Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)

"Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" is a song by American dance music group C+C Music Factory, released on March 3, 1991 as the second single from their debut album, Gonna Make You Sweat (1990). The song was a success in the US, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[1] It also hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for three weeks.[2] In Europe, the single reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and number five on the UK Dance Singles Chart. The song was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.

"Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)"
Single by C+C Music Factory
from the album Gonna Make You Sweat
ReleasedMarch 3, 1991
Recorded1989
Genre
Length5:42
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Robert Clivillés
  • David Cole
C+C Music Factory singles chronology
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
(1990)		 "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)"
(1991)		 "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..."
(1991)
Music video
"Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" on YouTube

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis declared "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" as "anthemic", noting further that it "melded house, hip-hop, and rock."[3] Larry Flick from Billboard viewed it as an "frenetic hip-hop anthem, covered with white-hot metal guitar riffs and rapid-fire rhyming by Freedom Williams."[4] Marisa Fox from Entertainment Weekly described it as a "jumpy track complete with an electric-guitar intro."[5] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "Gonna make you sweat again. Their grooves are just right. Presenting Freedom Williams and Zelma Davis, C+C will be the chartbusters of 1991."[6] James Hamilton from Music Week called the track a "lurching jitterer".[7] A reviewer from People Magazine wrote that it is "tough funk, like a bastard child of Eddie Van Halen and the Staple Singers. Throughout, synthesizer bullets shoot at your feet until you dance."[8] Jack Barron from Record Mirror felt that Williams "jabs his rap through this current club favourite with all the aplomb of a pit bull greeting a poodle", adding that it is "replete with every kind of dance hook".[9]

Charts

See also

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 100.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 49.
  3. Promis, Jose F. "C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  4. Flick, Larry (1991-02-23). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 77. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  5. Fox, Marisa (1991-01-18). "Gonna Make You Sweat". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  6. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 1991-03-16. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  7. Hamilton, James (1991-03-23). "Dance" (PDF). Music Week. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  8. "Picks and Pans Review: Gonna Make You Sweat". People. 1991-02-25. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  9. Barron, Jack (1991-03-23). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  10. "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  11. Belgian peak Archived 2012-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Canada peak
  13. Canada dance peak
  14. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  15. German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de Archived 2009-01-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  16. Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2009-06-02 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  17. "Single top 100 over 1991" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  18. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  19. UK Singles Chart OfficialCharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  20. "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 30 March 1991. p. 26. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  21. "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991". RPM. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  22. "Year-end Canada dance peak". Archived from the original on 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  23. "End of Year Charts 1991". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  24. "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  25. "1991 The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 51. December 21, 1991. p. YE-18. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  26. US certifications riaa.com (Retrieved August 5, 2008)
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