Thursday, January 4, 2018

The Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again b/w After Sex (1975) - single



  • Written by Curtis Mayfield, this was part of the soundtrack for the 1975 comedy film of the same name starring Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. The Staples performed all the songs on the soundtrack, including "Funky Love," "A Whole Lot of Love" and "After Sex." You might notice a theme.
  • The song topped the Hot 100 for one week in December 27, 1975, the day before Roebuck "Pops" Staples' 61st birthday. It was the second of two #1 hits for the Staple Singers following "I'll Take You There" three years earlier.
  • The song shocked the Staple Singers' gospel fans with its sexual lyrics over a sensual groove - it's pretty obvious what they want to do again. Indeed, Pops Staples had to be persuaded to sing his part. His daughter Mavis recalled to Uncut in 2016: "In the studio, Curtis said, 'Pops, this is your part…' And it was (sings) 'I like you lady. So fine with your pretty hair.' And Pops said, 'Curtis, man, I'm not gonna sing that. I'm a church man.' And Curtis said, 'Oh Pops, the Lord won't mind.'

    Me and my sisters wanted to hear our voices on the big screen, so we kept at him and said, 'Daddy, it's just a movie score, you're not leaving the church…' And we finally got him to do it."
  • This was the #1 song in America when Time magazine published an article about "sex rock" songs the last week of December in 1975. Along with Donna Summer's "Love To Love You Baby" and KC & The Sunshine Band's "That's The Way (I Like It)," it was cited as an example of the genre, which was drawing the ire of many activist groups that felt these songs were leading to unwanted pregnancies.

    The Staple Singers had been described as gospel, pop, spiritual and soul, but "sex rock" is not a tag they were likely to earn.

A - Let's Do It Again  (3:28)
      Written-ByCurtis Mayfield

B - After Sex  (3:24)
      Written-By – Curtis Mayfield

Companies, etc.
Credits
Both sides "Edited Version"s taken from "the Original Sound Track Album CU 5005 LET'S DO IT AGAIN." Distributed by Warner Bros.

Notes

Released: 1975
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul Ballad
Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎
Catalog# WB 16.645

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