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Hozier's Shockingly Popular Cover Cracks The Top 10

Published 2 months ago3 minute read

Hozier's “Do I Wanna Know? (Live at the BBC)” appears on five different Billboard charts this week, ... [+] cracking the top 10 on two of them for the first time. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 25: Hozier performs on stage at Usher Hall on September 25, 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns)

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Hozier scored one of the biggest hits of his career last year with the single “Too Sweet,” which shocked the music industry when it took the world by storm. Months after it dropped, and nearing its first anniversary on some Billboard lists, “Too Sweet” is still performing incredibly well. That track lives inside the top 10 on many of the tallies it appears on, and this frame, it's joined inside that competitive region by another, even older cut from the Irish rocker.

“Do I Wanna Know? (Live at the BBC)” appears on five different Billboard charts this week. It rises on three of them and debuts on two others as the tune is quickly picking up steam.

On two of the three lists where it improves its standing, Hozier's cover of the Arctic Monkeys song bolts into the top 10. In both instances, the cut only needed two weeks to reach that loftiest tier on consumption based rosters, which shows intense interest in his reworking.

“Do I Wanna Know? (Live at the BBC)” climbs highest on the Hot Alternative Songs chart. In its second stint on the list of the most-consumed alternative tracks throughout America, Hozier’s cover jumps from No. 15 to No. 9.

Over on the Hot Rock Songs chart, Hozier performs nearly as well. His tune gains even more ground, as it pushes seven spaces, though it doesn’t peak quite as high. “Do I Wanna Know" (Live at the BBC)" surges from No. 17, where it debuted last week, to No. 10.

Throughout his career, Hozier has now scored five top 10 hits on the Hot Alternative Songs list. He’s nearly doubled that sum on the Hot Rock Songs chart, where he’s up to nine placements between numbers one and 10.

The same cover almost enters the top 10 on the important Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. That is known as the most competitive roster in any of those styles, as any tune classified as any form of rock or alternative by Billboard can find space on it, which makes it tougher to dominate. “Do I Wanna Know? (Live at the BBC)" climbs from No. 20 to No. 13 in its second turn, and it could easily enter the loftiest space in just a matter of days.

As it surges on three charts it reached just last week, “Do I Wanna Know? (Live at the BBC)" also debuts in lofty positions on two streaming-focused rosters. Hozier sees his viral tune kick off its time on the Alternative Streaming Songs list at No. 18 and No. 23 on the Rock Streaming Songs ranking.

“Do I Wanna Know? (Live at the BBC)” has become something of a shocking hit for Hozier, as nobody was expecting it to perform so well at this point in its lifetime. He first released his cover of the Arctic Monkeys classic, which was recorded live at the BBC, a decade ago. At the time, he was riding high off of the success of his breakout smash, “Take Me to Church.” His cover didn't make much of a commercial impact at the time, but since picking up steam on social media and YouTube in the past several weeks, it has reached charts in a number of countries and it seems to be only getting bigger by the day.

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