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TIL Martha Wash's voice was used on the 1990 song “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” by C+C Music Factory, however she went uncredited & did not receive royalties at the time. Wash, who is described as "full figured", was also replaced by a model lip-syncing her vocals in the music video.

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