Like a Prayer (song) a Prayer" again entered the chart at number 47, on May 15, 2010. The song went on to sell over five million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling singles worldwide. The music video for "Like a Prayer" was directed by Mary Lambert and was shot at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California and at San Pedro Hills in San Pedro, California. Madonna wanted the video to be more provocative than anything she had done before. She wanted to address racism by having the video depict a mixed-race couple being shot by the Ku Klux Klan. But on further thinking
No Prayer for the Dying the album liner notes. No Prayer for the Dying No Prayer for the Dying is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It marks their first line-up change since 1982; guitarist Adrian Smith left the band during the pre-production phase, unhappy with the musical direction it was taking, and only having contributed to one song, "Hooks in You". Smith was replaced by Janick Gers, who had previously worked with singer Bruce Dickinson on his first solo-album, "Tattooed Millionaire", and had also worked with Ian Gillan, former Marillion singer Fish, and new wave of British heavy metal