Like a Prayer (song) complexity builds up more after the second chorus, when the choir fully supports Madonna's vocals and she re-utters the opening lines, but this time accompanied by a synthesizer and drum beats. While singing "Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there, Just like, a muse to me, You're a mystery", a R&B-influenced voice backs Madonna. The song ends with a final repetition of the chorus and the choir gradually fading out. Taraborrelli noted in "Madonna: An Intimate Biography" that the lyrics of the song consist of "a series of button-pushing anomalies". With Madonna's inclusion of double entendres in
Like a Prayer (album) platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for shipments of 500,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, "Like a Prayer" debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, on April 1, 1989. It remained on this position for two weeks and a total of 72 weeks on the chart. The album was certified four times platinum on February 1, 1995 for shipments of 1,200,000 copies. In France, the album debuted at number one on the French Albums Chart on April 9, 1989, staying there for two weeks, then descending down the chart, having spent a total of thirty-six weeks