--- description: Hozier Covers Lay Me Down by Sam Smith on BBC Radio 1 title: Listen to Hozier's Perfect Cover of Sam Smith's 'Lay Me Down' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Listen to Hozier's Perfect Cover of Sam Smith's 'Lay Me Down'  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:55 AM CUTPublished: Sep 1, 2015 9:29 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:55 AM CUTPublished: Sep 1, 2015 9:29 PM CUT **Correction appended, Sept. 2** Irish singer and songwriter Hozier performs a much more upbeat version of the ballad “Lay Me Down” by the English singer and songwriter Sam Smith in the BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. It works so well that it would make any fan wonder if the two stars would do a song together anytime soon. In [a November 2014 interview](http://radio.com/2014/11/04/hozier-sam-smith-collaboration-rumors/ "undefined") with Mix 104.1, Hozier (whose real name is Andrew Hozier-Byrne) told the radio station, “It has crossed my mind, and nothing is definite . . . but there’s been very brief discussion about it.” And of course, Smith couldn’t help but [tweet](https://twitter.com/samsmithworld/status/638701503117660160 "undefined") his appreciation, with the Irish musician returning the favor: > [](https://twitter.com/Hozier/status/638747477311684608) **Correction**: The original version of this story misstated Hozier’s nationality. He is from Ireland. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/"},"headline":"Listen to Hozier's Perfect Cover of Sam Smith's 'Lay Me Down'","datePublished":"2015-09-01T21:29:42.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T01:55:39.000Z","description":"The question is: Will the two stars collaborate anytime soon?","url":"https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/","name":"Listen to Hozier's Perfect Cover of Sam Smith's 'Lay Me Down'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```