C+C Music Factory
C+C Music Factory wasn't really a group -- it was the product of Robert Clivillés and David Cole, two pop-savvy dance producers. In 1989, Clivillés and Cole hired all the singers and created all the tracks for Gonna Make You Sweat, C+C Music Factory's first album. While it was prepackaged, it wasn't necessarily faceless; in Freedom Williams, the producers had a solid, if not original or distinctive, rapper. What was really important to the success of the album was how Clivillés and Cole assembled the tracks, melding hip-hop and club sensibilities to mindlessly catchy pop songs. The three hit singles -- "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)," "Here We Go," "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm..." -- were very good pop singles, and all of them were massive hits in early 1991.
After their moment in the sun, Williams left for an unsuccessful solo career and Clivillés and Cole released Greatest Remixes, Vol. 1, a collection of their work with C+C Music Factory as well as other artists; the album had a hit single with their re-recording of U2's "Pride."
C+C Music Factory released their second album, Anything Goes!, in the summer of 1994; it was a moderate hit, spending nine weeks on the charts. Unfortunately, it was the last album the duo ever made -- David Cole died of spinal meningitis in early 1995.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Gonna Make You Sweat
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia on 1 jan. 1990
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Super Hits
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 15 feb. 2000
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Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 11 jul. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Anything Goes!
Electronic - Released by Columbia on 31 jul. 1994
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Bang That Beat "The Best Of"
Pop/Rock - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 22 jan. 2010
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Gonna Make You Sweat
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia on 1 jan. 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Super Hits
Dance - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 15 feb. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Here We Go
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 3 mrt. 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
SWEAT 1 (The Remixes) Feat. FREEDOM WILLIAMS
House - Released by Megabop Records on 20 jul. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gonna Make You Sweat (B.Taylor Radio Mix)
Electronic - Released by 50 - 50 Global EDM on 7 sep. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Good Mourning (Radio Edit)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by GROOVE GARDEN RECORDS on 26 nov. 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
SWEAT 2 (The Remixes) Feat. FREEDOM WILLIAMS
Electronic - Released by Megabop Records on 20 jul. 2004
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SWEAT 1 (The Remixes) Feat. FREEDOM WILLIAMS
Electronic - Released by Megabop Records on 20 jul. 2004
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Fever
Electronic - Released by TrippinOut Records on 14 jul. 2014
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SWEAT 3 (The Remixes) Feat. FREEDOM WILLIAMS
House - Released by Megabop Records on 20 jul. 2004
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Playlist: The Very Best Of C & C Music Factory
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 10 apr. 2009
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Keep It Comin'
Beat Addicts, C+C Music Factory
Electronic - Released by Suxess on 5 jun. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo