Crespo credited his son for the success of the song stating that his son spent the entire afternoon singing it and told his father that the song would be a hit.
The Spanglish version was featured in the 1998 film, Dance with Me.
In 2008, the song served as the intro and outro for the live album, Elvis Crespo Lives: Live at Las Vegas and the title reappeared in the title for his tenth anniversary compilation album, Suavemente... Los Éxitos.
The song hit the Billboard Hot 100 as well as received a Premios Lo Nuestro award and two Latin Billboard Music Awards the following year.
"Suavemente" was the tenth best-performing Latin single of 1998.