"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 " Number One". It's also sampled on

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's single "Good Luv'n".

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