Usuario:Waka Waka/Taller Spotlight

Composición

«Spotlight» begins with the sound of drums, bass synths and handclaps, followed by Madonna uttering the words "Spotlight, shine bright". After the first verse, the sound of keyboard is heard during the effect.​ It continues like this through the second verse, which is followed by an interlude featuring vocal echos, a piano segment and violin phrases. Madonna follows the music played by the piano and utters the words "Pa-da-pa-da-pappa pappa pa pa" in the same melody.​ The lyrics deal with Madonna making the listener remember that "Everybody is a Star" and that if one wants to be famous and be under the «Spotlight», the person should sing about it and reality may catch up with him or her.​ According to the sheet music published at SheetMusicPlus.com, the song is set in the time signature of common time, with a tempo of 100 beats per minute. It is set in the key of F major with Madonna's voice spanning from the notes of C₅ to B♭m. «Spotlight» has a basic sequence of Am–C–Am–C–G–F as its chord progression.​

Recepción

Respuesta crítica

Mark Bego, autor de Madonna: blonde ambition wrote that «Spotlight» was a "typical Madonna 'look-at-me' dance routine, that sounds flat besides the heavy remixes en You Can Dance."​ Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic said that the song "sounds dated—this is quite clearly extended mixes from the mid 80's—but that's part of the charm."​ Greg Kot from Chicago Tribune, while reviewing You Can Dance, dijo que «Spotlight» is a fine dance remix in the collection.​ Another review by Daniel Brogan de Chicago Tribune enlisted the track as sounding "inspirational and en-tu-cara".​ Dave Barry de The Miami Herald commented that although You Can Dance sounds like "old Madonna", «Spotlight» sounds surprisingly fresh to his ears.​ Joe Brown from The Washington Post commented that the song should have been a "flat reject".​ Don McLeese from Chicago Sun-Times called the song "exuberant".​ Dennis Hunt de Los Angeles Times that «Spotlight» was "lost in the dazzling collection of the extended remixes of her best dance tunes."​ Jan DeKnock, while writing for Orlando Sentinel commented that «Spotlight» was the sole eyesore en el álbum.​

Desempeño comercial

«Spotlight» no fue lanzado oficialmente como un sencillo en los Estados Unidos, there fore it was not eligible at the time to appear on Billboard's Hot 100. Even so, radio stations started to play the song unofficially and it managed to garner enough airplay to appear on the Hot 100 Airplay chart of Billboard in early 1988.​ It debuted on the Airplay chart at 37 on the issue dated January 16, 1988, and was the highest debut of the week.​ After three weeks, "Spotlight" reached a peak of 32 on the chart, but fell to 40 the next week, before being sent for recurrent rotation.​ It also charted on the Hot Crossover Singles chart, reaching a peak of fifteen on January 9, 1988.​ El sencillo se lanzó comercialmente en Japón el 25 de abril de 1988.​ "Spotlight" peaked at number 68 on the Oricon weekly singles chart, remaining on the chart for five weeks.​ It also charted on the Oricon international singles chart, reaching a peak of three on May 19, 1988, staying on the chart for ten weeks.​

Apariencia en los medios

«Spotlight» was featured in the last of a series of Japanese TV commercials Madonna filmed for electronics company Mitsubishi. The commercial promoted their VCR model F-5.3.​ En el comercial, Madonna was featured as coming out of a car and sitting down on a sofa, while watching a film on the VCR, as «Spotlight» is played in the background. La canción fue usada como promoción transversada por la etapa japonesa de su gira de 1987 Who's That Girl World Tour bajo el nombre de la campaña "Dreams Come True".​

Lista de canciones y formatos

• Japan 7" Vinyl​

1. «Spotlight» (Single Edit) – 4:33
2. «Where's The Party» (Remix Single Edit) – 7:23

• Japan Mini CD​

1. «Spotlight» (Single Edit) – 4:33
2. «Where's The Party» – 4:10

• US 12" Vinyl Promo​

1. «Where's The Party» (Extended Remix) – 7:11
2. «Where's The Party» (Dub) – 6:22
3. «Spotlight» (Extended Remix) – 6:34
4. «Spotlight» (Dub) – 4:49

Créditos y personal

• Madonna – voz, compositora
• Stephen Bray – productor, compositor
• Curtis Hudson – compositor
• Shep Pettibone – remezclador
• John "Jellybean" Benitez – mezclador adicional

Fuente: ​

Lista de posiciones

Lista (1988)	Mejor posición
Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart​	68
Japan Oricon International Singles Chart​	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay​	32
U.S. Hot Crossover Singles​	15

Referencias

• Bego, Mark (2000), Madonna: blonde ambition, Cooper Square Press, ISBN 0815410514 .
• Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris (2002), All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul, Hal Leonard Corporation, p. 1399, ISBN 087930653X .
• Feldman, Christopher (2000), Billboard book of number 2 singles, Watson-Guptill, ISBN 0823076954 .
• Rooksby, Rikky (2004), The Complete Guide to the Music of Madonna, Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-9883-3 .
• Schilling, Mark (1997), The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture, University of Michigan, ISBN 0834803801 .
• Taraborrelli, Randy J. (2002), Madonna: An Intimate Biography, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0743227093 .