=== ''
I'm Breathless and
The Immaculate Collection'' === • "Dick Tracy", written by
Patrick Leonard. This did not appear on the ''I'm Breathless'' album.
ASCAP title code# 340325268. Another "Dick Tracy" performed by Madonna is listed in the APRA database id code# GW04472893 and was written solely by
Daniel Elfman. • "Dog House" Another title reported in
Billboard magazine circa 1990 for the film
Dick Tracy. A song titled "You're in the Dog House Now" performed by
Brenda Lee and co-written by Andy Paley was included on the
Dick Tracy soundtrack. This is a possible replacement for the Madonna recorded track, considering the precedents of Madonna's own recordings of "Now I'm Following You" which was replaced in the film by a version sung by co-writer Andy Paley, and "Back In Business" being replaced by a same-titled track by
Stephen Sondheim. •
Various "Dick Tracy" demos – Leaked on 7-inch
bootleg vinyl in the early-1990s at record collector shows under the name of "MA-HONEY". Rehearsal sound quality is rather poor and the printed jacket track listing was incorrect and is corrected as follows "More", "I Always Get My Man" (actually "
Sooner or Later"), "What Can You Get" (actually "What Can You Lose", sung by Madonna only (ie without her duet partner
Mandy Patinkin)). These recordings (which included two different versions of 'I Always Get My Man' and a demo version of 'Now I'm Following You') were included on a bootleg album called 'Calendar Girl' in 1991. This album is credited to a "B. Mahoney" and includes the official Color Mix of
"True Blue", four songs from the
Blond Ambition Tour live in Barcelona, the faux-Madonna track 'Lies in Your Eyes', and a recording of Madonna singing "
Santa Baby" taken from the
A Very Special Christmas compilation released in 1987. • "To Love You", written by Madonna and
Andy Paley. Listed in the Warner-Chappel database but remains unreleased. The demo was re-recorded in 1994 but it is unreleased too. The supposed full lyrics for this song have been published on several song lyric websites. • "Get Over", recorded with
Stephen Bray around the time of the Immaculate Collection. (It was going to be the third new song on the greatest hits album.) Madonna's demo version remains unreleased. The song was later recorded and released by actor/model
Nick Scotti with Madonna backing vocals produced by Madonna and
Shep Pettibone for the film
Nothing But Trouble in 1992. Listed as song #301415 in the CMRRA database. It was also included on Nick Scotti's self-titled debut album, and released as a single. ===
Erotica === • "Dear Father", an unreleased collaboration with André Betts and
Mic Murphy (former member of duo
The System). An uptempo dance track. Part of the lyrics include: "Dear Father forgive me/ I don't know what I've done..." The song appears in the EMI Music publishing database and in the UK based MCPS system. APRA id# GW09823950. This demo leaked in its entirety online in June 2008. • "Love Hurts" – A unique song title listed in the discography of producer/remixer
Junior Vasquez. See Junior Vasquez Music Site. This is an early version of ‘Erotica’ with a different chorus and slightly altered lyrics. Leaked to the internet in March 2017. • "You Are The One", U.S. copyright registration# PAu-1-605-636 Song from
The Rain Tapes written by Madonna,
Shep Pettibone and Tony Shimkin not used on the album. The lyrics include, "You are the one, my only one – you are the one for me". The sound is very dance/club/house. It was abandoned in the demo stage. On December 19, the complete lyrics leaked onto the Internet. The refrain runs, "You (you) are the one (are the one), Make me feel, Our love is alive..." A fake fan-made version leaked on the fake
Rain Tapes. The full demo leaked online on July 27, 2014. • "Shame", U.S. copyright registration# PAu-1-605-637 and separate ASCAP registration# 491644325. Also a CMRRA song registration# 1776484 Song from
The Rain Tapes not used on the album. The song opens with a spoken intro, "Why do you wanna waste your life away? It's a shame." Later she sings, "Anyone can learn to fly, keep your head up..." She also says, "You've got no one to blame." The chorus starts with "It's a Shaaaaaame", which sounds similar to the
song of the same title and time period by
Monie Love. This is possibly the source of the rumor that she and Madonna were going to do something together. The similarity ends there, with Madonna's "Shame" breaking off into its own unique melody. A 20-second clip has leaked on the Internet. On December 19, the complete lyrics were leaked. The full demo leaked online on July 27, 2014. U.S.
copyright registration# PAu-1-605-640 – This is very different from the commercially released remixed version which appeared on the various artists collection
Just Say Roe and in a further revised dub from as "Up Down Suite" as one of the B-sides for the "
Rain" single. The unreleased demo versions use the same theme and many of the same lyrics, but everything is switched around. It is a different vocal recording (strong-and-clear unlike the commercial mix). Much of the song's melody is different including the chorus. The arrangement is pure pop-funk-dance, no club remix style here. Extra lyrics include the spoken line: "Goodbye to innocence, , peace of mind.." The chorus includes: "You know you'd better stop, stop and think..." A full demo of this song leaked onto the Internet in February 2008. Another version with similar arrangements to "
Fever" is available on the internet. • "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" (two alternate demo versions) – Both versions are without the eastern instrument found in the released version simply called "Words". Instead the synth keys that are found at the end of the commercial mix are used during the chorus. There is also a subtle guitar-like sound. Additional lyrics include "I can't fight with your words, they come disguised as love, but your words are so cruel", and "I can't fight with your words, they pretend to be kind, but your words are for fools". The backing vocals and bridge arrangements are slightly different. U.S. copyright office registration PAu-1-605-641. As with most of the Rain Tapes tracks, fakes are in circulation which have no relevance to the authentic demos. Finally, one of the real demos leaked online on September 26, 2019. • "Erotica" (unreleased demo). U.S. copyright registration PAu-1-605-642 – Madonna incorporated this demo into the versions of
Erotica that she performed on both her 2006
Confessions Tour and 2023-2024
The Celebration Tour, being the former live performance taped in
London officially released for the
live album The Confessions Tour. It is significantly different from the released album version. The verse lyrics are the same as those used on the album, though there is no trace of the familiar chorus lyric "Erotic, Erotic, put your hands all over my body". Instead Madonna sings a different chorus line with a different melody in the same type of voice that ends with the line: :"....You are who you are....and I :Wouldn't want to change a thing...in spite of :All the pain that love can bring... :Tell me, what can I do? I'm so in love with you. :You thrill me, surround me, you fill me :You send me, you put me in a trance :You fill me, inside of me, you take me :You thrill me, you put me in a trance." :The instrumentation is approximately the same as the commercial mix but the released mix is more distinctive, more complex, and more exotic. The Rough Mix includes the complete refrain, "Erotica, romance, I'd like to put you in a trance...". A full demo of this song, called "Final Demo 2", leaked onto the internet in February 2008. Leaked onto the internet in September 2019. • "Thief of Hearts" (alternate demo versions) U.S. copyright registration# PAu-1-605-643 – Uses slightly different intro, bridge and outro arrangements. One version has what was eventually the end of the song placed at the beginning. One uses the voice of a southern black woman to say the line "sit your ass down" instead of Madonna herself as done on the commercial release, and Madonna is briefly heard laughing immediately after. A full-length version of one of the demos – Old Music – became available on file-sharing networks in February 2008. The others in circulation are, as before, fakes. The 'New Music' demo leaked in September 2019. • "Secret Garden (Demo Version)", demo version of the released last album track. It features same lyrics and music, but the vocals are stronger and clearer, with some alternate music choice, i.e. in some points there's only the bass line and Madonna's voice. It clocks 3'47, and has been available online since July 2008. ===
Bedtime Stories === • "Something's Coming Over Me" – The unreleased original version of the song "
Secret" written and produced with
Shep Pettibone and then abandoned. US
copyright registration# PAu-1-889-253. This version does not have the downbeat guitar R&B vibe of the released song. During the unique bridge of the unreleased demo the music drops out and Madonna speaks: "I see your love coming down..." Then the bass and the drum kick back up in club anthem style where she sings: "Something's coming over me..." Shep Pettibone later did get co-writing credit for "Secret" due to this initial work which he did not originally get when the album
Bedtime Stories was first released in 1994. • "I Will Always Have You" – The unreleased original version of what became the released song "Inside of Me" recorded with
Shep Pettibone and then abandoned. US
copyright registration# PAu-1-889-251. This ballad sounds more like the familiar style of "
Crazy for You" or "
You'll See" than what later became the soft, lullaby-like released version. The released song's theme is all about Madonna cherishing the memory of a loved one, but in this demo she also wants to be the object of the song to also be remembered. The words "inside of me" are hardly used but many of the same lyrics are switched around. The melody is significantly different from the released version. • "I'd Rather Be Your Lover (feat.
Tupac Shakur)", an alternate version of the song where, instead of
Me'Shell NdegeOcello rapping the breakdown, Tupac is rapping. This version was originally meant to be released, but was scrapped due to serious criminal charges brought against the late rapper and since the album was to present a kinder, more gentle Madonna, any unnecessary controversy was best avoided. Leaked to the internet in November 2009. • "
Love Won't Wait" (original 1994 demo), a song abandoned and not used on the
Bedtime Stories album. Madonna and Shep Pettibone later gave it to former
Take That singer
Gary Barlow. The track was not written specifically for him. He received a demo tape with that song including her lead and backing vocals. The unreleased Madonna demo is US copyright registration# PAu-1-889-250. The demo leaked around the year 2000. Madonna's version has a strong clear vocal with
bubblegum instrumentation that vaguely sounds like
synth-
Motown. The original demo edit for "Love Won't Wait" was eventually released through digital download and streaming platforms on November 21, 2025, as the third and final
promo single for
Bedtime Stories: The Untold Chapter. • "Bring It", written and produced by Madonna and
Shep Pettibone but never released. US
copyright registration# PAu-1-889-252. Partial lyric reads: "I know your love is bad for me, but I won't give up until you bring it to me." On October 10, 2025, an alleged recording of this demo surfaced on
YouTube, with vocals presumably not by Madonna, which prompted to commenters on the YouTube video allegations of inauthenticity and using of
AI to reconstruct it; due to the fact the video also features an alternate recording of "Right on Time," also labeled as an "early first version" for it, the same allegations have been made to the latter (see below). Both songs are listed as written by Madonna and Shep Pettibone, copyright ASCAP. • "Right on Time", written by Madonna and
Dallas Austin. Listed in the European MCPS database. APRA id# GW0916567. While this track did not leak on the internet and remained as a "cut" that "many Madonna diehards have been waiting decades to hear," it ended up to be released on October 9, 2025 as the
lead single for
Bedtime Stories: The Untold Chapter. The day following of its official release, a recording of "Right on Time" surfaced on
YouTube, labeled as an "early first version" for it, along with a recording of "Bring It," described by the video as in the same way the former was done, with vocals by some unknown singer, although also credited to Madonna. The authenticity of both demos is controversial as pointed out by YouTube users through their comments on that video (see above). These two demos, plus "Love Won't Wait" and "Right on Time," were reported by some online stores as having made part of the "
Redemption sessions," a presumable/officially unconfirmed early/tentative title for
Bedtime Stories. When the
EP that features these demos got released, it was noticed that the "Quiet Storm Demo" of "Survival" shares music elements with another song written and produced by Dallas Austin (and released around the same time of
Bedtime Stories album), "
Creep," a single from the American
girl group TLC. ===
Something to Remember === • "I Can't Forget" An unreleased collaboration with
David Foster. The song was also given to Canadian singer Angelica DiCastro for her album "Beautiful Feeling". The song is credited to David Foster and Madonna. A couple of clips from Madonna's demo version leaked onto the internet on September 26, 2008. On February 17, 2010, Madonna's demo version leaked to the internet in full. • "You'll Stay", written with
Patrick Leonard and appeared in publishing records. Also found at the APRA site, song id# GW15524580. • "Indian Summer", written in 1995. Found as ID #GW14567699. A short excerpt of the song was used in a 1995 Japanese Takara commercial, with the slogan "Takara Jun Legend". Lyrics include
"How can I be pure (how can I be pure),
All the strength I have, is breaking me,
How can I be sure (How can I be sure),
Where the road I chose, is taking me." ===
Ray of Light === • "Be Careful", written and produced by Madonna and
Patrick Leonard only, APRA song id# GW23038624. A possible early version of the song "Be Careful (Cuidado Con Mi Corazon)" recorded with
Ricky Martin and
William Orbit, APRA song id# GW1552449. Leonard is not credited on the released Madonna-Orbit version with Ricky Martin but he has his own separate Madonna-Leonard documented entry in the Warner-Chappell publishing database. Oddly, the CMRRA lists them all, along with Susan Leonard, as co-writers together on one song work# 732670. The ASCAP database lists only Madonna and William Orbit as writers, with the song listed as "Cuidado Con Mi Corazon". In September 2010, another supposed demo leaked. This file was titled "Corazon" and contains Madonna singing over typical William Orbit synths. This may in fact be a fan creation and not a real demo recording as the music appears to be sampled from William Orbit's single "Dice" for
Finley Quaye in collaboration with
Beth Orton. • "Gone, Gone, Gone" – A song written with
Rick Nowels from the early
Ray of Light album sessions in 1997, as, for instance, in some music videos of this demo that have been uploaded for years on
YouTube. On June 5, 2025, it was announced that this track, in its original demo form, would be featured on
Veronica Electronica, a
remix EP announced officially as a "long-rumored project" with "rare and unreleased remixes" from
Ray of Light singles. "Gone, Gone, Gone" was released officially on
digital download and
streaming platforms around July 2025, two weeks in advance to
Veronica Electronica release day. • "Like a Flower" – CMRRA song registration# 888544. The demo of this song leaked onto the Internet around 2003. It was later given to Italian singer
Laura Pausini for her 2004 album
Resta In Ascolto (Italian for "Remain listening!") and re-titled "Mi Abbandono A Te" (Italian for "I Give Up on You"). ASCAP song registration# 431644652; CMRRA song registration# 1012340. This song was recorded also in Spanish with the title "Me Abandono A Ti" for the Spanish version of "Resta In Ascolto" named "Escucha" (Spanish for "Listen!"). • "No Substitute for Love", the original name for what became "
Drowned World/Substitute for Love" with different lyrics, vocal melody and instrumentation. The chorus starting: "Face the truth, no substitute for love". The song is also without the San Sebastian Strings sample of "Why I Follow the Tigers" that is present in the released version. This version has leaked onto the internet. • "Regfresando", a Madonna and
Patrick Leonard collaboration of unknown origin, listed in the Warner-Chappell database as
Regfresando. APRA song id# GW19069760. The never released title might actually be a misspelling for the Spanish word
Regresando which translates to English as meaning
Returning. Until additional information is provided, the inclusion of the letter
f in the original word spelling is thought by many fans to be nonsensical and probably listed incorrectly in the publisher database. • "Revenge" – CMRRA song registration# 742435. The song was one of the early demos of the Ray of Light album from 1997, produced by Greg Fitzgerald and Rick Nowels before William Orbit's involvement in the project. In 2002 it was rumored to be the new recorded song from Madonna for the James Bond movie, and the leaked demo even got some airplay. In early 2005 it was also rumored to be Madonna's new single from her then upcoming album
Confessions On A Dancefloor. The song has since been recorded by English singer
Sophie Ellis-Bextor, as revealed by Peter Magennis in an interview with Greg Fitzgerald for his July 2008 cover feature for UK magazine, Record Collector (issue #351). A vinyl acetate exists, the version is 3 minutes 45 seconds. • "You'll Stay," a song produced by Patrick Leonard. The song leaked in February 2019. • "I'll Be Gone" and "Never Love A Stranger" produced by
Babyface. Both songs leaked in 2019. • "Flirtation Dance", an early version of "Skin" produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard. == 2000–09 ==