Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
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"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" is a 1990 dance anthem by C+C Music Factory that became a global hit and one of the most recognizable club tracks of the era.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) canonical | 2 |
| C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) | 1 |
| Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5535522 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) Context triple: [David Cole, notableWork, Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)]
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A.
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is a 1987 upbeat pop and dance anthem by Whitney Houston that became one of her signature hits and a global chart-topping classic.
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B.
Livin' It Up
"Livin' It Up" is a 2001 hip hop single by Ja Rule featuring Case, known for its upbeat party vibe and prominent sampling of Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do."
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C.
Everybody Dance
"Everybody Dance" is a 1977 disco song by the band Chic, co-written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, known for its infectious groove and enduring popularity on dance floors.
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D.
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a 1984 upbeat pop song by Wham! that became one of the duo’s signature hits and a defining anthem of 1980s dance-pop.
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E.
Let’s Go Crazy
"Let’s Go Crazy" is a high-energy rock, funk, and pop song by Prince that opens the 1984 film and album "Purple Rain" and is renowned for its iconic guitar solo and sermon-like intro.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) Target entity description: "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" is a 1990 dance anthem by C+C Music Factory that became a global hit and one of the most recognizable club tracks of the era.
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A.
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is a 1987 upbeat pop and dance anthem by Whitney Houston that became one of her signature hits and a global chart-topping classic.
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B.
Livin' It Up
"Livin' It Up" is a 2001 hip hop single by Ja Rule featuring Case, known for its upbeat party vibe and prominent sampling of Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do."
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C.
Everybody Dance
"Everybody Dance" is a 1977 disco song by the band Chic, co-written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, known for its infectious groove and enduring popularity on dance floors.
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D.
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a 1984 upbeat pop song by Wham! that became one of the duo’s signature hits and a defining anthem of 1980s dance-pop.
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E.
Let’s Go Crazy
"Let’s Go Crazy" is a high-energy rock, funk, and pop song by Prince that opens the 1984 film and album "Purple Rain" and is renowned for its iconic guitar solo and sermon-like intro.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | C+C Music Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Ooh Aah... NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificationAustralia | platinum ⓘ |
| certificationUK | silver ⓘ |
| certificationUS | multi-platinum ⓘ |
| certificationUSRIAA | platinum ⓘ |
| chartPositionARIACharts | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionEurochartHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSHotDanceClubPlay | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSHotR&BHipHopSongs | 3 ⓘ |
| controversy | uncredited vocals by Martha Wash ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact | became one of the most recognizable club tracks of the early 1990s ⓘ |
| decade | 1990s ⓘ |
| featuredVocalist | Martha Wash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dance
ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ hip house ⓘ house ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric | Everybody dance now ⓘ |
| includedOnAlbum | Gonna Make You Sweat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isClubHit | true ⓘ |
| isDanceAnthem | true ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | C+C Music Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Marcus Nispel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoFeatures | Zelma Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
catchy "Everybody dance now" hook
ⓘ
widespread use in films and commercials ⓘ |
| performer |
C+C Music Factory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Freedom Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
David Cole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Clivillés NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1990 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-10-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Gonna Make You Sweat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | fast ⓘ |
| title | Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
David Cole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Clivillés NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) Description of subject: "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" is a 1990 dance anthem by C+C Music Factory that became a global hit and one of the most recognizable club tracks of the era.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
this entity surface form:
Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)