Tony Pabon sang the vocals for the song, while the instrumentals were performed by Pete Rodriguez Orchestra.

At the request of Pancho Cristal, Weinberg delivered a copy to Roulette Records' owner, Morris Levy.

The song was covered by Latin supergroup The Blackout All-Stars, under the title "I Like It", from volume 1 of the soundtrack to the 1994 film I Like It Like That.

The Blackout All-Stars was a one-off musical supergroup, consisting of various Latin music artists: Ray Barretto, Sheila E., Tito Puente, Tito Nieves, Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Valentin and Grover Washington Jr.

Following its inclusion in these commercials, a remixed version of the song started to pick up radio airplay.

Jeremy Helligar of Entertainment Weekly gave the song a B, saying it was a "swinging number" and that "only a hopeless couch potato could possibly not like it.