Upon its release, "Te Quise Tanto" received positive reviews from music critics. At the 13th ASCAP Awards, the song winner in the category of "Latin Pop-Ballad". Commercially, it was a success and peaked on the BillboardHot Latin Tracks in the United States for six non-consecutive weeks, the longest stay at the summit by the singer in that chart to date.
In 2024, Cadena Dial included it in its list of "the 20 best songs released in 2004".[2]
Promotion
Paulina performed the song at the 2004 Latin Billboard Awards.
Chart performance
In the United States, "Te Quise Tanto" becoming Rubio's first number one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart; it spent a total of six weeks at the top position, while also reaching number one on the Latin Pop Airplay. The song managed to peak at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Also, as of December 11 of 2009, "Te Quise Tanto" became the 72nd most played song of the past decade amongst the top 100 most popular songs from Billboards, Latin Pop Songs charts. The song peaked within the top 5 on singles charts of Colombia (2), Chile (5) and Venezuela (2).[3]
Music video
A music video was shot by Gustavo Garzón,[4] and it was filmed in December 2003 in Los Angeles.[5] The clip has a cartoonish aesthetic, psychedelic figures and Rubio's timeless glamor.[6] It premiere on Los 40 in January 20, 2004.[7]