The Tracks of My Tears My Tears" was a number 2 hit on the "Billboard" R&B chart, and it reached number 16 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Belatedly released in the UK in 1969, it became a Top Ten hit that summer, reaching number 9 (the UK release was credited to "Smokey Robinson and the Miracles"). This song is considered to be among the finest recordings of The Miracles, and it sold over one million records within two years, making it The Miracles' fourth million-selling record. The Miracles can be seen performing "The Tracks of My Tears" on their 2006 Motown DVD release, "The Miracles'
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said published text, including a discussion of ways to remember deceased writers that was to prove prescient. Naturally Hartinian based her script on her private edition." The play was directed by Bill Raymond, Hartinian's husband. "It was in response to Linda's loss that we chose "Tears"," he told the Phoenix, "because "Flow My Tears" is in fact a novel about grief, and not necessarily just about loss of identity." The play has been performed by Mabou Mines in Boston and New York City, and by the Prop Theatre in Chicago, and the Evidence Room in Los Angeles. The Evidence Room production