I Say a Little Prayer Quiz Challenge - How Much Do You Know? | Heaven and Hell in Songs

Answer: Madonna

"Like a Prayer" is a song from Madonna's fourth studio album, which was also entitled "Like a Prayer", released in March 1989. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in April of the same year and stayed there for three weeks. It also reached number one in the UK Singles Chart and again stayed there for three weeks. Pepsi-Cola featured the song in an advertising campaign but it proved so controversial that they had to cancel the campaign.

Answer: Danny Wilson

"Mary's Prayer" was a 1987 hit for the Scottish rock band Danny Wilson. In the UK it reached number three in the singles chart. In America it reached 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track appears on the band's debut album "Meet Danny Wilson". Interestingly there is no-one called Danny Wilson in the band.

They took their name from a 1952 Frank Sinatra film called "Meet Danny Wilson" which was a favourite film of the father of Gary and Kit Clark, two of the founding members of the band.

Answer: Cliff Richard

"Millenium Prayer" was a 1999 single released by Cliff Richard. It was released as a charity single with the proceeds going to the charity Children's Promise. In Britain it was panned by critics and many radio stations refused to air it. However this did not stop it reaching number one in the UK singles chart and it narrowly missed being the Christmas number one when, after three weeks, it was overtaken by the Irish boy band Westlife.

Answer: Seal

"Prayer for the Dying" was English singer and songwriter Seal's first single from his second studio album "Seal II" in 1994. In the UK it peaked at number 14 in the singles charts and in America it reached 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. The third track to be used as a single from the album was entitled "Kiss from a Rose" which was used on the soundtrack of the 1995 film "Batman Forever".

Answer: Billy Joel

American singer Billy Joel released "Travelin' Prayer" in 1974 as the third single from his second studio album "Piano Man" which was released in 1973. The first two singles released from the album were "Piano Man" and "Worst Comes to Worst". It reached number 77 on the Billboard Top 100 and failed to make any impact on the UK singles chart.

Answer: Garth Brooks

"Unanswered Prayers" is a track on American country singer Garth Brook's second studio album "No Fences". The album was released in August 1990 and the first single from it was "Friends in Low Places" which was released in the same month. "Unanswered Prayers" was released as a single two months later in the October of the same year.

It reached number on Billboard Hot Country Songs in 1991.

Answer: Disturbed

"Prayer" by the American heavy metal band Disturbed was the first single released from their second studio album "Believe". It was released in August 2002 and was inspired by the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th 2001. It reached number 58 on the Billboard Top 100 chart and number 31 on the Uk Singles Chart.

Answer: Duran Duran

"Save a Prayer" released in August 1982 was British band Duran Duran's sixth single. It was the third single released from their second album "Rio" (released in May 1982). It reached number two on the UK singles chart but was stopped from reaching number one by "Eye of the Tiger" by the American rock band Survivor. The song reached number 16 on the Billboard Top 100.

Answer: Bon Jovi

"Livin' on a Prayer" is the second single American rock band Bon Jovi's third studio album "Slippery When Wet". It was released in October 1986 and reached number one in the Billboard Top 100. In the UK Singles Chart it reached number four.

Answer: Rise Against

"Prayer of the Refugee" is a single from American rock band Rise Against's fourth studio album "The Sufferer and the Witness". It was released in December 2006. It reached number seven on the Billboard Alternative Song chart. It was written to highlight the problems of asylum seekers and refugees.