Why "Take Me To Church" is an unusual pop song

Try Pianote FREE for 30-Days: https://www.pianote.com/davidbennett?... 🎹 and consider subscribing to their YouTube channel:    / pianoteofficial   🎼 SOURCES: Interview with Hozier, CBC (2015):    • Hozier Explains Take Me to Church song and...   Interview with Hozier, Forbes (2018):    • Hozier: Behind The Songwriting Of "Take Me...   Interview with Hozier, Genius (2023):    • Hozier “Take Me to Church” Official Lyrics...   The outro music to this video is my track "Mothers Day" which you can hear in full on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wKKJ... 🎶 And, an extra special thanks goes to Peter Keller, Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 This video was edited by David Hartley. Check out his YouTube channel here:    / davidhartley94   SUPPORT ME ON PATREON:   / davidbennettpiano   🎹 0:00 Introduction 0:41 Time signature 1:49 the Amen cadence 3:24 Pianote 4:23 the Chorus and Harmonic minor 5:35 Bridge chord progression 6:06 Return to Amen cadence & final chorus 6:54 Interview with Hozier 7:32 Patreon