"Pray" is the third single released from MC Hammer's third album, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, in August 1990. "Pray" became MC Hammer's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number two, behind Mariah Carey's "Love Takes Time". The track became a Top 40 hit in multiple countries, and helped make Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em the number one album of the year. The song was certified gold in the U.S. on November 26, 1990 (with sales over 500,000 copies).