Best version of Like a Prayer POLL

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Like a Prayer is one of my favourite Madonna songs, that's for certain. The problem is I can't decide which my favourite version is! I find them all good, while some are better than others, I can't choose between the best ones. Can you please help me?

Let me know if I've left any official versions off the list and Act of Contrition doesn't count. After voting if you'd be so kind as to state your choice and reasons below. MANY THANKS!

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Album version 5:39	4
12" dance mix 7:50	1
12" extended remix 7:21	1
12" club version 6:35	1
Churchapella 6:14	0
7" remix edit 5:41	0
7" version 5:19	0
7" version fade 5:07	0

― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 24 August 2014 11:32 (ten years ago)

My favourite is the Immaculate Collection version (5:51).

― mike t-diva, Sunday, 24 August 2014 15:44 (ten years ago)

why?

― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 24 August 2014 18:33 (ten years ago)

Man, this song has such a fucking great bassline.

― ...and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and SAW! (Turrican), Sunday, 24 August 2014 20:25 (ten years ago)

Madonna has some of the best synth bass lines. Though I think this might be Randy Jackson, eventually?

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 August 2014 01:06 (ten years ago)

i don't think ILM has ever been this bankrupt for ideas.

― Bee OK, Monday, 25 August 2014 01:07 (ten years ago)

She actually sang live with the band: it's a synth and live bass playing simultaneously

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 01:10 (ten years ago)

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5944767/madonna-producer-patrick-leonard-talks-like-a-prayer-at-25

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 August 2014 01:11 (ten years ago)

the Pepsi ad was banned in the UK. genuinely recall waiting for it to be shown (on Channel 4) as it had been flagged up in advance by Smash Hits, when it was announced a few days later that it had been pulled completely. bought the album on the morning it came out; the absolute peak of my fandom.
does anyone else's copy still smell of Patchouli?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8qtsUaoVak

― piscesx, Monday, 25 August 2014 01:43 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ZY9fZOPx8

― soref, Monday, 25 August 2014 17:48 (ten years ago)

That was beautiful, thanks for that

― OutdoorFish, Monday, 25 August 2014 18:08 (ten years ago)

i don't think ILM has ever been this bankrupt for ideas.

The reason I started this poll is that I made a compilation of my favourite Madonna songs, and I had to include Like a Prayer, but I didn't know which version to include. I ended up including the three the 12" versions, but they are all different and all good. Maybe you should actually listen for yourself, unless you don't like the song, in which case this poll is definitely NOT for you.

― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 11:45 (ten years ago)

I've seen an Extended Dance Club Mix (9:33) om Youtube and elsewhere, but I can't see an official release anywhere. Somebody mentioned a guy from Depeche Mode in the comments on Youtube. Could it be that Vince Clarke of W.F.L. fame did this remix?

― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 11:54 (ten years ago)

That's definitely not my favourite.

Here are the 3 I can't choose from.

Starting with the Extended Remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqHcG-tJozo

― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 11:57 (ten years ago)

Here is the Dance Remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgVZCsPA28k

― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 11:59 (ten years ago)

This is the Club Version

I think this is my favourite

Play this loud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzGf9vSYpN4

― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 12:00 (ten years ago)

Nelly Furtado cover

― nxd, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 12:56 (ten years ago)

Wasn't this 'legalized' by Madonna's label after it became a big hit? Anyway, it's still a great mix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ghEFVAmUq0

― Siegbran, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 13:04 (ten years ago)

you like that?

― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 16:21 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:01 (ten years ago)

I like the John Wesley Harding version.

― banjoboy, Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:59 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 5 September 2014 00:01 (ten years ago)

I always liked this version though I am sure nobody else does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNGd5Kde-zw

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 5 September 2014 07:18 (ten years ago)

six years pass...

I don't think I'd ever heard this version before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJcX2l3fGf0

but ... is that Prince making an appearance on guitar at the end? Around the 5:30 mark? It's nothing someone else couldn't do, but it sounds just like him, and since he's on the album anyway ...

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:54 (four years ago)

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