Jeff Benjamin of Fuse wrote that the track was "far more than just another pop hit: The track told a cautionary tale of HIV and AIDS, and its video depicted a man who didn't wear a condom with his girlfriend and later watched his body degenerate in the mirror."[REF]
Thomas and Watkins rerecorded "Waterfalls" with Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro in 2013 for the song's twentieth anniversary [REF].