| Prayin' | |
| Cover: | Prayin'_by_Johnny_Logan.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Logan |
| Released: | 9 August 2013 |
| Genre: | rock[1] |
| Length: | 3:49 |
| Label: | Vision Independent Productions |
| Prev Title: | Last Days of Beautiful |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | The Way She Looks At You |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
"Prayin'" is a song written by Alan Earls from Greystones, County Wicklow[2] and recorded by Australian-born Irish singer and composer Johnny Logan. The song was released in association with RTÉ's music entertainment series The Hit. The song peaked at number 3 on the Irish charts and number 1 on the Irish rock chart.[3]
Following the chart position, Logan spoke to the Irish Independent saying "For a person who has been around as long as I have, this is incredible. I feel like the singer Bill Nighy plays in the film Love Actually, the guy who tops the charts by accident."[4]
Padraig Muldoon from WiwiBloggs said “"Prayin'" is completely different to his previous work. It's an anthemic rock song, which you could easily imagine being performed to a packed stadium. After a few listens it's very hard not to sing along. And despite its somber themes of death and loss it is oddly uplifting.”[4]