C+C Music Factory
Pop
The next C+C Music Factory concert is scheduled for Saturday, July 19, 2025 at Viejas Casino & Resort in Alpine, CA, United States. See all 3 upcoming concerts
![Listen to Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) [feat. Freedom Williams] by C+C Music Factory, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music115/v4/2c/b0/8f/2cb08f9a-5d78-1742-125f-99db30768100/mzi.qzhckwut.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) [feat. Freedom Williams] by C+C Music Factory, see lyrics, music video & more!")
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![Watch Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) [feat. Freedom Williams] music video by C+C Music Factory](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video124/v4/ff/cb/5d/ffcb5d97-e7bd-8dbd-988c-59219a27e251/dj.kpbvnwiw.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) [feat. Freedom Williams] music video by C+C Music Factory")
About C+C Music Factory
Hometown
New York, NY, United States
Formed
1989
Genre
Pop
Dance production duo C+C Music Factory enjoyed a hot streak in the early ’90s, mixing hip-hop and house on smashes like “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now).”
• After performing and recording together in the groups 2 Puerto Ricans, a Blackman and a Dominican and The 28th Street Crew, dance producers Robert Clivillés and David Cole came together as C+C Music Factory. They recruited rapper Freedom Williams and singer Zelma Davis to round out their sound.
• Their debut album, Gonna Make You Sweat, reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and went platinum. The title track hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and paved the way for subsequent hits “Here We Go (Let’s Rock & Roll)” and “Things That Make You Go Hmmm…”
• “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” features lead vocals from Martha Wash, who doesn’t appear in the music video—and who was initially credited as a background singer in the liner notes. Following a lawsuit, Wash was properly credited in the video.
• After touring for the next few years and undergoing some lineup changes—including Williams’ departure for a solo career—C+C Music Factory dropped their second album, Anything Goes! in 1994. It failed to achieve the same popularity as their debut.
• Following David Cole’s death in 1995, Clivillés released a self-titled album under the C+C Factory name.
• In 2010, a reactivated C+C Music Factory comprising Clivillés and Eric Kupper teamed up with singer Scarlett Santana for the single “Life Your Life.” A follow-up, “Rain,” arrived in 2011.
Musical InfluencesC+C Music Factory's musical influences include Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Mr. Lee, Sylvester and more.
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