The song debuted on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 30 on 26 December 1987 and climbed to the top ten five weeks later. It reached the top position of the chart on 16 April 1988, replacing "Ay Amor" by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel and being replaced one week later by Los Bukis' "Y Ahora Te Vas". This song became Gabriel's second number-one hit in the Hot Latin Tracks chart as a lead performer, after "Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó" in 1986 and his fourth number-one single as a songwriter. It ended 1988 as the fifth best-performing single of the year.
