Sam Smith Links Up With Logic For New Version Of 'Pray'

Sam Smith has a new version of "Pray" that is set to be released on Thursday (March 29) and the revamped version of The Thrill of it All single features none other than Logic. 

"My new single is PRAY feat. @logic I am so excited for you to hear this new version of one of my favourite tracks on the album," the 25-year-old chart-topper captioned the artwork for the single via social media on Tuesday (March 27). "It was an absolute pleasure to collaborate with Logic to create this, such an incredible artist x Released Thursday."

"Pray," which was released as a promotional single for Smith's sophomore LP, was inspired by the time that he spent in Iraq with the charity War Child. "I spent five days in Mosul and came back ­embarrassed that I had known so little about the world and other people's lives," the singer told Billboard. "I went back to that great Nina Simone quote, that it is important to speak about the times you live in. I hadn't done that; I'd just written a bunch of songs about love. So I wanted to write about how I’m now starting to open my eyes, at 25, to what is going on in the rest of the world, and that it’s not always pretty."

Expect to hear the Timbaland-produced number on Smith's "The Thrill of it All Tour," which kicked off just last week in England. After making international rounds, Smith will pick things up in North America in mid-June. For more information on the trek, head over to his official website.

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