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.[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.
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, Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales as well as number three on the Australian ARIA Singles chart and UK Singles Chart. The album's opening track is frequently played during indoor sporting events as a way of maintaining enthusiasm among the spectators.
The album's follow-up singles also performed well, including the second single, "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" as well as the album's third release, "Things That Make You Go Hmmm...", both of which became top five entries on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album received generally mixed reviews from critics. 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".[5] The review concluded that the songs were over-long and have trouble sustaining interest."[5]
Track listing[]
All tracks are written by Robert Clivillés and Freedom Williams, except tracks 6, 7, 8, and 9, written by David Cole, and track 10, written by Cole and Williams.
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