Like a Prayer | Song Meaning and Lyrics | Madonna (2024)

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Like A Prayer

Song Meaning of Like A Prayer by Madonna

The song, which Madonna and Patrick Leonard co-wrote and produced, marked the beginning of a creative and individual approach to songwriting for Madonna, who felt that she wanted to appeal to her mature audience more. After figuring out how she would integrate her ideas with the music, Madonna wrote "Like a Prayer" in roughly three hours, which later served as the album's opening track.

Only Madonna could make a six-minute gospel-pop behemoth out of love, faith, and oral sex.

Her interpretation of "Like a Prayer" is that it is "the song of a passionate young girl so in love with God that it is almost as though He were the male figure in her life."

The song launched as part of a soft drink advertising campaign, but it was pulled after the blasphemously offensive video went viral on MTV.

The Vatican immediately denounced it, perhaps participating in the promotion of the song on purpose. In 1989, Madonna declared, "In Catholicism, you are born a sinner and you are a sinner your entire life." "The sin is always inside of you, no matter how hard you try to run from it."

"I think there was a point when we realized that it was the title track, and the lead track, and it was going to be a powerhouse. It became obvious that there was something unique about it. And that somehow we made this thing work: with its stopping and starting, and a minimalistic rhythmic thing, and the verses, and these bombastic choruses, and this giant choir comes in. This is ambitious, you know?"

—Patrick Leonard's thoughts on "Like a Prayer".

The song was number one in the USA, UK, Australia and many other countries.

Like A Prayer lyrics by Madonna

Life is a mystery

Everyone must stand alone

I hear you call my name

And it feels like home

When you call my name

It's like a little prayer

I'm down on my knees

I wanna take you there

In the midnight hour

I can feel your power

Just like a prayer

You know I'll take you there

I hear your voice

It's like an angel sighing

I have no choice

Release Date

1989

Songwriter/s

Madonna, Patrick Leonard

Producer/s

Madonna, Patrick Leonard

Label/s

Sire, Warner Bros.

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