Gonna Make You Sweat

Recorded in 1990 for C+C Music Factory’s debut album, with production by Robert Clivillés and David Cole and featured vocals by Freedom Williams and Zelma Davis. The single was issued by Columbia/CBS and later became the lead track from Gonna Make You Sweat. It broke out as the group’s debut single and became a major crossover hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks and No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Its release was also tied to the uncredited-use controversy around Martha Wash’s vocals, which drew sustained attention. It remains C+C Music Factory’s signature anthem and one of the defining dance-pop records of the early 1990s. The hook has been reused in later hits, including Bob Sinclar’s 2006 “Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now).”