Like a Prayer

~ Recording by Madonna

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Like a Prayer5:41MadonnaLike a PrayerMadonnaAlbum
  • US1989-03-21
Sire Records9 25844-2
1.1Like a Prayer5:41MadonnaLike a PrayerMadonnaAlbum
Sire RecordsW2 25844
4.1Like a Prayer5:42MadonnaThe Complete Studio Albums (1983-2008)MadonnaAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-03-26
Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)8122797404
Bootleg
2.16Like a Prayer5:45MadonnaGreatest HitsMadonnaAlbum + Compilation
Star Mark20101-1/2

Relationships

additional engineer:Michael Vail Blum
assistant engineer:Stacy Baird
Robert Salcedo
Joe Schiff
engineer and mixer:Bill Bottrell
producer:Patrick Leonard (producer, songwriter and pianist)
Madonna (“Queen of Pop”)
bass guitar:Guy Pratt
lead vocals:Madonna (“Queen of Pop”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sire Records Company (not for release label use!) (in 1989)
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1989)
recorded at:Johnny Yuma Recording in Burbank
Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood
Saturn Sound in Burbank
mixed at:Smoketree Studios in Chatsworth
DJ-mixes:Like a Prayer (Churchapella) / Condemnation by Madonna (“Queen of Pop”) / Depeche Mode (order: 1)
sampled by:Call My Name (demo version) by DJ Wonder (UK garage/grime producer, aka Wonder) feat. Sway
Like a Dream (Bass-D & King Matthew remix) by Bass-D & King Matthew feat. XD
Like a Dream (XD remix) by Bass-D & King Matthew feat. XD
Madonna by Bio Phobith feat. Search & Destroy (Martin Damm, techno hardcore)
You Must Remember This #12, “Hollywood Frame by Frame #1: Madonna, from Sean to Warren, Part One” by Karina Longworth (film historian & podcaster, You Must Remember This)
mash-ups:Heaven Knows a Prayer (Madonna vs. Donna Summer) by The Gentleman Thieves
part of:Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 6) (order: 6)
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 12) (order: 11)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 55) (order: 55)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 300) (order: 299)
purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/gb/song/329519309 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/328955326 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/329064713 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1z3ugFmUKoCzGsI6jdY4Ci [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/2hBpCrn0VsVRhhcQXP5vKW [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/37PPB2oW67yjvArQPYQxRU [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/4209640 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/4217498 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/66374224 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/gb/song/329519309 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/328955326 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/329064713 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/3094552 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/3094589 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/21017654 [info]
recording of:Like a Prayer

Like a Prayer

writer:Patrick Leonard (producer, songwriter and pianist)
Madonna (“Queen of Pop”)
publisher:Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher)
EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Orangejello Music (BMI-affiliated)
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label)
Warner / Chappell Music Publishing (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works)
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Johnny Yuma Music (publisher) (in 1988)
Webo Girl Publishing, Inc. (in 1988)
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1989 until 2019-05-28)
WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
referred to in medleys:Feels Like a Prayer