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"The Prayer" is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. It was written by David Foster , Carole Bayer Sager , Tony Renis and Alberto Testa . "The Prayer" was originally recorded in two solo versions for the Warner Bros. ' 1998 musical animated feature film Quest for Camelot , in English by Dion and in ...
It explicitly relates to Cohen's Jewish roots, echoing the words of the Unetanneh Tokef prayer. [1] [2] In synagogues, the prayer is recited during the High Holy Days. [3] The song was written after Cohen's improvised concerts for Israeli soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula during the Yom Kippur War. [4] The song is sung as a duet with Jewish ...
"Like a Prayer" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 1989 fourth studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on March 3, 1989, by Sire Records . Written and produced by both Madonna and Patrick Leonard , the song heralded an artistic and personal approach to songwriting for Madonna, who believed that she ...
"The Prayer" is a song by English rock band Bloc Party. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, A Weekend in the City , except in the U.S. where it is the second single. " I Still Remember " was the first song from the album to be released in North America.
A modified segment of the prayer is recited in one of the early trailers for the Sylvester Stallone 2008 film Rambo. [53] A modified version of the prayer appears in the song "Prayer" in the musical Come From Away. [54] Beanie Feldstein sings the prayer in the 2017 movie Lady Bird, set at a Catholic girls' school. [55]
Saying Grace or The Prayer Before a Meal (French: Le Bénédicité) is the title of several paintings by French artist Jean Simeon Chardin, one of which was given as a gift to Louis XV. The subject of the painting, a middle-class French family saying grace before a meal, is one of everyday bourgeois tranquillity – Chardin's area of interest ...
In 1997, Jamaican singer Diana King released a reggae-style cover of "I Say a Little Prayer". It was released as the first single from their second album, Think Like a Girl (1997), and also featured prominently in the comedy My Best Friend's Wedding. The Love to Infinity dance remix popularized the song on radio.
"Save a Prayer" is a song by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 9 August 1982 as the third single from their second album Rio (1982). It became Duran Duran's biggest hit (at the time) on the UK Singles Chart , reaching number two.