The Millennium Prayer
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| “The Millennium Prayer” | |||||
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| Single by Cliff Richard from the album The Whole Story - His Greatest Hits |
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| A-side | "The Millennium Prayer" | ||||
| Released | November 15, 1999 | ||||
| Format | CD-Single | ||||
| Recorded | August 1999, Skratch Studio/Surrey & Whitfield Street Studios/London | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 4:41 | ||||
| Label | Papillion Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | David Arch, Stephen Deal, Paul Field, Anne Skates & Nigel Wright | ||||
| Producer | Nigel Wright | ||||
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"The Millennium Prayer" is a 1999 charity single by Cliff Richard. The song features Richard singing the words of the Lord's Prayer to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne". It was not written to be entered into the charts, instead being written to form part of the Share Jesus International production, Hopes and Dreams. While Richard did not sing during the production tour, he did feature on the CD released containing the songs from the production. The version released into the charts was a re-recording.
"Millennium Prayer" was released by an independent record label, Papillion Records, after Richard's own label EMI refused to release it. Proceeds of the single went to aid charity Children's Promise.[1] It was panned by the critics and many radio stations refused to play it.
The song was beaten to the British Christmas number-one single for 1999 by Westlife, having been number one for the two preceding weeks. It was also Richard's fourteenth #1 hit, and the third highest-selling single of his career. However, a 2004 VH1 poll labeled it the worst number one record of all time.[2]
| Preceded by "King of My Castle" by Wamdue Project |
UK Singles Chart number-one single December 4, 1999 - December 18, 1999 |
Succeeded by "I Have a Dream" by Westlife |
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