Like A Prayer

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from the album Like A Prayer single art for Like A Prayer Song details Performer: Madonna First Released: 27 February 1989 - Like A Prayer single Album(s): Like A Prayer Writer(s): Madonna and Patrick Leonard Producer(s): Madonna and Patrick Leonard Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Like A Prayer is the first track on Madonna’s fourth album Like A Prayer. It was long thought that the album version contained no Prince input, and only some of the remixes contain Prince’s guitar playing, however in a 2014 interview Patrick Leonard, the song's producer revealed it’s actually Prince on guitar at the very beginning of the song before the door slams. The 12-inch containing the versions with a bit more of Prince’s uncredited guitar input were released three weeks prior to the album’s release on Like A Prayer, the album’s first single. The 'Dub Beats' version, remixed by Bill Bottrell, also contains a sample of the studio version of Bob George, five years before its official release. Furthermore a back masked version of the guitar solo was used as a basis to Act Of Contrition, the eleventh and final track on the Like A pPrayer, album, and also released as the b-side of the Like A Prayer, single, three weeks before the album’s release. On Act Of Contrition the credit ‘The Powers That Be’, could be read as to allude to Prince. Prince’s contribution was recorded in mid-November 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It is likely that his solo was recorded by itself (or possibly for use on Like A Prayer), and the track was compiled later. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 1988 Johnny Yuma Studios, Burbank, CA, USA Basic tracking (Madonna demo; no Prince input) Mid-November 1988 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Guitar solo recording by Prince Recording Personnel Madonna - lead vocals, background vocals, additional synthesizer Prince - guitar solo (uncredited) Jonathan Moffett - drums Guy Pratt - bass guitar (on the album version) Randy Jackson - bass guitar (on the 7" version) The Andrea Crouch Choir - background vocals Bruce Gaitsch - guitar Chester Kamen - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain) Dann Huff - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain) David Williams - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain) Bruce Gaitsch - acoustic guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain) Donna DeLory - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain) Niki Haris - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain) Geary Lanier - clavinet (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain) Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain) Patrick Leonard - acoustic piano, B3 organ, clavinet, synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain) Versions Released Versions Information is given for Prince-related versions only Title Length Released Version Additional info Like A Prayer 5:42 Like A Prayer album Like A Prayer (7" Remix/Edit) 5:41 Like A Prayer single Remix edit Remix by Bill Bottrell Like A Prayer (12" Extended Remix) 7:23 Like A Prayer single Remix Additional production and remix by Shep Pettibone, remix engineering by Michael Hutchinson Like A Prayer (12" Club Version) 6:37 Like A Prayer single Remix Additional production and remix by Bill Bottrell, additional engineering by Robert Salcedo Like A Prayer (Dub Beats) 4:36 Like A Prayer promo Remix Remix by Bill Bottrell. This remix contains a sample of Bob George from the cancelled “The Black Album”. Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Act Of Contrition 2:19 Like A Prayer Like A Prayer single Studio

Additional Information See also Trivia Like A Prayer single References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Madonna producer Patrick Leonard talks 'Like A Prayer' at 25, track by track review' (billboard.com : 21 March 2014)

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