"Let a Woman Be a Woman" is a 1969 song by

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. The song was written by bandleader Arlester Christian.

Chart performance

Sampling

According to the sampling website database WhoSampled.com, "Let a Woman Be a Woman" is on the Sampled in More Than 100 Songs list and was on the Most Sampled Tracks list at #100 with more than 180 songs sampling, until being knocked off by the Fairlight CMI digital synthesizer sampled for the "ORCH5" orchestra hit sample, itself sampling the

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's Firebird Suite by

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. Nonetheless, it is one of the most sampled singles primarily due to the

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after the line "Some people don't like the way Sally walk" which lined up to the sound effect of a

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, giving it its unique sound. The songs sampling include "

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" by

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(1991), "

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" by

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ft.

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and

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(2013), "Sally" by

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(1988), where the entire song centers around the "Sally" line and sample, "

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" by

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(1989), and even outside of hip-hop with "Jack-Ass" by

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(1996) and " How You Like Me Now?" by The Heavy (2009).

References

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