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Like a Prayer by Madonna
Like a Prayer is an album by Madonna, released in 1989. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 15 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Like a Prayer”, on 15 lists with a best position of #23.
Like a Prayer, Madonna's fourth studio album, arrived on Sire in March 1989, and it's the record where she turned the spotlight inward. Working again with Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray, her partners from True Blue, and with Prince co-writing and co-producing one track, she took on subjects she'd been too scared to touch before: her Catholic upbringing, her rocky marriage to Sean Penn, her mother's death and her bond with her father.
The music matches the nerve, pop with a rock backbone and a dance-pop pulse. The title track became her seventh US number one, "Express Yourself" and "Cherish" both stopped at number two, and the album topped the charts in 20 countries on its way past 15 million copies worldwide. Critics raved, and looking back, it's the moment people started taking Madonna seriously as an artist, not just a pop star.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Like a Prayer on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like a Prayer | 15 | #23 | – | 2001–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.