C+C Music Factory/Clivilles & Cole - Gonna Make You Sweat

In the mid- to late '80s, house music took over dance floors across Europe and in larger American cities, namely Chicago. By 1990, several house music hits climbed the upper reaches of the U.S. pop charts, among those being Snap!'s "The Power," Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam," Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart," and Black Box's "Everybody Everybody," but C+C Music Factory took it all the way to number one in early 1991 (the very same week of the Gulf War) with their unstoppable "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)." The song incorporated dance, house, and hip-hop beats, wailing diva vocals (courtesy of Martha Wash), and rap (courtesy of Freedom Williams) to come up with one of the year's most exciting hits. Read More