The song has been recorded by several performers, including Roberto Carlos, Diego El Cigala, Fania All-Stars, Eydie Gormé, Danny Rivera, Tito Rodríguez and Bebo Valdés, among others.
[3] Two songs composed by Gutiérrez, "Inolvidable" and "Llanto de Luna" ("Crying Moon"), were highly successful boleros in Latin America.
[4] Lyrically, the song presents the protagonist kissing different lips and looking for new sensations ("He besado otras bocas buscando nuevas ansiedades").
[9] Musical ensemble Fania All-Stars released their first studio album Tribute to Tito Rodríguez in 1976 and included a cover version of "Inolvidable".
[14] Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés and Spanish flamenco performer Diego El Cigala recorded the track for their collaborative album Lágrimas Negras.
[19][20] Romance received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Album (which it lost to Jon Secada's Otro Día Más Sin Verte),[21] was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and sold seven million copies worldwide.
[22] The first single taken from the album was "Inolvidable", a version that according to Carlos Monsiváis in his book Los Rituales del Caos, guarantees "the adoption of the past, and that the romantic sensibility is not dead.
[29] Elsewhere in Latin America, "Inolvidable" topped the charts in Colombia; and reached the top-ten in Chile, El Salvador, Panama, Peru and Puerto Rico.