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Ellie Goulding covered Take Me To Church and people can't decide if it's good or sacrilegious

The internet is conflicted.

YESTERDAY, ELLIE GOULDING surprised everybody and slyly unleashed a cover of Hozier’s Take Me To Church on the world.

take me to church https://t.co/cHP6bp5AO9
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) March 11, 2015

Ellie Goulding / Twitter

The cover is quite a distinctive take on the original with Goulding paring the whole thing back, adding some synth and finger snaps.

Listen to it for yourself below.

OnlyMusic / YouTube

But what do people make of it?

Some people underwent a transformation after listening to it

ELLIE GOULDING.. COVERING.. TAKE ME TO CHURCH..... I AMMMMM REBORN
— lindsay (@lindsaydemeola) March 12, 2015

lindslay / Twitter

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People’s lives were made

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It reduced people to tears

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And some even dared to suggest that it was better than Hozier’s

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#bae

While others thought that suggestion was straight up sacrilegious

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Ellie Goulding covering Hozier’s Take Me to Church, or how to fall asleep before the end of a sentenc
— Zaharenia Atzitzikaki (@sugarenia) March 11, 2015

Zaharenia A. / Twitter

Who told Ellie Goulding that covering Hozier was a good idea? WAAAY out of her element.
— Guillermo Lopez (@WillGLopez) March 11, 2015

Will Lopez / Twitter

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Some Hozier fans have had enough of covers, full stop

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So, what do you think of Ellie Goulding’s cover?

Poll Results:

Not a patch on the original. (463)

I like it! (148)

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Ellie Goulding covered Take Me To Church and people can't decide if it's good or sacrilegious

Some people underwent a transformation after listening to it

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People’s lives were made

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It reduced people to tears

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And some even dared to suggest that it was better than Hozier’s

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While others thought that suggestion was straight up sacrilegious

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Some Hozier fans have had enough of covers, full stop

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So, what do you think of Ellie Goulding’s cover?

Poll Results:

10 ways Blurred Lines basically ruined Robin Thicke’s life >

Jeremy Clarkson’s 10 most mortifying favourites on Twitter >