"false"^^ . "false"^^ . "1982 singles" . "GBBFR9700045" . . . "2526958" . "at AIR Studios, London" . . "AIR Studios, London 1982" . "307000.0"^^ . "Colin Thurston" . "0"^^ . "5714deea25ac0d8aee55e031" . . "-13.4"^^ . "Music videos directed by Russell Mulcahy" . "2003-01-01"^^ . . "Capitol Records" . "12-inch single" . "Save A Prayer" . . "Songs in memory of deceased persons" . "%22Save a Prayer%22 is the sixth single by Duran Duran, released on 9 August 1982.The song was the third single from the band's second album Rio. It became Duran Duran's biggest hit to date (at the time) in the UK Singles Chart, reaching #2, held out of the top spot by Survivor's %22Eye of the Tiger%22. The track is opened by a somewhat eerie synthesizer riff which plays in the background throughout the song. Cover art for the single features a shadow being.It was not originally issued as a single in the United States, although the video was very popular on MTV. However, a special US Single version was released in January 1985 and reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.As well as being a commercial success, the song has received critical acclaim. Allmusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco described the song in a retrospective review, as being %22a lilting epic%22. He wrote: %22The 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.%22" . "152177" . "91e611a2-9823-45a1-80a5-988e83595fcf" . "Gramophone record" . "106.0"^^ . "1985 singles" . "205499"^^ . "1982-08-09"^^ . "-0.0369069"^^ . . "Save A Prayer" . "eng" . . "New wave ballads" . "Duran Duran" . . . "-0.160314"^^ . "Duran Duran songs" . "2"^^ . "EMI" . "January\u2013February 1982" . "Duran Duran" . . "false"^^ . "Song recordings produced by Colin Thurston" . "english" .