Save a Prayer

"Save a Prayer"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Rio
B-side	"Hold Back the Rain" (remix) "Save a Prayer" (from the Arena) "Careless Memories" (from the Arena)
Released	9 August 1982[1]
Recorded	January–February 1982
Studio	AIR (London, UK)
Genre	New wave synth-pop[2]
Length	6:05 (video version) 5:32 (album version) 3:45 (US single version)
Label	EMI Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Simon Le Bon John Taylor Roger Taylor Andy Taylor Nick Rhodes
Producer(s)	Colin Thurston
Duran Duran singles chronology
"Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982) "Save a Prayer" (1982) "Rio" (1982)
Music video
"Save a Prayer" on YouTube

"Save a Prayer" is a song by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 9 August 1982 as the third single from their second album Rio (1982). It became Duran Duran's biggest hit (at the time) on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number two. As of October 2021 "Save a Prayer" is the sixth most streamed Duran Duran song in the UK.^[3]

"Save a Prayer" was not originally issued as a single in the United States, although the music video was very popular on MTV. An edited concert single version from "Arena" was finally released in the U.S. in January 1985 and reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.