Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

Album

Gonna Make You Sweat

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Hip house

Duration

0:00

Composer(s)

Robert Clivilles;Freedom Williams

Entered Chart

Nov 17, 1990

Peak Date

Feb 9, 1991

Released

(Club mix)

Recorded

1989

Catalog #

Columbia 73604

B-Side

(Club mix)

This energetic dance banger has vocals by Martha Wash, who belted out that "Everybody Dance Now!" line. She was a member of The Weather Girls ("It's Raining Men") and provided vocals for the group Black Box. Wash was replaced in the video by a slender singer/model named Zelma Davis, who lip-synched her lines. Wash's name didn't make the initial album credits either. After some legal wrangling, she was given proper credit for her contribution. In the credits in the video for the song, this line was included: "Additional vocals by Martha Wash, visualized by Zelma Davis." This wasn't the first time Martha was whitewashed - she sang on three #1 Dance hits for the act Black Box, and was replaced in those videos by a model. Wash sued both the Black Box and the C+C producers, reaching a settlement that included a record deal as a solo artist. C+C Music Factory were the US production and remix duo David Cole and Robert Clivilles. This was their first single under the C+C name, but they already had made hits with the Cover Girls and Seduction. David Cole died of meningitis in 1995. According to Robert Clivilles, Martha Wash was asked to join the group but refused because she wanted to focus on being an R&B singer. He says she was replaced by Zelma Davis in the video because Davis was the main female voice in the group (if not this song), appearing on eight songs on the album, including the follow-up hit "Here We Go." The second choice for the "Everybody Dance Now" hook line was Jocelyn Brown, who can be heard singing "I've got the power" on the "The Power," a 1990 hit for Snap! In The Office episode "Cafe Disco" (2009), Michael Scott plays this through an air vent to entice the employees upstairs to visit his new dance-club cafe. It shows up again throughout the episode, including Andy and Kelly's dance-off. It was also featured in the 2013 episode "Suit Warehouse." It was also used in these TV shows: Fresh Off The Boat ("The Flush" - 2017) Bob's Burgers ("A River Runs Through Bob" - 2013) Parks And Recreation ("Ron And Tammys" - 2011) The Mentalist ("Rose-Colored Glasses" - 2010) 30 Rock ("Retreat To Move Forward" - 2009) Roswell ("I Married An Alien" - 2002) The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air ("Banks Shot" - 1991, "The Big Four-Oh" - 1991) And in these movies: Annie (2014) Evan Almighty (2007) Chicken Little (2005) Jarhead (2005) Robots (2005) Old School (2003) The Replacements (2000) Superstar (1999) Space Jam (1996) This was used in several episodes of The Simpsons, starting with "Bart Gets Famous" (1994). Report an ad More songs from C+C Music Factory

Everybody dance now
Everybody dance now

Give me the music
Give me the music
Everybody dance now
Everybody dance now

Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Everybody dance now
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Everybody

Here is the dome, back with the bass
The jam is live in effect and I don't waste time
On the mic with a dope rhyme
Jump to the rhythm, jump, jump to the rhythm, jump
And I'm here to combine
Beats and lyrics to make your shake your pants
Take a chance, come on and dance
Guys, grab a girl, don't wait, make her twirl
It's your world and I'm just a squirrel
Tryin' to get a nut to move your butt
To the dance floor, so yo what's up
Hands in the air, come on, say "yeah"
Everybody over here, everybody over there
The crowd is live and I pursue this groove
Party people in the house

Move (let your mind)
Groove (put me on line)

Come on let's sweat, baby
Let the music take control
Let the rhythm move you
Sweat, sweat
Let the music take control
Let the rhythm move you

Everybody dance now

Everybody dance now
Everybody dance now

Pause, take a breath and go for yours
On my command now hit the dance floor
It's gonna make you sweat 'til you bleed
Is that dope enough? Indeed
I paid the price, to control the dice
I'm more precise, to the point I'm nice
The music takes control, your heart and soul
Unfold, your body is free and a whole
Dance till you can't, dance till you can't dance no more
Get on the floor and get raw
Then come back and upside down
Easy now, let me see ya

Move (let your mind)
Groove (put me on line)
The music is my life

Everybody dance now
Everybody dance now
Everybody dance now
Everybody

Come on let's sweat, baby
Let the music take control
Let the rhythm move you
Sweat, sweat
Let the music take control
Let the rhythm move you