"Save a Prayer" | ||||
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Single by Duran Duran | ||||
from the album Rio | ||||
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Released | 9 August 1982[1] | |||
Recorded | January–February 1982 | |||
Studio | AIR (London, UK) | |||
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Producer(s) | Colin Thurston | |||
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"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.