Church Lyrics

by Jeff Suwak

You know Hozier's "Take Me to Church," but it's far from the first time a pop act has sung about church or Jesus or anything related. Read on, brave soul, if you think you can identify these ten songs that also deal with the House of God in some way.

~Jeff Suwak
Related: Bible Lyrics Quiz
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Comments: 6

  • Christabelle from NigeriaVery nice and educative and also entertaining...
  • Starry Wizdom from Sandy EggoWTF I only missed four? Who knew? Not me!
  • Paul From Ohio from Columbus I thought that this would be easy yet I only had four correct.
  • Shawn from MarylandI only got about 1/2 right. :) Gotta give the Preacher's Son question to my ex-wife. Without giving the answer away, we had a disagreement about who originally sang the song. She was right.
  • Jeff Suwak from Lacey, WashingtonJim from North Billerica....I made the quiz and I just have to saw that I'm awed by your knowledge. Seriously, I pick songs from such a wide range of genres...you, sir, are a true Music Sage. I salute you.
  • Jim from North Billerica, MaOnly two wrong, I did better than I figured I would.
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