Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
| "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" | ||||
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US CD single | ||||
| Single by C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams | ||||
| from the album Gonna Make You Sweat | ||||
| Released | November 18, 1990 | |||
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| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Producer(s) | Clivillés and Cole | |||
| C+C Music Factory singles chronology | ||||
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| "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" on YouTube | ||||
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Continental European 7-inch vinyl single | ||||
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" is a song by American dance music group C+C Music Factory, released by Columbia Records on November 18, 1990, as the lead single from their debut album, Gonna Make You Sweat (1990). The song is sung by Martha Wash and rapped by Freedom Williams; it was written by Robert Clivillés, Williams, and David Cole, and produced by Clivillés and Cole.
In early 1991, the song charted internationally, topping the charts of Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. The accompanying music video was directed by Marcus Nispel, and features singer/dancer Zelma Davis lip-syncing to Wash's vocal parts. In 2023 and 2025, Billboard magazine ranked "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" among the best pop and dance songs of all time.