Aiming at the developing disco market,[7] the group's funk-based version of Diana Ross & the Supremes' 1968 single "Forever Came Today" was a club hit,[8] while the single's B-side, the R&B ballad "All I Do Is Think of You", became a popular and frequently covered song in its own right.

John Kosh was the album cover's designer with photography credited to Jim Britt.

After the release of Moving Violation, the brothers left Motown due to the label refusing to let them write their own music and the group earning little album royalties.

[9] The only brother to stay with the label was Jermaine, due to the fact that he felt Motown was more capable of promoting Black music than Epic Records was.

[10] Jermaine would eventually reunite with his brothers for the Motown 25 television special in 1983, and their 1984 album Victory.