Like a Prayer (song) the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certifying it gold, for shipment of 400,000 copies of the single. According to the Official Charts Company, it has sold 792,000 copies there as of August 2018. Across Europe, the track reached number one in Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. It was Madonna's fifth number one song on the European Hot 100 Singles chart, reaching the top on March 25, 1989, and staying at number one for 12 weeks. "Like a Prayer" ranked at number two on the 1989 tabulation for European singles. After the "Glee" episode "The Power of Madonna" was broadcast, "Like
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