Like a Prayer (song) by "Billboard", "Like a Prayer" was voted the second best music video of the 1980s, behind only "Michael Jackson's Thriller". Scholars and academics have offered different interpretations of the music video and its story line. Allen Metz, one of the authors of "The Madonna Companion: Two Decades of Commentary", noted that when Madonna enters the church at the beginning of the clip, the line "I hear you call my name, And it feels like... Home" is played. The women of Italian East Harlem in New York call their Church as "la casa di momma" (Momma's House). In that respect, Metz
Like a Prayer (album) language and imagery". According to the list of "All-TIME 100 Albums" by "Time" magazine's critics, "Like a Prayer" is one of the 100 greatest and most influential musical compilations since 1954. In 2003, "Rolling Stone" magazine named it the 239th greatest album of all time. Apart from that the album was also featured in the "Women Who Rock" list made in 2012, at number 18. "Like a Prayer" is also featured in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". In 2006, "Q" magazine placed the album at number 14 in its list of "40 Best Albums of