The group, which consisted of lead singer Richard Street, Sandra Fagin, John "Maurice" Fagin, and Warren Harris, had two minor hits, "Say You" (#36 R&B), and then a cover of the Valadiers' "Greetings (This is Uncle Sam)", which reached #21 on the Billboard R&B chart, and #100 on the Billboard Pop singles chart.

Street became a member of the Distants with Williams and Franklin, but left before the group merged with the Primes to become The Temptations.

The song explores the feelings felt by many young men, as they were drafted into the army to serve in the Vietnam War.

[2] Because of The Monitors' lack of success, its members held other positions within the Motown corporation to sustain income.

Richard Street, for example, worked in Motown's Quality Control department, and later traveled with The Temptations as a stand-in for Paul Williams, who became increasingly ill during the late 1960s and early 1970s due to alcoholism and other health problems.

[5] b/w "The Further You Look the Less You See" b/w "All for Someone" b/w "Number One in Your Heart" b/w "Don't Put Off 'Til Tomorrow What You Can Do Today" b/w "The Further You Look the Less You Can" b/w "Time Is Passin' By" b/w "Standing Still (Instrumental)"