Murray acquired the monitor and paid Turner a $25,000 advance for the recording and publishing rights. It reached No. 2 on the Hot R&B Sides chart and No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. Journalist Kurt Loder described the monitor as "the blackest record to ever creep into the white pop charts given that Ray Charles's gospel-styled 'What'd I Say' that previous summer time". Another single from the duo, "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", achieved No.