[2] The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics[3][4] and tops the MTV Base's hottest track of 2016 at number 2,[5][6] it also debuted at the top 10 Soundcity TV count down.
[9] Krizbeatz revealed that the beat produced for "Pana" was not originally for Tekno.
[13][14] It also charted at number one on Apple Music in several countries including Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana[15] and it went on to become Tekno's most popular record with over 50 million Spotify streams as of April 2022.
[16] The music video was released on 22 August 2016, directed by Clarence Peters.
It became the third music video by a Nigerian artiste to surpass the 100 million views milestone on Youtube,[17] and the top five most viewed Nigerian music video of all time[18] as of 2021.