DURAN DURAN save a prayer, 7" single, EMI 5327

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HD] Duran Duran w/ Eagle Of Death Metal - "Save A Prayer" 10/30/15 TFI Friday. YouTube. 1 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Hunt, James (17 September 2021). "Every Song In Sex Education Season 3". Screen Rant . Retrieved 19 September 2021. British single certifications – Duran Duran – Save a Prayer". British Phonographic Industry. 1 September 1982 . Retrieved 9 August 2022. Shut Up and Dance – Save It 'til the Mourning After" (in Dutch). MegaCharts . Retrieved 3 April 2023. EODM (Eagles of Death Metal) – Save a Prayer" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

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. In 1995, English musical duo Shut Up and Dance prominently sampled "Save a Prayer" on their song "Save It 'til the Mourning After". [43] It was released as a single and reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1995, becoming the duo's second top-40 hit in the UK. [44] It also reached number 41 on the Dutch Single Top 100, becoming their only song to chart in the Netherlands. [45] Duran Duran's Official Top 20 most-streamed songs revealed". Official Charts. 26 October 2021 . Retrieved 12 June 2022. Duran Duran – Save a Prayer %5BSpecial Edited Version%5D" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 20 November 2020.Offiziellecharts.de – Duran Duran – Save a Prayer [Special Edited Version]" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 November 2020. EODM (Eagles of Death Metal) – Save a Prayer" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 26 November 2015.

UK Singles Chart, week of 20 November 2015". Official Charts Company. 20 November 2015 . Retrieved 21 November 2015. The Irish Charts – Search Results – Save a Prayer". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 November 2020. Album version: at approximately 4:35 "Save a prayer 'til the morning after" is repeated six times until fade out. In 2009, British singer-songwriter Kate Walsh released a cover version of the song on her album Peppermint Radio. Eagles of Death Metal Performs 'Save a Prayer' With Duran Duran Days Before Paris Shootings: Watch - Billboard". Billboard.Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Jones, Alan (1983). "The Top 100 UK Singles". Chart File Volume 2. London: Virgin Books. pp.80–81. ISBN 0-907080-73-1. AllMusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco described the new wave ballad [7] in a retrospective review, as being "a lilting epic". He wrote: "The music maintains the stormily romantic quality of the lyric by combining meditative verses with an aching chorus that swells and ebbs in a way that perfectly captures the song's heartbreak." [8] Music video [ edit ]

European Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol.2, no.10. 11 March 1985. p.10. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.97. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. While perched on a branch over a lagoon and miming playing his guitar, an intoxicated Andy fell into the water. He accidentally swallowed some, and had to be hospitalised during the band's subsequent Australian tour due to a tropical virus he contracted at that time. The band members all initially refused to do the scene where an elephant sprays water from its trunk onto one of them due to its homoerotic overtones; they finally settled on John since he was the band's pin-up boy. He would be teased about it for years afterwards. [9] "I didn't care," he wrote in 2012. "I loved it. It is one of my most treasured memories." [12] EODM (Eagles of Death Metal) – Save a Prayer" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 26 November 2015.Duran Duran Will Donate All Proceeds From Eagles of Death Metal's 'Save A Prayer' Cover". Billboard.

The synthesizer riff in the video version is repeated 4 times during the intro, while the synthesizer riff on the album and single version gets repeated only twice. Single version: at approximately 4:35 "Save a prayer 'til the morning after" is repeated four times until fade out.

a b c Taylor, Andy (2008). Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran. London: Orion Publishing Group. p.100. ISBN 978-0-7528-8338-0.