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This article is about the album by C+C Music Factory. For the title track from the album, see Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now). For the song by Keith Sweat, see Make You Sweat.
Gonna Make You Sweat
Studio album by
C+C Music Factory
ReleasedDecember 18, 1990[1]
Recorded1989–1990
StudioUnique Recording Studios, New York City
GenreHip house
Length66:17
LabelColumbia
Producer
C+C Music Factory chronology
Gonna Make You Sweat
(1990) 		Anything Goes!
(1994)
Singles from Gonna Make You Sweat
  1. "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
    Released: November 18, 1990
  2. "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)"
    Released: March 3, 1991
  3. "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..."
    Released: June 23, 1991
  4. "Just a Touch of Love"
    Released: August 15, 1991

Gonna Make You Sweat is the debut studio album by production group C+C Music Factory, released in the US on December 18, 1990.[1] Following on the success of contemporaries Black Box and Technotronic, Gonna Make You Sweat was a worldwide smash, reaching number two on the US Billboard 200.

The album's first single, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)," reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in February 1991. 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 is frequently played during indoor sporting events as a way of maintaining enthusiasm among the spectators.

The album's follow-up singles also performed well, including the second single, "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" 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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Select(2/5)[4]

In a contemporary review, Select stated that "For every might tune like the title track, there's an over-long muddled 'What's This Word Called Love?" and "the producers knack of building indestructible house beats is matched only by their inconsistency".[4] The review concluded that the songs were over-long and have trouble sustaining interest."[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Clivillés and Freedom Williams except where indicated.

  1. "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" – 4:06 (featuring Martha Wash and Freedom Williams)
  2. "Here We Go, Let's Rock & Roll" – 5:42 (featuring Zelma Davis and Freedom Williams)
  3. "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." – 5:23 (featuring Deborah Cooper and Freedom Williams)
  4. "Just a Touch of Love (Everyday)" (Clivillés) – 5:38 (featuring Zelma Davis)
  5. "A Groove of Love (What's This Word Called Love?)" – 10:00 (featuring Zelma Davis and Freedom Williams)
  6. "Live Happy" (David Cole) – 7:22 (featuring Zelma Davis)
  7. "Oooh Baby" (Cole) – 4:53 (featuring David Cole)
  8. "Let's Get Funkee" (Cole) – 4:29 (featuring Zelma Davis)
  9. "Givin' It to You" (Cole) – 4:52 (featuring David Cole)
  10. "Bang That Beat" (Cole, Williams) – 5:35 (featuring Freedom Williams)
  11. "Shade" – 8:17 (Unlisted track)

Personnel

  • Deborah Cooper*, Zelma Davis*, Martha Wash*, Freedom Williams*, David Cole*, Karen Bernod, Craig Derry, Yolanda Lee, Duran Ramos, Norma Jean Wright – lead* & backing vocals
  • Robert Clivillés – keyboards, synthesizers, keyboard & synth programming, percussion, drum programming, backing vocals
  • David Cole – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ricky Crespo – keyboards
  • Alan Friedman – keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion
  • Hugh McCracken – harmonica
  • Paul Pesco – guitars

Production

  • Arranged and produced by David Cole, Robert Clivillés, Freedom Williams and Larry Yasga
  • Recorded and engineered by Rodney Ascue, Alec Head, Acar S. Key and Tony Maserati
  • Assistant engineers: Paul Berry, Bruce Calder, John Parthum, Steve Wellner
  • Mixed by Acar S. Key and Bob Rosa

Notes

  1. ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/gonna-make-you-sweat-mr0000109876
  2. ^ "Gonna Make You Sweat - C+C Music Factory - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: factory". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  4. ^ a b c Andrew, Harrison (March 1991). "Reviews". Select. p. 68.
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