5/4 time signature and a flamenco-flavored bridge. It was released on March 9, 2014 as the From Eden EP, then in the US on Columbia on April 1, with US adult alternative radio on October 6 and modern rock radio on February 10, 2015. The EP's track names, per a review, were "From Eden", "Work Song", "Arsonist's Lullabye" and "To Be Alone". Hozier told American Songwriter the EP explores a slightly brighter side to some of his songs. In remarks quoted by Songfacts, whose underlying articles we could not find, he said it is a song about idolizing somebody from a distance, written jokingly from the perspective of the devil, that he loves how in blues the Devil can be a character who walks and talks, and that he plays around with the idea that it is sung by the snake.

In Ireland it reached 2, in the UK 69, and 15 on the US Hot Rock chart, and it is platinum in the US, UK and Canada. MusicBrainz lists an EP version at 3:42, a live version on the 2015 Live in America EP at 4:29, and a Dolby Atmos mix from 2021. The video came out on November 18, 2014; Wikipedia credits Henry and Ssong as directors and Katie McGrath and Tate Birchmore in the cast, with Hozier as an outlaw who robs a gas station with a woman and a boy. Setlist.fm shows 513 plays by Hozier, the first at Eurosonic in Groningen on January 15, 2014. The upload we hold is the official video.