Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

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"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" was C&C Music Factory's first hit.

[edit] Song

The rap was performed by Freedom Williams and the vocal "Everybody dance now" by R&B artist Martha Wash.

Wash's vocals were lip synced in the music video by C&C's Zelma Davis. 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.

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.)

Preceded by: "The First Time" by Surface	Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 9, 1991	Succeeded by: "All the Man That I Need" by Whitney Houston
Preceded by: "I'll Give All My Love to You " by Keith Sweat	Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single February 23, 1991	Succeeded by: "All the Man That I Need" by Whitney Houston

[edit] In the media

Sung and played (on the harmonium) by Borat, 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.
Played several times in the 2005 documentary Mad Hot Ballroom.
Used as background music in a combination steel mill and dance club in the Simpsons episode "Homer's Phobia". The song later appeared in "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass".