Recognizable by both its vocal hooks and its classical section, which is featured in the middle of the song, "Let's All Chant" was well received by critics, who have praised its musical arrangement and its catchiness.

As well as being used in many TV advertisements and movies, it has become an influential dance song that has been extensively covered or remixed by numerous artists and has been interpolated or sampled in many other tracks.

[1] In parallel, the group's name was changed to the Michael Zager Band and they signed with the label Private Stock Records.

[2] For their forthcoming LP, Zager wrote two songs, "Let's All Chant" and "Love Express", together with Alvin Fields.

[1] The co-writer shared lead vocals on "Let's All Chant" with session singers Dollette McDonald and Billy Baker.

He later remarked: The reason I added the piccolo trumpet and classical section in the middle of "Let's All Chant" was mainly because I was embarrassed!

I have a classical background and went to a music conservatory, so I was really feeling embarrassed[1]"Let's All Chant" and "Love Express" were both recorded at the Secret Sound Studios, in Manhattan.

[2] Once the tracks were recorded, Zager told Fields: "I'm gonna kill you if this isn't a hit!

[3] The song's instrumentation also includes Afro-Cuban drums, a "rollicking" piano line and a Clarinet (played by the late woodwind doubler George Marge), marked by a piccolo trumpet solo that sounds "like it's straight out of the Dynasty opening theme song".

[6] According to AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson, the combination of the "European-influenced, oddly baroque" feeling with a "catchy disco/funk beat" grabs the attention of the listener and encourages him to discover the rest of the eponymous LP.

[3] In their book Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco, Alan Jones and Jussi Kantonen described the song as being "supremely catchy and melodic, with a quite miraculous classical chamber music-style break in the middle" and considered the track "a key recording that instantly defines the disco era.

[7]Private Stock promoted Michael Zager Band's eponymous LP due to the success of the song.

[2] It also remains an influential dance track[2] that has been heavily used on TV and in movies, as well as being covered or remixed by numerous artists or interpolated or sampled in other songs.