On 26/27 October 2008, "My People" made its return to the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, peaking higher at number 14.

This chart rebound was partly due to the Presets' appearance at the 2008 ARIA Awards a week earlier.

Despite its eventual success, the group initially had doubts if radio would play it due to the track's heaviness.

Kim Moyes told Rolling Stone Australia: "I remember when we played it to our record company and they were like 'we love it but how the heck are we going to get this on the radio?'

In 2015, the song was listed at number 2 in In the Mix's '100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time' with Nick Jarvis saying "The Presets took Australian indie-dance from the distant corners of the internet and street press magazines, and blasted it onto prime time radio and television, and from the main stages at mainstream festivals.