“I Can’t Dance To That Music You’re Playin’ “ #42 9/7/1968

The last record by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas to even reach the upper half of the Hot 100. Like many girl groups, there was a certain amount of, uhhh, infighting. Sometimes it spilled over on stage. This was about a woman’s musician boyfriend running off; supposedly Martha hated the song because it hit too close to home. Reeves “wasn’t available” to re-do the chorus, so that was performed by Syreeta Wright (soon to be Stevie Wonder’s girlfriend); the Andantes sang backup.