High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Pray" is a song performed by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. The song was written by Bieber with Omar Martinez and Adam Messinger and Nasri of The Messengers, with the latter duo producing the track. The song is taken as a single in several European countries from his first compilation album, My Worlds: The Collection. In the United States and Canada, the song is included on My Worlds Acoustic. According to Bieber, he was inspired by Michael Jackson`s "Man in the Mirror" (1988) when writing the song. The song is a contemporary Christian song, while deriving from pop and R B influences, and using a world music backdrop. It is based primarily upon instruments, however does make small usages of electronic sounds.