Madonna - Take Me (I Want You) (Final Gotham Demo 1981)

One of four songs on the Gotham demo tape that was sent to record labels in hopes of securing a deal for Madonna in late 1981. This is the "Final Studio Demo" of the track that was included on the tape. Shortly after this was recorded, Madonna (unhappy with the direction manager Camille Barbone was taking her career) severed ties with Gotham and began shopping her own demo of dance music to labels, which eventually resulted in a singles deal with Sire Records. Subsequently, a legal battle would ensue over the ownership of these master tapes with Madonna, Camille and Media Sound, the studio where they were recorded, all staking a claim on the songs. These complications have kept them unreleased twenty years on.

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[twinsiggy]

i love this song.....is very simple........

[johnteekay]

Awesome! It sounds like an 80's teen flick song....Good times!

[saltwatercb]

@coursestudent You are totally right. This sounds like an outtake from the first album put out by Scandal. It's sort of generic rock meets early new wave sound. Imagine if she had stuck with this sound...she would not have become the most successful female recording artist in pop history.

[jinkss111]

this is awesome

[tristanjarvis]

i love this song // madonna I LOVE Y O U !!!!

[fabryaless]

i never heard this rare song,...it reminds a perfect tv code..one of the 80's...very very niceee

[coursestudent]

All I can say is that Madonna's instincts were excellent ... to know that she had to get away from this sound and go toward the burgeoning Hip Hop sound coming out of New York. She would NOT have gone mainstream with this music! It's a cute song. I like it. But she wouldn't have made it big with this sound.

[yo1o2eggs]

I love this song it's simple and sweet.

[CIGARPIGSKIN6]

soooo cute it's sickening ha

[GIRLUNDISCOVERED234]

omg! i really love this! i am gonna sing this for my talent show! i just wish there was an instrumental version!!

[niceitalian72]

great! best than her stuff today