"Let's Do It Again" is a song by

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. Written by

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, it was part of the soundtrack for the

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film, '' Let's Do It Again''. The single reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart on December 27, 1975, the day before Roebuck "Pops" Staples' 61st birthday, and also spent two non-consecutive weeks at the top of the

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chart. It was the last major hit by the group. R&B quartet Xscape sampled the song on their first single, the remix of "

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," from the 1993 album ''

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'', produced by

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sampled the song for the remix of "

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". It was also sampled in

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's song "

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". It’s also sampled on BJ the Chicago Kid‘s single “ Good Luv’n”.

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