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“Prayer” by Disturbed

From the album Believe (2002)

“Prayer” by Disturbed appears on 28 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2002 and 2025. It was first released in 2002 on the album Believe. Its best result is #3 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #26 alternative song of 2002, #3,145 alternative song of all time and #201 of the '00s.

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Disturbed - Prayer [Official Music Video]

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Disturbed opened the campaign for their second album, Believe, with "Prayer" on September 16, 2002, and it hits with clenched-jaw force: Dan Donegan's guitar and keyboards chopping out a jagged riff, Fuzz and Mike Wengren locking the groove down tight, and David Draiman's voice swinging from growl to soaring plea. Johnny K produced it with the band, and Andy Wallace mixed it for Reprise.

Draiman built it out of grief and unease, from the death of his grandfather and the anxious stretch after the September 11 attacks, and it plays out as a conversation between him and God. The video ran into trouble when many outlets declined to air it, claiming its images looked too much like the attacks.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 49 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 42 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 16 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 21 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 38 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 18 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 25 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 81 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 34 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 31 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 3 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 106
2002 73 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 12 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 40 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 34 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 32 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99
2002 28 KNAC Los Angeles, CA KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 105
2003 43 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 18 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 53 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 43 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 50
2003 30 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 839 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2014 159 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 191 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 338 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2023 315 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2025 77 94.1 WJJO WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 100

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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