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She is also slated to be a musical guest on [_Saturday Night Live_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/01/snl-musical-guests-demi-lovato-weeknd)_._ Hozier just did his own cover on the show last week — an upbeat rendition of Sam Smith’s “Lay Me Down.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4029208/hozier-demi-lovato-take-me-to-church-bbcradio1/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4029208/hozier-demi-lovato-take-me-to-church-bbcradio1/"},"headline":"Watch Demi Lovato Rock This Cover of Hozier's 'Take Me to Church'","datePublished":"2015-09-10T14:14:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:31.496Z","description":"Demi Lovato sings Take Me to Church by Hozier for BBC Radio 1","url":"https://time.com/4029208/hozier-demi-lovato-take-me-to-church-bbcradio1/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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