"Family Affair" was the most successful hit of Sly & the Family Stone's career, peaking at number-one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for three weeks, while achieving the same on the Billboard R&B Singles chart for five weeks. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 79 song for 1972. The band's long-awaited fifth album, "There's a Riot Goin' On", debuted at number one on the Billboard soul album charts during the same period. "There's a Riot Goin' On" was typified by a deep, dark style of funk, evident in "Family Affair", that earned the album a place as one of the most influential albums of all time.