Prayin' (Plan B song)
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Songwriter(s) | Ben Drew | |||
Producer(s) | Paul Epworth | |||
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"Prayin'" is the third single[2] from British rapper Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks – a concept album whose songs tell the fictitious tale of a sharp-suited British soul singer who finds fame with bitter-sweet love songs, but then loses everything when he ends up in prison for a crime he didn't commit.[3] The single was released as a digital download and on CD single on July 9, 2010.
Background
The music video for "Prayin'" was directed by Daniel Wolfe and shows Strickland Banks during his time in prison. Another inmate was played by British rapper Skrein. It was first aired on YouTube on 28 May 2010.[4] Plan B performed the single on Alan Carr: Chatty Man on 20 June 2010. He also performed "Prayin'" along with various other songs as part of Glastonbury Festival 2010 on 25 June 2010, in which he performed on the East Dance Stage; and the song again on the Pyramid stage at the next year's festival. In the 2011 Glastonbury appearance, Plan B both "manage[d] to project emotional fragility [and had the] ... vast crowd cheerily singing along," according to one reviewer.[5]
Chart performance
"Prayin'" debuted on the
Track listing
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Personnel
- Plan B – vocals[11]
- Production[11]
- Paul Epworth – producer, mixing
- Mark "Top" Rankin – engineer
- Additional musicians[11]
- Tom Wright-Goss – guitar
- Eric Appapoulay – bass
- Richard Cassell – drums
- Uncredited – orchestra
Charts
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[12] | 24 |
Ireland (IRMA)[13] | 34 |
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Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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United Kingdom[10] | 9 July 2010 | Digital download, CD single | 679 Recordings |
References
- ^ "Plan B – Prayin' (2010, Vinyl)".
- ^ "Prayin' - Plan B: Amazon.de: Musik-CDs & Vinyl".
- ^ Plan B interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' April 2010
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Plan B - Prayin' (Official Video). YouTube.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis, "Beyoncé and the final day of Glastonbury 2011 – review", The Guardian, 27 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
- ^ "Prayin'". 2010.
- ^ "Plan B – Prayin' (Mixes) (2010, CDR)".
- ^ "Plan B – Prayin' (2010, Vinyl)".
- ^ "Prayin' - Single by Plan B". 8 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Prayin' (Remix) - EP by Plan B". 9 July 2010.
- ^ a b c "Relationships for track: Prayin'". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
- Ultratip.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Plan B". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.