The duet version featuring Cris MJ was subsequently released on 2 February 2024, serving as the lead single from FloyyMenor's debut EP, El Comienzo.

The song also reached number four on the Billboard Global 200 and claimed the top spot on charts in Bolivia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Peru, and Switzerland.

Galleguillos, who is from Vicuña, Chile, rose to local prominence in his home country prior to releasing "Gata Only", with one of his hit singles being "Pa la Europa".

[6] Produced by Big Cvyu, "Gata Only" is an upbeat reggaeton song that lyrically talks about going after an attractive woman and "kidnapping" her, just to stay with her forever.

[8] Gerardo Mejia, who is the Latin A&R lead of UnitedMasters, stated that the lyrics "talk about TikTok, about likes, [and] about following" and that he thinks that "[Galleguillos] hit something that resonates with the kids".

[9] The official duet version and its accompanying music video were released on 2 February 2024, serving as the lead single from the former's debut EP El Comienzo.

[12] Upon release, the song received a mixed reception from users, who pointed out that Álvarez's part had too much reverb or thought the use of artificial intelligence was involved.

[19] The song also earned two nominations at the 2024 MTV MIAW Awards, a ceremony that celebrates the most popular music, digital, and social trends across Latin America.

In other countries in Europe, Gata Only charted in Portugal (2), Germany (4), Belgium (6), Austria (6), Estonia (7), Latvia (7), Slovakia (8), Lithuania (11), Romania (3), Hungary (18), Czechia (26), Sweden (27), Ukraine (33), Norway (40), Ireland (46), and Poland (62).

Gata Only peaked at number 5 on the official MENA chart, which tracks consumption from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.

[60] On streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music, Gata Only made appearances on daily charts for countries including Indonesia, Egypt, Malaysia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Israel, and Singapore among others.

[17] The song ranked high despite being released early in February, and Billboard's harsh filtering of free streams which benefits western artists, all showing testament to its longevity and global reach.

[16] The platform named it "the biggest Latin track in the world this year" due to its groundbreaking success and viral impact across every corner of the globe.

On December 2, Spotify Wrapped announced Gata Only as the fourth most streamed song of 2024, trailing only behind Billie Eillish’s "Birds of a Feather", Benson Boone’s "Beautiful Things", and Sabrina Carpenter’s "Espresso".

It ranked high in countless regional year-end charts such as Switzerland (2), France (5), Spain (6), Italy (7), Portugal (8), Germany (11), Belgium (11), Algeria (4), and more.

[75] "Gata Only" would amass over 859 million streams as of July 2024, dismissing "Una Noche en Medellín" to become the most-streamed song by a Chilean artist on Spotify.

[76] On August 9, it became the fastest Latin song in the platform to surpass 1 billion streams, dethroning "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol.

[61] The song reached number one on the Spotify charts designated for Argentina, Chile, Italy, France, Peru, Ecuador, Switzerland, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Luxembourg.

[81] Additionally, the song reached top 10 in daily Spotify charts for Mexico, Spain, Germany, Colombia, Netherlands, Guatemala, Belgium, Portugal, Cyprus, Costa Rica, Austria, Romania, Hungary, Morocco, Venezuela, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, UAE, Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Estonia.

In total, it charted in 60 of the 72 countries with available Spotify charts, making appearances in the top 200 for Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Egypt, Canada, Singapore, Poland, Sweden, Greece, Norway, Czechia, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Malaysia, Dominican Republic, Israel, Ukraine, Latvia, and Belarus.

[84] Cris MJ would be absent from the remix, though it was confirmed by Jorge Álvarez, who is his father, but was also speculated that a music video with all four artists would be released soon.

[88][89] Chilean band La Caravana Mágica, from Pichilemu, released a cover version of "Gata Only" in May 2024, which infuses multiple musical genres such as cumbia, flamenco, reggae and Hawaiian.

[90][91] in the same month, Brazilian rapper MC Nova Era uploaded a cover of the song in Portuguese, which has since received over 339 thousand views on YouTube.