Duran Duran's recording places an emphasis on Nick Rhodes' swirling, minimalist synth lines and Simon Le Bon's pained vocals as the rhythm section holds down a steady but subdued beat, with Andy Taylor adding a few searing bursts of electric guitar during the chorus. The lyrics revolve around a chance meeting between two people that flares into a love affair but ends all too soon: "Some people call it a one night stand/But we can call it paradise/Don't say a prayer for me now/Save it 'til the morning after." The music maintains the stormily romantic quality of the lyric by combining meditative verses with an aching chorus that swells and ebbs in a way that perfectly captures the song's heartbreak. One of the finest, perhaps the finest, was "Save a Prayer," a lilting epic from Rio that has a special place in the heart of every Duran Duran fanatic. but they were also capable of making lush ballads guaranteed to make their fan base swoon. Guarisco at All Music Guide said:ĭance-friendly items like "Rio" and "Hungry Like The Wolf" gave Duran Duran their chart breakthrough in the U.S. According to Le Bon, the song's chorus structure is based on Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" and the lyrics as being contrary to the then-popular New Romantic movement by being "realistic, and not romantic" and "for seeing things as they really are." He sums up "Save A Prayer" as "It's definitely a freedom song but like a kinda nobody owns anybody kinda song." (Source).Ĭover art for the single was designed by Assorted iMages, which features the shadow of John Taylor, which was a flipped image taken from a still frame of the first few seconds of the music video.ĭonald A. The lyrics are about a chance meeting between two people that turns into a one-night stand. Simon Le Bon wrote the lyrics to the song while the band was on tour. It opens with an arpeggiated delay-treated synthesizer riff (created on a Roland SH-2), which plays in the background throughout the song. The verses of the song are in D minor, while the chorus is in B minor. The song began with Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes picking out chords together, and was then built around the sequencer track. Look Duran Duran biography and discography with all his recordings."Save A Prayer" begins with a somewhat eerie synthesizer riff, which plays in the background throughout the song. The Top of lyrics of this CD are the songs "Rio" Lyrics Video - "My Own Way" Lyrics Video - "Lonely In Your Nightmare" Lyrics Video - "Hungry Like The Wolf" Lyrics Video - "Hold Back The Rain" Lyrics Video. Now you can Play the official video or lyrics video for the song Save A Prayer included in the album Rio in 1982 with a musical style pop rock internacional. Save a prayer till the morning after, save a prayer till the morning after Some people call it a one night stand but we can call it paradise Pretty looking road I try to hold the rising floods that fill my skinĭon't ask me why I'll keep my promise melt the iceĪnd you wanted to dance so I asked you to dance but fear is in yor soul Save it till the morning after, save it till the morning after
You don't have to dream at all just live a day
Take a chance like all dreamers can't find another way If you can you'll see the world in all his fire No don't say a prayer for me now, save it till the morning afterįeel the breeze deep on the inside look you down into your well You saw me standing by the wall corner of a main streetĪnd the lights are flashing on your window sillĪll alone ain't much fun so you're looking for the thrillĪnd you know just what it takes and where to goĭon't say a prayer for me now, save it till the morning after
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