Irish singer-songwriter Hozier has announced that he will be pursuing legal action against Chilly Gonzales following claims by Gonzales that Hozier plagiarised Canadian singer Feist’s song ‘How Come You Never Go There’ in Hozier’s hit song ‘Take Me To Church’.

Chilly Gonzales made the claims in a Youtube video upon which he dissects popular songs. The said video regarding ‘Take Me To Church’ has now been deleted. However what Gonzales said has been widely reported:

“This sounds quite familiar to me, I must say, this very slow and noble triple time and those sad chords. I think I know what it might be.”

As if that was not enough, Gonzales continued on to say:

“It’s almost the exact same thing. That’s a crazy coincidence that my good friend and musical little sister Feist with her song ‘How Come You Never Go There’ had the exact same idea to use those chords and that slow triple time as Hozier. What are the chances?”

“I’m being told by the research staff that Feist’s track came out well over a year before Hozier’s. Doesn’t look so good does it? ‘Take Me To Church’? Maybe Feist should take him to court,”

Gonzales and Feist have collaborated together in the past, thus he would have a certain deal of familiarity about Feist’s song.

Be that as it may, Hozier’s manager Caroline Downey when speaking to the Irish edition of The Sunday Times regarded the claims as ‘groundless’ and confirmed that Hozier will be persuing legal action against Berlin based musician Chilly Gonzales.  However it is still unclear under what grounds Hozier will look to pursue legal action against Chilly Gonzales, whether it will be defamation of character or another form of legal action; this all remains to be seen.

Listen to both songs below and decide for yourself whether there are any similarities!

As you can imagine plagiarism accusations are taken incredibly seriously in the music world and there can be no doubt that this will not be the last we hear of this disagreement; will Gonzales field a rebuttal or simply apologise?