Upon its release, the song had great success in Mexico, where it topped the singles charts.
The song was written by Carlos Blanco, a songwriter from the Mexican state of Puebla, and its original title was "Güerita" (which in Mexican slang is the diminutive form of "güera", a term that is used to describe a blonde or fair-skinned woman).
When Blanco showed Yturbe the song, the latter suggested changing its title so as to reference Verónica Castro, a famous Mexican actress;[1] Blanco agreed to the change, and thus Yturbe recorded the song, which was released in 1972 as a single (with the song "Miénteme" as the B-side) as well as being included in Yturbe's studio album "Condición".
The song quickly became popular in Mexico, where it would eventually top the singles charts, and it was popularly associated with the aforementioned Verónica Castro; Yturbe performed the song for Castro on a TV show,[2] and Mexican tabloids even published rumours of a supposed affair between the two.
[8] The song would later be covered by other Mexican groups such as La Rondalla de Saltillo and Los Socios del Ritmo (in a cumbia version), among others.