Prayer (Disturbed song)

"Prayer"
Single by Disturbed
from the album Believe
ReleasedAugust 14, 2002
RecordedMarch–April 2002
StudioGroovemaster Studios in Chicago, Illinois
GenreAlternative metal
Length3:39
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Disturbed singles chronology
"The Game"
(2001)
"Prayer"
(2002)
"Remember"
(2002)
Music video
"Prayer" on YouTube

"Prayer" is a song by American heavy metal band Disturbed. It was released on 14 August 2002, as the first single from their studio album, Believe. The song was inspired by the death of vocalist David Draiman's grandfather as well as various circumstances after the September 11 attacks, and is about a conversation between Draiman and God.[1] Upon release, many media outlets refused to air the "Prayer" music video, citing supposed similarities between the imagery of the music video and that of the September 11 attacks.[2] "Prayer" peaked at number-three on two United States airplay charts, Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts, as well as peaking at number-fifty-eight on Billboard's Hot 100 and number-fourteen on the Canadian Singles Chart. "Prayer" is Disturbed's second highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 and their highest-charting single on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and one of only two of their songs to reach the top five on the chart (the other being "Inside the Fire", which peaked at number four). The song is playable and part of the soundtrack to the 2015 music video game, Rock Band 4.

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