Like a Prayer
~ Recording by Madonna
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Like a Prayer | 5:41 | Madonna | Like a Prayer | Madonna | Album |
| Sire Records | 9 25844-2 |
| 1.1 | Like a Prayer | 5:41 | Madonna | Like a Prayer | Madonna | Album |
| Sire Records | W2 25844 |
| 4.1 | Like a Prayer | 5:42 | Madonna | The Complete Studio Albums (1983-2008) | Madonna | Album + Compilation |
| 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 | |||||||||
| 2.16 | Like a Prayer | 5:45 | Madonna | Greatest Hits | Madonna | Album + Compilation |
| Star Mark | 20101-1/2 |
Relationships
| additional engineer: | Michael Vail Blum |
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| 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) |
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| recorded at: | Johnny Yuma Recording in Burbank Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood Saturn Sound in Burbank |
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| mixed at: | Smoketree Studios in Chatsworth |
| DJ-mixes: | Like a Prayer (Churchapella) / Condemnation by Madonna (“Queen of Pop”) / Depeche Mode (order: 1) |
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| 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) |
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| recording of: | Like a Prayer |
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Related works
Like a Prayer
| writer: | Patrick Leonard (producer, songwriter and pianist) Madonna (“Queen of Pop”) |
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| 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) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Feels Like a Prayer |
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