Madonna - Spotlight

In 1983, Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens of the group Pure Energy had written the song “Holiday“, which Madonna recorded and released as the third single from her self-titled debut album. After the single’s commercial success, Hudson wrote a song sounding like “Holiday“, in case Warner, Madonna’s record company, wanted to release a similar song to it. He named it “Spotlight“ and offered it to Madonna, who recorded the song for her 1986 album True Blue. However, Madonna didn’t include it in the album because she felt that it was similar in composition and structure to “Holiday“. When Madonna decided to create ’You Can Dance’, she and Stephen Bray reworked the demo composed by Hudson and Madonna asked Shep Pettibone to remix it and included it on the album. John “Jellybean“ Benitez, who had recorded the original demo during the True Blue sessions, assisted Pettibone in remixing the song. “Spotlight“ was featured in Japanese TV commercials that Madonna filmed for electronics company Mitsubishi. The commercial p