Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) 4582139 224377912 2008-07-08T16:16:40Z BratX 457531 /* In the media */ {{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> | Name = Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) | Cover = GMYSEDN single.jpg | Artist = [[C+C Music Factory]] | from Album = [[Gonna Make You Sweat]] | A-side = | B-side = Remix | Released = [[1990 in music|1990]] | Format = [[CD single]]<br>[[CD maxi]]<br>[[7" single]]<br>[[12"|12" maxi]] | Recorded = 1990 | Genre = [[Dance music|Dance]]/[[Hip Hop]] | Length = 4:06 | Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | Writer = Robert Clivillés<br/>[[Freedom Williams]] | Certification = Platinum <small>[[RIAA Certification|US]]</small>, Gold <small>[[UK]]</small>, Gold <small>[[ARIA]]</small> | Producer = David Cole, Robert Clivillés, Freedom Williams and Larry Yasgar <!-- Please note: This is not necessarily the same as "Artist" --> | Certification = | Last single = - | This single = "'''Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)'''"<br>(1990) | Next single = "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)"<br>(1991) | Misc = }} "'''Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)'''" was [[C+C Music Factory]]'s first hit. ==Background and writing== The rap was performed by [[Freedom Williams]] and the vocal "Everybody Dance Now" by Disco/House Music artist [[Martha Wash]]. Wash, perturbed by the fact that her image had been labeled "unmarketable" because of her physical size, successfully sued to receive proper credit (and royalties). Wash's courtroom efforts spurred legislation making vocal credits mandatory on CDs and music videos. ==Reception== The song was criticized by [[Allmusic]] as "the lazy Hollywood "go-to" song for supposed laugh-filled, irony-fueled dance numbers."<ref>{{cite web |date=2007-07-03 |publisher=allmusic |last=Monger |first=James |title=allmusic ((( ''Evan Almighty'' [Soundtrack<nowiki>]</nowiki> > Overview ))) |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jnfyxzt5ldae |accessdate=2008-07-07}}</ref> ==Chart performances and cover versions== The song held the top spot in the ''Billboard Magazine'' list of popular dance club tunes for five weeks in December 1990, and topped Billboard's Hot 100 Singles list for two weeks in 1991 (February 9 and February 16.) It reached number 3 in the UK in January, a full month before its American pop success. It was remixed and used, first in French DJ [[Bob Sinclar]]'s 2006 song "[[Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)]]" - and then more obscurely in [[Plastik Funk]]'s "[[Gonna Make You Sweat (Plastik Funk song)|Gonna Make You Sweat]]". ==Music video== The video featured dancers performing in front of a white back drop. [[Zelma Davis]] lip-synchs to the recorded vocals of [[Martha Wash]]. A short clip on [[Double Dutch (jump rope)|Double Dutch]] is shown near the end. ==In the media== *Used in the movie ''[[The Super]]'' (1991). *Parodied in the hip-hop '[[mockumentary]] ''[[CB4]]'' as "Wacky D's in da House" with [[Stoney Jackson]] as Wacky D, a rapper resembling [[Freedom Williams]] who raps about his dancing ability. *Also parodied in the 1994 hip-hop [[mockumentary]] ''[[Fear of a Black Hat]]'' as the Ice Cold song "Come and Pet the P.U.S.S.Y." -- the video for which contained an Asian woman clearly lip-syncing to the voice of a large African-American female singer, specifically parodying the appearance of [[Zelma Davis]] in the video for the original song. *Used during the rain dance montage in [[Chevy Chase]] film ''[[Man of the House (1995 film)|Man of the House]]''. *Sung and played (on the harmonium) by [[Borat]] in [[Borat's Guide to America]], firstly at a yoga session, then later on used during a new age dance class. *Played in the trailer for the 2006 movie ''[[Flushed Away]]''. *Played in the 2003 movie ''[[Old School (film)|Old School]]''. *Played several times in the 2005 documentary ''[[Mad Hot Ballroom]]''. *Used as background music in a steel mill-themed gay club in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Homer's Phobia]]". The song later appeared in "[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]," and "[[Lard of the Dance]]". *Played in Mary-Katherine's dream sequence in the cafeteria in the movie ''[[Superstar (movie)|Superstar]]''. *Used in the 2005 film ''[[Jarhead (film)|Jarhead]]'' during a "field fuck" scene with the marines. *Used as background music for the end credits in the 2007 film ''[[Evan Almighty]]''. *[[Jeffrey Pelehac]], "The Dancing Cadet" danced wildly to "Gonna Make You Sweat" in a famous viral video. *Used in a Second season episode of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]'', where Vivian Banks takes dance classes. *Used in an episode of ''[[The King of Queens]]''. According to Doug, the song played when Doug and Carrie first met at a night club where Doug worked as a bouncer. *In the film ''[[Robots (film)|Robots]]'', there is a party scene where this song plays in the background, while the main character's "Wonderbot" is acting strange after being used as a mixing glass by a bartender. *The song is used to score the dodgeball scene in the 2005 animated film ''[[Chicken Little (film)|Chicken Little]]''. *This was the first song to be played on the current [[WKTU]] as a dance station in 1996, and [[KMVQ-FM]] in the Movin' format in 2006. *In the second season episode of [[Will & Grace]] 'Polk Defeats Truman', Will enters his apartment singing the vocal hook from the track. *Used in the holiday special ''[[Shrek the Halls]]'', when [[Donkey (Shrek)|Donkey]] is talking about his Christmas/Thanksgiving Parade. *Musician [[Adam Green (musician)|Adam Green]] has covered the song live. *Parodied in the [[Squidbillies]] episode "Flight of the Deep-Fried Pine Booby". *[[George Sampson]], the winner of the 2008 ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'', used the song to dance to in his audition. *Robert Muraine used the track during a guest dance performance in season 4 of [[So You Think You Can Dance]]. ==Track listings== ; CD single # "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (radio version) (4:06) # "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (in your face mix instrumental) (4:54) ; 7" single # "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (radio version) (4:06) # "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (in your face mix instrumental) (4:54) ; 12" maxi # "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (the slammin' vocal club mix) (6:50) # "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (Clivilles & Cole DJ's choice mix) (5:00) # "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (the master mix instrumental) (4:54) ==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1990-1991)<ref name="Lescharts">"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", in various Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=C+%26+C+Music+Factory+feat%2E+Freedom+Williams&titel=Gonna+Make+You+Sweat+%28Everybody+Dance+Now%29&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved [[April 10]], [[2008]])</ref> <ref>German Singles Chart [http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php Charts-surfer.de] (Retrieved [[April 10]], [[2008]])</ref> <ref>Irish Single Chart [http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Irishcharts.ie] (Retrieved [[April 10]], [[2008]])</ref> <ref>UK Singles Chart [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=18410 Chartstats.com] (Retrieved [[April 10]], [[2008]])</ref> <ref>Billboard [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp Billboard.com] (Retrieved [[April 10]], [[2008]])</ref> !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Australian ARIA Singles Chart |align="center"|3 |- |align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|French Singles Chart |align="center"|43 |- |align="left"|German Singles Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Irish Singles Chart |align="center"|13 |- |align="left"|Norwegian Singles Chart |align="center"|5 |- |align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart |align="center"|5 |- |align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|UK Singles Chart |align="center"|3 |} {{start box}} {{succession box | before = "H.O.U.S.E." by [[Doug Lazy]] | title = [[Billboard Hot Dance Club Play]] [[Number-one dance hits of 1990 (USA)|number-one single]] | years = [[December 1]], [[1990]] - [[December 29]], [[1990]] | after = "Power of Love" / "Build the Bridge" by [[Deee-Lite]] }} {{succession box | before = "[[The First Time (Surface song)|The First Time]]" by [[Surface (band)|Surface]] | title = [[ARC Weekly Top 40]] [[ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one hits of 1991 (U.S.)|number-one single]] | years = [[February 2]], [[1991]] - [[February 9]], [[1991]] | after = "[[All the Man That I Need]]" by [[Whitney Houston]] }} {{succession box |title=[[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number one single]] |before="[[The First Time (Surface song)|The First Time]]" by [[Surface (band)|Surface]] |after="[[All the Man That I Need]]" by [[Whitney Houston]] |years=[[February 9]] [[1991]]- [[February 16]] [[1991]] }} {{succession box |title=[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number one single]] |before="[[I'll Give All My Love to You (song)|I'll Give All My Love to You]]" by [[Keith Sweat]] |after="[[All the Man That I Need]]" by [[Whitney Houston]] |years=[[February 23]], [[1991]] }} {{start box}} {{succession box | before = "[[Beinhart]]" by [[Torfrock]] | title = [[Media Control|German]] [[Number-one hits of 1991 (Germany)|number-one single]] | years = [[March 1]], [[1991]] - [[March 29]], [[1991]] | after = "[[Joyride (Roxette song)|Joyride]]" by [[Roxette]] }} {{succession box | before = "[[Sadeness Part I]]" by [[Enigma (musical project)|Enigma]] | title = [[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss]] [[List of Swiss number-one hits of 1991|number-one single]] | years = [[March 3]], [[1991]] | after = "[[Crazy (Seal song)|Crazy]]" by [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] }} {{succession box | before = "[[Hello Afrika (song)|Hello Afrika]]" by [[Dr. Alban]] featuring [[Leila K.]] | title = [[Austrian Singles Chart|Austrian]] [[List of Austrian number-one hits of 1991|number-one single]] | years = [[March 24]], [[1991]] | after = "[[Joyride (Roxette song)|Joyride]]" by [[Roxette]] }} {{end box}} {{end box}} ==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{C+C Music Factory}} [[Category:1990 singles]] [[Category:1991 singles]] [[Category:ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one singles]] [[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]] [[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles]] [[Category:Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles]] [[Category:C+C Music Factory songs]] [[Category:Dance-pop songs]] [[Category:Debut singles]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]