Hot Butter's version became the first primarily electronic-based piece of music to reach the American popular music charts, peaking at number nine on the "Billboard" Pop Singles and number four on the Adult Contemporary Chart.
Hot Butter's version became the second primarily electronic-based piece of music to reach the American popular music charts, three years after "The Minotaur" by Dick Hyman & His Electric Eclectics. The Hot Butter recording peaked at number nine on the "Billboard" Pop Singles and number four on the Adult Contemporary Chart.