“Prey” plays around with the homophone “pray” and blurs the lines which define their differences.

Guitarist Jeremy Freedman spoke with The Seventh Hex about what type of energy the band was trying to create through this song:

[“Prey”] started with the “stabby” guitar riff that you hear on the verses, and Motown was a reference that got thrown around by a few different people in the band when the song was being written. Even if that was the case I think we came a long way from Motown in that song. I’m sure everyone would agree. We were all on the same page that we wanted this song to be a rock song but lo-fi and cool.

The Neighbourhood released “Prey” as the third single from their sophomore album, Wiped Out!

Zane Lowe premiered the track on his Beats 1 Radio Show on October 14th, 2015, making “Prey” the band’s second World Premiere record.