Gonna Make You Sweat

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 is the debut studio album by American musical production group C+C Music Factory, released in the US on December 18, 1990 by Columbia Records.^[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.

Gonna Make You Sweat
Studio album by C+C Music Factory
Released	December 18, 1990[1]
Recorded	1989–1990
Studio	Unique Recording Studios, New York City
Genre	Hip house, dance, pop
Length	66:17
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Cole Robert Clivillés Freedom Williams Larry Yasga
C+C Music Factory chronology
Gonna Make You Sweat (1990) Anything Goes! (1994)
Singles from Gonna Make You Sweat
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" Released: November 18, 1990 "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" Released: March 3, 1991 "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." Released: June 23, 1991 "Just a Touch of Love" Released: August 15, 1991

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, Dance Club, and Dance Singles charts, as well as number three on the Australian ARIA Singles chart and UK Singles Chart.

Subsequent singles "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" and "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." both became top-five entries on the Billboard Hot 100.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Calgary Herald	B+[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[6]
NME	6/10[7]
People	(favorable)[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
Select	2/5[10]

The album received generally mixed reviews from critics. James Muretich from Calgary Herald wrote, "From the title track to "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." (a nod here to TV talk show host Arsenio Hall), the music is irresistibly infectious to anyone the least susceptible to dancin' the night away. C+C Music Factory cleverly snatch melodic lines from people like Suzanne Vega while also providing a few riffs of their own, especially those of guitarist Paul Pesco. The lyrics also avoid crotch-rap cliches. C+C Music Factory is destined to become this year's dance hit factory."^[3] Marisa Fox from Entertainment Weekly felt that "this high-energy album has all the makings of a dance-club hit." She added that it's "a lot of fun — and it does live up to its name."^[6] 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".^[10] The review concluded that the songs were over-long and have trouble sustaining interest."^[10]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"	Robert Clivillés Fredrick B. Williams	Martha Wash Freedom Williams	4:06
2.	"Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)"	Clivillés Williams	Williams	5:42
3.	"Things That Make You Go Hmmm..."	Clivillés Williams	Williams	5:23
4.	"Just a Touch of Love"	Clivillés		5:38
5.	"A Groove of Love (What's This Word Called Love?)"	Clivillés Williams	Zelma Davis Williams	10:00

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
6.	"Live Happy"	David Cole	Davis	7:22
7.	"Oooh Baby"	Cole	Cole	4:53
8.	"Let's Get Funkee"	Cole	Davis	4:29
9.	"Givin' It to You"	Cole	Cole	4:52
10.	"Bang That Beat"	Cole Williams	Williams	5:35

CD hidden track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Shade"	8:17

Personnel

• Deborah Cooper, Zelma Davis, Martha Wash, Freedom Williams, David Cole, Karen Bernod, Craig Derry, Yolanda Lee, Duran Ramos, Norma Jean Wright – lead and 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 Yasgar
• 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

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Gonna Make You Sweat Chart (1991) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 7 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 26 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 59 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 30 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 3 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 30 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 13 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 8 US Billboard 200[19] 2 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[20] 11

Year-end charts 1991 Year-end chart performance for Gonna Make You Sweat Chart (1991) Position Australia (ARIA)[21] 50 US Billboard 200[22] 4 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[23] 20 1992 Year-end chart performance for Gonna Make You Sweat Chart (1992) Position US Billboard 200[24] 71

Certifications

Certifications for Gonna Make You Sweat

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[25]	Platinum	70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[26]	4× Platinum	400,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[27]	Platinum	200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[28]	Platinum	15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[30]	5× Platinum	5,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.