1990's top of tops on US Pop, R&B, and Dance charts "Gonna Make You Sweat(Everybody Dance Now)" by C&C Music Factory. "Mixx-It Funkymix" is another of my jobs about video-remixes. Hope you'll sweat!
Review.- C+C Music Factory was a dance music production group (lead by Robert Clivillés and David Cole) distinguished for having seven #1 Dance/Club Play hits in the early to mid 1990s, as well as several pop crossover hits, one of which "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" reached #1 on Billboards Hot 100 Singles & R&B Singles charts.
The stylish visuals and production for C+C Music Factory's first videos helped to distinguish the group's first releases from previous mainstream dance hits like Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam". Controversy erupted when vocalist Zelma Davis appeared instead of vocalist Martha Wash in the video for the groups first single, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)." Davis, the vocalist (aside from rapper Freedom Williams) on the next three singles, lip-synched to Wash's vocals in that video.
In 1990, their first album Gonna Make You Sweat peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 Album Sales chart, #11 R&B Albums, and went 5x Platinum. In 1994, their follow up album, Anything Goes peaked at #106 on the Billboard 200, and #39 on the R&B Albums.
They had a large number of club hits, including hong kong fooey and i like your momma, several of which also crossed over to become massive pop hits.
All four singles from their debut album reached #1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play chart, and all four were also crossover Pop and R&B hits. The first single "Gonna Make You Sweat" reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and R&B Singles charts. The follow up single "Here We Go" reached #3 Hot 100, and #7 R&B Singles. Their third single "Things That Make You Go Hmmm" also reached #4 Hot 100, and #31 R&B Singles. The fourth and final single from their debut album "Just A Touch Of Love", featured in the movie Sister Act, reached #50 Hot 100, and #83 R&B Singles.
In 1992, they had another #1 Dance/Club play hit with the song "Keep It Comin'" (Dance Till You Can't Dance No More); A variation with Rapper Q-Unique was recorded for the soundtrack and opening cheerleading routine from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Both versions of the song feature lead vocals by Deborah Cooper. The Dance version reached #83 on the Hot 100.
Their second album, Anything Goes!, had one single, "Do You Wanna Get Funky", reaching #1 on the Dance/Club Play carts, #40 on the Hot 100, and #11 R&B Singles. The follow up single, "Take a Toke", reached #23 on the Dance/Club Play and #48 on the R&B charts.
An album was released in Europe in late 1995 by Robert Clivilles with the name C+C Music Factory, which spawned one more US #1 Dance/Club Play hit "I'll Always Be Around". Neither the single nor the album featured former member David Cole, who had died prior to the recording of the material featured on this release.
The group also released singles and albums under alternate names (a.o. Clivillés + Cole), the last offspring was called MVP. Robert Clivillés and David Cole also produced various hits for other artists: Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Deborah Cooper and others
C+C Music Factory earned a total of 35 music industry awards worldwide, including five Billboard Awards, five American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards and one Grammy nomination (for Best New Artist).





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