Praying for Time
| "Praying for Time" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by George Michael | ||||
| from the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 | ||||
| B-side | "If You Were My Woman" (live at Wembley Stadium, 11 Jun '88) | |||
| Written | October 1989 | |||
| Released | 13 August 1990 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:41 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | George Michael | |||
| Producer(s) | George Michael | |||
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| "Praying for Time" on YouTube | ||||
"Praying for Time" is a song written, produced, and performed by English singer and songwriter George Michael, released on Epic Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States in 1990. It was the first single from his second studio album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990), spending one week at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and two weeks on the US Cash Box Top 100, making it Michael's seventh number one in the US and his last solo single to reach the top of both charts. "Praying for Time" also reached number one in Canada for two weeks, becoming Michael's penultimate number-one solo hit there.