 The song spent 15 consecutive weeks in the top 10 and remained on the chart for over nine months, listed at number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100 year-end chart.The single was successful in mainstream music, topping the Pop 100 and Pop 100 Airplay charts and reaching number two on the Mainstream Top 40 chart.It had strong airplay on adult contemporary stations and reached the top five of the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks charts.