2008Released
4:10

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Spotlight. By Songfacts®.

This was written by Ne-Yo, who explained to Billboard magazine: "They were really trying to figure out where to take her. The main issue with Jennifer Hudson is her voice is so huge, so how do you take that and radio-ize it, make it radio-friendly. She can't do ('And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going') every song 'cause you'll eventually be tired of it. So ('Spotlight') is kind of a classy midtempo, and I hope and pray it does well 'cause Jennifer is an amazing talent."

Jennifer Hudson only managed a 7th place finish when she competed on American Idol, and it was years before her debut album was released. Her big break came when she was cast in the movie Dreamgirls, where she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Top Listeners

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Spotlight.
BKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
109BPM

Album

The album Spotlight is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Spotlight.
Arista
(P) 2008 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment

See your Spotify stats (with number of plays and minutes listened) and discover new music.

Music data, artist images, album covers, and song previews are provided by Spotify. Spotify is a trademark of Spotify AB.

5.9MArtists
75.1MSongs
12.6MAlbums
6.5KGenres
2.5MLabels
494.5KPlaylists