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

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In 2014, singer-songwriter David Mead released a cover version of the song on the multi-artist compilation album Here Comes the Reign Again: The Second British Invasion. [42]

The release was accompanied by a new live video, drawn from footage shot in 1984 for the concert film Arena. Album version: at approximately 4:35 "Save a prayer 'til the morning after" is repeated six times until fade out.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. EODM (Eagles of Death Metal) – Save a Prayer" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 26 November 2015. Shut Up and Dance – Save It 'til the Mourning After" (in Dutch). MegaCharts . Retrieved 3 April 2023. Masterton, James (26 March 1995). "Week Ending April 1st 1995". Chart Watch UK . Retrieved 3 April 2023. Offiziellecharts.de – Duran Duran – Save a Prayer [Special Edited Version]" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

The Duran Duran Timeline". www.durandurantimeline.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008 . Retrieved 9 August 2022. The song has also appeared in the British TV series Sex Education (season 3, episode 2). [28] Cover versions [ edit ] Eagles of Death Metal version [ edit ] "Save a Prayer" Save a Prayer" is the sixth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 9 August 1982. The song was the third single taken 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. [2] 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.a b c d Marks, Craig; Tannenbaum, Rob (2011). I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. New York, NY: Dutton. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-525-95230-5. Josh Homme and Jesse Hughes Detail Eagles of Death Metal LP ZIPPER DOWN, Share Bonkers Cover". Pitchfork. 17 June 2015. Taylor, Andy (2008). Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran. London: Orion Publishing Group. pp.102–04. ISBN 978-0-7528-8338-0. Eagles of Death Metal Performs 'Save a Prayer' With Duran Duran Days Before Paris Shootings: Watch - Billboard". Billboard. British single certifications – Duran Duran – Save a Prayer". British Phonographic Industry. 1 September 1982 . Retrieved 9 August 2022.

EODM (Eagles of Death Metal) – Save a Prayer" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 26 November 2015.A live version of the song was released in 1985. On the live version Le Bon dedicates the song to Marvin Gaye, who had been fatally shot the day before the concert was recorded in April 1984. The video was taken from Duran Duran's Oakland, California concerts that were filmed for the Arena (An Absurd Notion) video.

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. Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 November 2015. In 2009, British singer-songwriter Kate Walsh released a cover version of the song on her album Peppermint Radio.

European Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol.2, no.10. 11 March 1985. p.10. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Single version: at approximately 4:35 "Save a prayer 'til the morning after" is repeated four times until fade out. 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]