Conversation so far:
What was Bless You?
In 1971, the group scored an international hit with "Bless You" (produced by the Jackson 5's producers The Corporation).
What did the hit do for their career?
The song peaked at number fifty-three on the American pop singles chart (the biggest peak of Vandellas' seventies singles), and number twenty-nine on the R&B singles chart.
What else is important about this time frame?
Reeves, out of the group temporarily due to illness, recovered and returned; Ashford was replaced by another former member of the Velvelettes, Sandra Tilley.
Why was Ashford replaced?
they could not reignite the fire that had made their records successful in the 1960s.
Among their late 1960s hits was "I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing".
What happened to them next?
Reeves reportedly hated singing the song sensing it "close to home".
In 1970, the group issued Motown's first protest single.

Question: How did others take the protest single?
Self-contained rewrite: How did others take the protest single from Martha and the Vandellas?