The gospel-influenced track was a Curtis Mayfield composition that displayed the growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing.

"People Get Ready" was named as one of the Top 10 Best Songs of All Time by Mojo music magazine, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.

In 2015, the song was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry due to its "cultural, historic, or artistic significance".

The gospel-influenced track was written and composed by Curtis Mayfield, who was displaying a growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing.

I must have been in a very deep mood of that type of religious inspiration when I wrote that song.The song is the first Impressions hit to feature Mayfield's guitar in the break.