The song is a ballad with a dance background. It was first offered to Celine Dion to be recorded, but she turned it down. Gloria recorded it instead and included on her then upcoming album gloria!. The song was released as the first official single from the album and was recorded in three languages: English, Spanish and French. The Spanish version titled "Corazón Prohibido" was released as a single in Spain, where it topped the charts. The French version titled "Amour Infini" was only available on the European, Canadian and British album edition as a bonus track. The song peaked at number twenty-seven in the U.S. The B-side of the single was the famous "Gloria Hitmix", which hasn't been available in any other single issue since. There were two different versions of the song: "Radio Edit" and "Full Version" (this mix includes the songs: "I'm Not Giving You Up", "Reach", "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)", "Mi Tierra", "Live for Loving You", "Tres Deseos", "Everlasting Love" and "Turn the Beat Around"). The single received a massive promotion. Estefan first performed the song at the 1998 VH1 Divas Live where she received a standing ovation for her performance; she also performed at the Studio 54 in New York. Then she sing it again at the 1998 World Music Awards in Monaco where she was the hostess of the event. Then it was promoted in a lot of television programs around the world. The song was included on the movie Dance with Me (starring Vanessa L. Williams and Chayanne) soundtrack. Since then, the song has appeared on many soundtracks as one of the "best songs from the movies". The music video was filmed in a "space" style and shows Gloria flying around a lot of places. The video received the Alma Award for "Best Outstanding Video". The song was nominated for the Grammy Music Award for "Best Dance Recording" but lost to Madonna's smash hit "Ray of Light".