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The Staple Singers

Let’s Do It Again

1975 · via Ice Cube

The Staple Singers’ 1975 recording of “Let’s Do It Again” is the earliest release on file. Curtis Mayfield is credited as its writer. Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day (remix)” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Under that remix is a Curtis Mayfield song The Staple Singers had on record back in 1975. Spin theirs first, then Cube's, and you can hear exactly what he borrowed to make the day feel easy.

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Liner notes

Credited writer: Curtis Mayfield.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1975.

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Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day (remix)” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day (remix)" samples a Curtis Mayfield song, "Let's Do It Again." Which act had that song on record years before Cube?The Staple Singers
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