song peaked at number 21 in the United Kingdom, number 24 in Scotland, number 27 in the Netherlands and number 29 in Belgium. Estefan performed the song as her opening performance in VH1's first ever Divas Live. In 2018, Australian music channel Max included Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" in their list of "1000 Greatest Songs of All Time". Critical reception Larry Flick from Billboard felt that Estefan "has not delivered a pop single with this much verve and energy in a long while. The groove is reminiscent of her own classic "Conga", and it is wrapped in delicious layers of live strings and horns. An inspired pairing of song and artist that will likely spark heavy top 40 and club activity." Josef Woodard from Entertainment Weekly said that Estefan's "easygoing charms still do the trick" on the song. Joey Guerra from Houston Chronicle called it a "pulsing rendition". Jeremy Griffin from The Ithacan declared it as a "rousing cover". Chuck Campbell from Knoxville News Sentinel complimented Estefan as "a natural" to remake the disco classic. Pan-European magazine Music & Media noted that here, the singer "revives her Miami Sound Machine days of fatback disco". Alan Jones from Music Week gave the song three out of five, describing it as "an intoxicating mix of Latin rhythms and disco sensibilities. Likely to earn her a substantial hit." John Kilgo from The Network Forty declared it as a "classic" remake of the 1976 "Top 10 gem", adding that it has "uptempo flavor spiced with trademark Miami Sound Machine overtones". A reviewer from People Magazine called it "an exuberant run" through Robinson's disco classic, that "demand repeated listens." Brad Beatnik from the RM Dance Update viewed it as "fairly standard disco fare" from Estefan. Retrospective response AllMusic editor Eddie Huffman complimented the song as a "brilliant pop hit". In 2014, Maryann Scheufele from AXS, featured it in her list of "10 Best Gloria Estefan's Songs", saying that "this song is a sound that moved girls to dance like Gloria Estefan. She was a leader in the freedom of movement otherwise known as Latino style." Pip Ellwood-Hughes from Entertainment Focus also ranked it among Estefan's 10 best songs, descring it as a "raucous dance number". In an 2015 retrospective review of Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Phil Shanklin of ReviewsRevues felt that this is "an excellent choice for Gloria whose voice is similar