Editing Martika (section)

===''Martika's Kitchen'' and hiatus (1991–2000)===
[[File:Prince 1984 publicity photo.jpg|thumb|left|180px|[[Prince (musician)|Prince]] served as one of the producers and songwriters for ''Martika's Kitchen'']]

Martika was encouraged by her agent to combine her love of film and music by scoring soundtracks and, in 1990, she wrote and [[Sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] the song "Blue Eyes Are Sensitive to the Light" for the soundtrack to the film ''[[Arachnophobia (film)|Arachnophobia]]''. The producers of the album did not like her vocals, so the song was re-recorded by [[Sara Hickman]] for the film. The song has also been recorded by Brazilian singers [[Deborah Blando]] (on her 1991 debut, ''A Different Story''), [[Elba Ramalho]], and [[Frances Ruffelle]].

In 1991, Martika approached [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] to do some new tracks.<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul | last= Cashmere |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/martika-explains-how-prince-crafted-love-thy-will-be-done-20120626 |title=Martika Explains How Prince Crafted Love Thy Will Be Done |publisher= | website= Noise11.com |date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref> Among these was her second (and last) US Top-10 single,<ref name=hot100/> "[[Love... Thy Will Be Done]]", which also became a Top-10 hit in the UK<ref name=uk/> and reached No. 1 in Australia.<ref name=aus>Australian ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA Chart]]) peaks:
*Top 50 peaks: {{cite web| url= http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Martika |title=australian-charts.com > Discography Martika |publisher= Hung Medien |access-date=January 21, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221165905/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Martika |archive-date=February 21, 2016 }}
*Top 100 peaks: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref> "Love... Thy Will Be Done" started out as a prayer written by Martika, and Prince then changed it into a song.

Her second album, ''[[Martika's Kitchen]]'', peaked at No. 111 on the ''Billboard'' Top Albums chart.<ref name=billboard200>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/309724/martika/chart?f=305|title=Billboard > Artists / Martika > Chart History > Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 21, 2016}}</ref> The title track received only minor airplay in the US, and reached No. 93 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.<ref name=hot100/> However, the album was a bigger success abroad, though on a lesser scale than her debut. It peaked at No. 15 in the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref name=uk/> No. 9 in Australia,<ref name=aus/> and spawned further hits with the songs "Coloured Kisses" and the title track, "Martika's Kitchen".<ref name="LarkinGE"/> "Temptation", another track from this album, was covered by [[Patti LaBelle]] on her album ''[[Burnin' (Patti LaBelle album)|Burnin']]''. Martika played the role of the lounge singer Dahlia Mendez in the crime drama TV series ''[[Wiseguy (TV series)|Wiseguy]]'' in 1990,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> opposite [[Steven Bauer]] who took over from [[Ken Wahl]] for the fourth and final season.

She eventually faded from the public eye in 1992 after walking away from the music industry, due to [[Occupational burnout|burnout]] and feeling overwhelmed with the burden of fame.<ref name= "youtube.com">{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHnlCxeVDAo| archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/nHnlCxeVDAo| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Martika – Today Extra interview March 2016|last= Devery| first= Mike|date=March 24, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1997, a greatest hits [[compilation album]], ''The Best of Martika: More Than You Know'' was released.