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About This Track
“The Prayer” is the first single from Bloc Party’s second album A Weekend in the City, except for in the US where it will be the second single from the album (“I Still Remember” was the first US single from the album). It was released by Wichita Records on 29 January 2007. It can also be heard on the band’s MySpace page.
Lead singer Kele Okereke says he was inspired to write the song after hearing Busta Rhymes’ song “Touch It”. Okereke also described the song as having a “crunk-like” effect, which he revealed in a number of interviews in October 2006 concerning information on the new album. The song has been used in the video game Project Gotham Racing 4 and Need for Speed: ProStreet (the “Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix” version)
Music video
A music video for the song was released on 5 December 2006, and was directed by Walter Stern, also known for directing videos by Massive Attack, The Prodigy and most notably the The Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony”. In the video, all members of Bloc Party are at a nightclub (which is, in reality, Café 1001, Dray Walk, Truman Brewery, London). It follows them throughout the night even though they do not appear to be doing much besides looking around. Okereke is the only one who actually gets up and goes around. The other members just sit around while Okereke goes off on his own journey, whilst cigarette burn effects and other visual distortions distort the film.
Lead singer Kele Okereke says he was inspired to write the song after hearing Busta Rhymes’ song “Touch It”. Okereke also described the song as having a “crunk-like” effect, which he revealed in a number of interviews in October 2006 concerning information on the new album. The song has been used in the video game Project Gotham Racing 4 and Need for Speed: ProStreet (the “Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix” version)
Music video
A music video for the song was released on 5 December 2006, and was directed by Walter Stern, also known for directing videos by Massive Attack, The Prodigy and most notably the The Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony”. In the video, all members of Bloc Party are at a nightclub (which is, in reality, Café 1001, Dray Walk, Truman Brewery, London). It follows them throughout the night even though they do not appear to be doing much besides looking around. Okereke is the only one who actually gets up and goes around. The other members just sit around while Okereke goes off on his own journey, whilst cigarette burn effects and other visual distortions distort the film.
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The Prayer
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Shouts
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dannyboy182 wrote:
One of the tracks I still like of theirs.
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futchadoc wrote:
This is my favorite :)
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gamersgene wrote:
FUCK YES! TONIGHT!
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The_Groove_Girl wrote:
interesting rhythm, <3
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SoupForOne wrote:
lol what a NERD hating on hipsters
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revrend_slapaho wrote:
I dig the band but they have a shitty fan base....DIE HIPSTERS DIE
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Turner_Ound wrote:
MY first Bloc party song i heard, never will forget now immortalised in last.fm
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R3B3L1724 wrote:
The drumming is outstanding I command you Matt Tong!!!!
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daniel10 wrote:
cool cool :-}
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sas1983 wrote:
Let me Outshine them all......
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rosaelefant wrote:
the chorus is really great. the rest is kinda "meh".
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Nat_Loves_You wrote:
SO glad last.fm just reminded me how wonderful this song is! I don't listen to a lot of Bloc Party but I adore this!
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sas1983 wrote:
Tonight I claim what's mine!!
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dannyboy182 wrote:
You need decent headphones for this song to have its full impact.
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AurorasKiss wrote:
Bloc. Party. ♥ [2]
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Zeichenkind wrote:
Bloc. Party. ♥
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sbeldred wrote:
Love this song
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merryvellia wrote:
Best Bloc Party Song Ever [3] !!!
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electrikalstorm wrote:
GREAT.
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SunnNoir wrote:
oops, they did it again, huh
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