Like a Prayer (song)
"Like a Prayer" is a 1989 gospel-themed pop rock ballad from the singer Madonna. The song comes from her album of the same name. The single reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and on charts in many other countries.
| "Like a Prayer" | ||||
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| Song by Madonna | ||||
| from Like a Prayer" | ||||
| B-side | "Act of Contrition" | |||
| Released | March 3, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | September 1988; Johnny Yuma Studios (Burbank, California) | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 5:41 | |||
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The song was released in March 1989.
Like A Prayer (song) Media
Andraé Crouch and his choir were signed for adding background vocals to "Like a Prayer". Crouch studied the song's lyrics to make sure that it was not against their religious beliefs.
British bassist Guy Pratt (pictured in 2022) played in the song, and other album tracks. The year before he had toured with British band Pink Floyd.
During the 2004 Re-Invention World Tour, "Like a Prayer" was given a gospel treatment, with Madonna asking the audience to sing along with her.
Madonna performing a remixed version of "Like a Prayer" during the Amsterdam stop of her Sticky & Sweet Tour on September 2, 2008
Leon Robinson was hired to play the role of a saint inspired by Martin de Porres, the patron saint of mixed-race people.
Pope John Paul II encouraged people to boycott Madonna in Italy.
The sequence in the music video for "Like a Prayer" where Madonna cuts her hand with a dagger was believed by scholars as an enactment of stigmata.
Madonna, flanked by a choir, performing "Like a Prayer" on the 2012 MDNA Tour.
On November 14, 2015, Madonna performed "Like a Prayer" on the Stockholm stop of her Rebel Heart Tour as dedication to the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks.
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