The song was a number-one in Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden, and further peaked within the top five in several other countries including Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

For further promotion, the two performed the song at multiple events, including at Spanish award show Los Premios 40 Principales 2010, and on a tour visiting India and the Americas.

[1] Subsequently, he worked on songs released by other Romanian acts such as Costi Ioniță and Blaxy Girls, and lent his production to group Akcent's 2009 studio album Fără lacrimi (Without Tears), which spawned the commercially successful singles "Stay with Me" and "That's My Name".

[8] On 6 July 2009, Cat Music made the song available for digital download in several countries, including Romania, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.

[11][12] Several remixes of "Stereo Love"—some of which were featured on its physical releases—have been produced, including ones by Eiffel 65 member Gabry Ponte,[13] Dave Ramone, Digital Dog, the Michael Mind Project,[14] Timmy Trumpet,[15] Wildstylez and Sean Finn.

[34][35] Leila Cobo of Reuters opined that the accordion melody evoked that of "Lambada" (1989) by French-Brazilian group Kaoma (originally featured in "Llorando se fue" (1982) by Bolivian band Los Kjarkas).

[27] The interpolation of Mansurov's work on "Stereo Love" was initially not credited,[35] with observers starting an online debate over whether or not the song was a plagiarism of "Bayatılar".

Although ethnomusicologist Elena Sulea noted that Maya had "identically" copied the accordion hook of the latter song, she opined that it was a common motif found in the folklore of Azerbaijan and other countries.

[30] The staff of the New York Daily News reported that several music observers had noticed melodic and structural similarities between "Stereo Love" and American singer Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor" (2011), suggesting the former was a possible source of inspiration during the creation of the latter.

[37] Both Pune Mirror and Complex noted the universal appeal of "Stereo Love", with an editor of the latter publication tracing it back to what they saw as the campy nature of the song.

[50][51] "Stereo Love" had a similar commercial trajectory to several other Romanian popcorn songs released around the late 2000s, and was part of the emergence of Romania as a center for Europe's dance music scene.

It entered the top ten of Nielsen Music Control and Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România (UPFR)'s radio and television airplay chart at number eight in June 2009.

[55] From October to November 2009, the track reached number two on the TopHit airplay chart of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),[45][56] as well as on the Dutch Single Top 100.

[46][89] The song entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at position 93 in October 2010 and reached its peak at number 16 in January 2011,[90] which is the best performance of a Romanian release to date.

[42] The music video features individual shots of Maya and Jigulina walking through the streets of the island at daytime before finding and hugging each other at the sea at sunset.

[103] It was later issued for digital download in Canada on 7 September 2010 by Ultra Records―who had previously searched for an artist to record a North American remix of "Stereo Love"[104]—as Martina's debut single.

[107] Directed by Marc André Debruyne in Toronto, Canada, a music video for the remix was uploaded on YouTube on 9 September 2010, depicting Martina in a sailboat at sunset and riding around the town in a chauffeured Mercedes-Benz at night.

[109] Martina's version of "Stereo Love" experienced commercial success in Canada and surpassed the original, peaking at number ten on the Canadian Hot 100 in November 2010.

[71] It received a triple platinum certification from Music Canada,[110] and was nominated for "Dance Recording of the Year" at the Juno Awards of 2011, where Martina also gave a live performance of the song.

[24] In 2011, Maya and Jigulina parted ways with Cat Music, accusing the label of breach of contract for withholding their royalties and not promoting their version of "Stereo Love", as well as for granting cover licenses for the song without their consent.

[114] It has been further covered by acts such as Dominican bachata band Grupo Extra,[115] and was played at Real Betis football matches in a violin rendition.

The Hindi song is based on "Stereo Love" and further credits Tanishk Bagchi and Shraddha Pandit as authors alongside the original writers.