Prayer for the Dying

"Prayer for the Dying"
Single by Seal
from the album Seal
B-side	"Dreaming in Metaphors" (piano version)
Released	9 May 1994 (1994-05-09)[1]
Length	5:30 (album version) 4:16 (single version)
Label	ZTT Sire
Songwriter(s)	Seal Isidore
Producer(s)	Trevor Horn
Seal singles chronology
"Love Is Powerful" (1993) "Prayer for the Dying" (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" (1994)
"I'm Alive" (1995) "Don't Cry" / "Prayer for the Dying" (1995) "Fly Like an Eagle" (1997)
Licensed audio
"Prayer for the Dying" on YouTube

"Prayer for the Dying" is a song by British musician Seal and Augustus Lundell "Gus" Isidore. It was released on 9 May 1994 by ZTT and Sire as the lead single from the singer's second studio album, Seal (also known as Seal II) (1994), reaching number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In Canada, it became Seal's first of three songs to peak at number two on the RPM Top Singles chart, becoming his joint highest-charting single in Canada. In November 1995, "Prayer for the Dying" was reissued as a double A-side with "Don't Cry" in the UK; this release reached number 51 on the UK chart. Its music video was directed by Paul Boyd.