Gonna Make You Sweat

Infobox Album |
Name = Gonna Make You Sweat
Type = Album
Artist = C+C Music Factory


Released = December 13 1990
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Dance-Pop, House
Length = 66:25
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = David Cole, Robert Clivillés, Freedom Williams and Larry Yasgar
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rg8e4j370wae~T00 link]
Last album = -
This album = "Gonna Make You Sweat"
(1990)
Next album = "Anything Goes!"
(1994)

"Gonna Make You Sweat" is the first long-player released by David Cole and Robert Clivillés under the name C+C Music Factory. The album was released in the U.S. on December 13th, 1990 (see 1990 in music).

The album was released during the rise of house music to commercial acceptance throughout Europe and North America. Following on the success of contemporaries Black Box and Technotronic, "Gonna Make You Sweat" was a worldwide smash, reaching number two on the Billboard 200.

The album's first single, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)," took most of the world by storm, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in February 1991 (see 1991 in music). The song also reached number one on Billboard's Top R&B Singles, Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales as well as number three on the Australian ARIA Singles chart and UK Singles Chart. The song's opening line is a frequently played during indoor sporting events as a way of maintaining enthusiasm among the spectators.

The album's follow-up singles performed well also, the second single, "Here We Go" as well as the album's third release, "Things That Make You Go Hmmm...," both of which became Top-Five entries on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Clivillés and Freedom Williams except where indicated.
#"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" – 4:06 (#1 US, #3 UK, #3 AUS)
#"Here We Go, Let's Rock & Roll" – 5:42
#"Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." – 5:23 (#4 US)
#"Just a Touch of Love (Everyday)" (Clivillés) – 5:38
#"A Groove of Love (What's This Word Called Love?)" – 10:00
#"Live Happy" (David Cole) – 7:22
#"Oooh Baby" (Cole) – 4:53
#"Let's Get Funkee" (Cole) – 4:29
#"Givin' It to You" (Cole) – 4:52
#"Bang That Beat" (Cole, Williams) – 5:35
#(untitled track) – 8:15