 It was the only record to hit number one on both the Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts during all of 1982.The single was certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of one million units on January 7, 1982.According to the Hall & Oates biography, Hall, upon learning that "I Can't Go for That" had gone to number one on the R&B chart, wrote in his diary, "I'm the head soul brother in the U.S. Where to now?"