Gonna Make You Sweat
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Gonna Make You Sweat
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[C+C Music Factory]]
| Cover = Gonna Make You Sweat (cover).jpg
| Released = [[December 13]] [[1990]]
| Recorded = 1990
| Genre = [[Dance-Pop]], [[House music|House]]
| Length = 66:25
| Label = [[Columbia Records]]
| Producer = David Cole, Robert Clivillés, [[Freedom Williams]] and [[Larry Yasgar]]
| Reviews =
* [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rg8e4j370wae~T00 link]
| Last album = -
| This album = '''''Gonna Make You Sweat''''' <br /> (1990)
| Next album = ''[[Anything Goes! (C+C Music Factory album)|Anything Goes!]]'' <br /> (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 (band)|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 [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Top R&B Singles]], [[Hot Dance Club Play|Hot Dance Music/Club Play]] and [[Hot Dance Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] as well as number three on the [[Australian Record Industry Association|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 (Let's Rock & Roll)|Here We Go]]" as well as the album's third release, "[[Things That Make You Go Hmmm|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 <small>(#1 US, #3 UK, #3 AUS) </small>
#"Here We Go, Let's Rock & Roll" – 5:42
#"[[Things That Make You Go Hmmm|Things That Make You Go Hmmm...]]" – 5:23 <small>(#4 US) </small>
#"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
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[[Category:1990 albums]]
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[[Category:Martha Wash albums]]