Que Te Conocí" debuted at number thirty-nine on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. The song climbed to the top ten on the week of March 21, 1987 and peaked at number two six weeks later with the number one position being held off by Braulio's song "En Bancarrota". "Hasta Que Te Conocí" ended 1987 as the fourth best-performing Latin single of the year in the United States. The live version of the song peaked at number ten on the Hot Latin Songs chart. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts All-time charts Marc Anthony version In 1993, American recording artist Marc Anthony covered "Hasta Que Te Conocí" on his debut studio album Otra Nota. According to Anthony, he originally had no desire to record in Spanish and turned down an offer by RMM manager Ralph Mercado to record an album in salsa. During a taxi ride, Anthony heard Gabriel's "Hasta Que Te Conocí" on the radio and was compelled to perform the song in salsa. But in a version of this story that appeared in a 2016 article in Billboard, Anthony explains that Little Louis Vega's sister first played the song for him. This led to an agreement between Mercado and Anthony to record an album in salsa with a cover of "Hasta Que Te Conocí" included. After recording this cover, Anthony said, "I never recorded freestyle again." A curtailed version of the song appears on Anthony's compilation album Desde un Principio: From the Beginning (1999) while the full version appears on his 2003 compilation album Éxitos Eternos. Anthony performed a live version of the song at the 1994 Lo Nuestro Awards. The song has been included in his tour setlist including his Nada Personal Tour and the Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony en Concierto tour. Reception On the review of the album, Evan Gutierrez of Allmusic cited Anthony's cover as one of the tracks that "showcased well" with his "edgy improvisation and wide vocal range". Anthony's cover received a nomination for Tropical Song of the Year at the 1994 Lo Nuestro Awards, but lost to "El Baile del Perrito" by Wilfrido Vargas y su Orquesta. At the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Latin Awards of 1994, Juan Gabriel received an award in the Tropical/Salsa Category for "Hasta Que Te Conocí". "Hasta Que Te Conocí" peaked at number thirteen on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. Music video