It peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 2 on the US R&B chart, and number 2 in the United Kingdom.
It was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
A live version was included in the 2014 CD/DVD release, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances.
Duke Dumont sampled the song in his song "I Got U".
Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield praised the song as a one with some "creative juice"; "on the excellent title track, Wyclef gives Houston the sexiest Bob Marley rip-off he's ever written."