spotlight madonna song spotlight song american singer madonna remix album dance released single japan april initially rejected true blue album recording sessions written madonna curtis hudson inspired song everybody star american rock band sly family stone song remixed additional mixing spotlight features instrumentation drums bass synths accompanied vocal piano segment violin phrases musical interlude lyrics talk famous sings song received mixed reviews critics release reached number japanese oricon weekly singles chart number international singles chart released united_states song managed chart billboard airplay chart early song commercial appeared background mid post disco dance music extremely popular concept remix widely regarded new direction music artists tracks compiling create new albums madonna popular dance artist era decided create similar remix compilation album later titled dance included seven tempo songs pre released tracks remixed form spotlight included added bonus madonna said inspired song everybody star american rock band sly family stone group written song holiday madonna recorded released single self titled debut album single commercial success hudson wrote song sounding like holiday case warner madonna record company wanted release similar song named spotlight offered madonna recorded song album true blue madonna didn include album felt similar composition structure holiday composition madonna decided create dance reworked demo composed hudson madonna asked remixed songs remix spotlight included album recorded original demo true blue sessions assisted song spotlight begins sound drums bass synths followed madonna words spotlight shine bright verse sound keyboard heard effect continues like second verse followed interlude featuring vocal piano segment violin phrases madonna follows music played piano words melody lyrics deal madonna making listener remember everybody star wants famous spotlight person sing reality catch reception author madonna wrote spotlight typical madonna look dance routine sounds flat heavy remixes dance stephen allmusic said song sounds dated clearly extended mixes mid charm miami herald commented dance sounds like old madonna spotlight sounds surprisingly fresh ears washington_post commented song flat reject chicago_sun-times called song los_angeles_times commented dance attractive package dance fans particularly inclusion new cut spotlight went add lyrics spotlight aren great interesting words like dance songs window dressing secondary beat big attraction spotlight long hard driving closing passage guaranteed turn dancers writing noted song receiving airplay radio stations spotlight officially released single united_states eligible time appear billboard hot managed garner airplay appear publication hot airplay survey early debuted airplay chart issue dated january weeks spotlight reached peak fell week exiting chart reached hot crossover chart beginning issue dated december peaking consecutive weeks beginning january spending total weeks chart song released commercially japan april spotlight peaked number oricon weekly singles chart remaining chart weeks charted oricon international singles chart reaching peak staying chart weeks media appearance spotlight featured series japanese commercials madonna filmed electronics company commercial promoted model commercial madonna featured coming car sitting watching film spotlight played background song cross promotion japanese leg girl world tour campaign dreams come true track listings formats japanese single mini single spotlight single edit party party extended remix party dub spotlight extended remix spotlight dub credits personnel madonna vocals writer producer writer writer additional mixing source charts
Spotlight (Madonna song)