View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of Save A Prayer on Discogs. Save a Prayer Single Version by Duran Duran Save a Prayer US Single Version by Duran Duran Performed Live As Save a Prayer Live in Oakland Oakland Coliseum USA - 19840414 by Duran Duran. Save a Prayer is een nummer van de Britse popband Duran Duran.
Feel the breeze deep on the inside Look you down into your well. You dont have to dream it all just live a day.
The song revolves around a chance meeting between two people that flares into a one-off sexual encounter. It became Duran Durans biggest hit to date at the time in the UK Singles Chart reaching 2 held out of the top spot by Survivors Eye of the Tiger. On the live version Simon Le Bon dedicates the song to Marvin Gaye who had been fatally shot the day before the concert was recorded in April 1984. And it was produced by the prolific Russell Mulcahy. Music Video for Save a Prayer The music video to this song was filmed in Sri Lanka under challenging conditions.
The official Duran Duran video for Save a Prayer from 1982s RIO album. If you can youll see the world in all his fire. I was alone in our rehearsal room figuring out how some new gear worked and programmed the verse sequencer as something to experiment with. From what I remember Duran were in the south of France writingrecording the RIO album and John Taylor was playing around with the bass part of Save A Prayer and I believe Nick came up with the sequenced synth part using a Roland SH-2 though it might have been the JP-4 a Roland sequencer JSQ-60 maybe and a Roland Tape Echo.
A live version of the song was released in 1985.ĭuran Duran Save A Prayer Addeddate 033851 Closed captioning no Identifier Duran_Duran_Save_A_Prayer Scanner Internet Archive Python library 140. The soft seductive ballad was the third single from the bands second album Rio. Het is uitgebracht op 9 augustus 1982 en de derde single van het tweede album Rio.ĭirected by Russell Mulcahy. Save a Prayer is an exotic video filmed among the jungles beaches and temples of Sri Lanka. After being mobbed by the other women in the office who wanted to talk to Duran Duran dreamboat John Taylor B-Sides beat them off with our copy of the bands new album Astronaut and secured the interview. Duran Durans 1982 video for Save a Prayer was directed by Russell Mulcahy and shot in Sri Lanka at the same time as their videos for Hungry Like the Wolf and Lonely in Your Nightmare I dont know if Sri Lanka saw an upswing in tourism after this hit the airwaves but it wouldnt surprise me.ĭont say a prayer for me now Save it til the morning after. Release Date of Save a Prayer Duran Durans album Rio which featured Save a Prayer. Save A Prayer is the sixth single by Duran Duran released as the third single from the album Rio on 9 August 1982.Īfter a few minutes I realized that it was actually quite infectious and so started to play OVER the sequencer and found the main. With Duran Duran Simon Le Bon Nick Rhodes Andy Taylor. Le Bon described the lyric as realistic and not romantic According to Le Bon the songs chorus structure is based on Gordon Lightfoots. Like all dreamers cant find another way You dont have to dream it all just live a day.
Play download or share the MIDI song Duran Duran - Save a Prayermid from your web browser. Pin On Duran Duran De videoclip van het nummer is opgenomen in Sri Lanka en geregisseerd door Russel Mulcahy.ĭuran duran save a prayer. Directed by Russell MulcahyStream Duran Durans greatest hits here httpsduran.