Prayer for the Dying

"Prayer for the Dying"
Single by Seal
from the album Seal
Released 25 April 1994
Format CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Pop, soul, R&B
Length 5:30 (album version)
4:16 (single version)
Label ZTT, Sire
Writer(s) Seal, Isidore
Producer(s) Trevor Horn
Seal singles chronology
"Violet"
(Feb 1992)		 "Prayer for the Dying"
(May 1994)		 "Kiss from a Rose"
(Jul 1994)
"Kiss from a Rose" / "I'm Alive"
(Jul 1995)
"Don't Cry" / "Prayer for the Dying"
(Nov 1995)
"Fly Like an Eagle"
(Mar 1997)

"Prayer for the Dying" is a song by Seal and Augustus Lundell "Gus" Isidore.[1] It was released as the lead single from his second studio album Seal (aka Seal II) in May 1994, peaking at #14 in the UK Singles Chart and #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. In November 1995, it was released as a double A-side with "Don't Cry"; this release reached #51 in the chart.

Track listings

CD1 (ZANG51CD)
  1. "Prayer for the Dying" – 4:16
  2. "Dreaming in Metaphors (piano version)" – 5:02
  3. "Prayer for the Dying (instrumental)" – 4:16
  4. "Crazy (acoustic version)" – 3:32
CD2 (ZANG51CD2)
  1. "Prayer for the Dying" – 4:16
  2. "Prayer for the Dying (Eren/Ollie Mix)" – 4:57
  3. "Prayer for the Dying (Psalm Dub)" – 6:37

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 56
Canadian Singles Chart[3] 2
German Singles Chart 62
Netherlands Singles Chart 40
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 13
Swiss Singles Chart 49
UK Singles Chart 14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 21
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 16
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 3
U.S. Top 40 Mainstream 11
Chart (1995) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 51

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 83

Covers

References

  1. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/344387-Gus-Isidore?layout=big
  2. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 31 Jul 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  3. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 60, No. 8". RPM (Library and Archives Canada). September 12, 1994. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1994". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
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