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, however in a 2016 interview Patrick Leonard, the songs 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.
While specific recording dates for Prince's guitar solo contribution are not known, his solo was recorded in mid-November, 1988, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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1988
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Studio information needed
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Initial tracking (Madonna demo; no Prince input)
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Mid-November, 1988
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Guitar solo recording by Prince
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Recording Personnel
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- Madonna - lead vocals, background vocals, additional synthesizer
- Prince - guitar solo (uncredited)
- Jeffrey Porcaro - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- John Robinson - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Jonathan Moffett - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Guy Pratt - bass guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Randy Jackson - bass guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Bruce Gaitsch - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- 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)
- Marcos Loya - requinto guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Bruce Gaitsch - acoustic guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- The Andrea Crouch Choir - background vocals
- Donna DeLory - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Lynne Fiddmont - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Marcos Loya - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Marilyn Martin - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Ali Nadirah - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Niki Haris - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Rose Banks - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Geary Lanier - clavinet (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Joe Porcaro - marimba (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Luis Conte - percussion (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)
- Jai Winding - synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Stephen Bray - synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Sandra Crouch - Spanish tambourine (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Information is given for Prince-related versions only
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Like A Prayer (7" Remix/Edit)
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5:41
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Like A Prayer single
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Remix edit
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Remix by Bill Bottrell
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Like A Prayer (12" Extended Remix)
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7:23
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Like A Prayer single
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Remix
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Additional production and remix by Shep Pettibone, remix engineering by Michael Hutchinson
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Like A Prayer (12" Club Version)
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6:37
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Like A Prayer single
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Remix
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Additional production and remix by Bill Bottrell, additional engineering by Robert Salcedo
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Like A Prayer (Dub Beats)
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4:36
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Like A Prayer promo
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Remix
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Remix by Bill Bottrell
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