C+C Music Factory

Released: December 18, 1990

Check, check, check this out baby!

OOOh baby OOOh baby OOOh baby OOOh baby

Givin' it to you (give it up, give it up)

Throw da base

Fly girl jammin' to the beat
Use to be the kind of girls I would dare to meet
Lonely, sexy smile
The kind of girl makes me wanna do the wild thing

But one thing's for sure
Something 'bout you baby's got me mesmerize
The way you move so smooth
Girl you know exactly what I wanna do

I'm gonna get my love to you
Givin' it to you
I'll be givin' it to you

Givin' it, givin' it to you

Check it out, this is the deal
I've been looking all around to find the love that's real
True love so hard to find
I'll be yours and baby say that you'll be mine

I'm gonna get my love to you
Givin' it to you
I'll be givin' it to you

Givin' it, givin' it to you

David Cole and Robert Civilles met while both working at a New York underground club. Before forming C & C Music Factory, they were primarily remixers, co-writers, producers and artist managers – having worked with Mariah Carey, Chaka Khan, Fleetwood Mac, Grace Jones, Seduction and others.

Cole & Civilles decided to launch their own music project with an ever-changing cast of vocalists. When an artist they were managing turned down the song “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”, the duo decided to use it as their first single. They recruited a janitor from Quad Recording Studio who was learning to become an assistant engineer named Freedom Williams to perform the raps, and hired ex-Weather Girls singer Martha Wash for the female vocals – but credited them to Zelma Davis. Davis also appeared in the song’s video. Wash later sued for being uncredited in the song and its video.

The song became an international smash, reaching the top 5 in nine countries (taking the top position in five of them). Their debut album was released a month after the single and it reached #2 in the US, #8 in the UK and the top 30 in six other countries.

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