The Spanish edition of Rolling Stone ranked it forty third on the magazine's 2006 list of "The 200 Best Songs of Spanish Pop-Rock". In the song's entry, Miguel Ángel Bargueño felt that "Porque te vas" "broke the image of folk balladist that Jeanette carried since her Pic-Nic stage and conveyed an accentuated feeling of loss that caused a greater impact by being interpreted by a helpless-looking twenty-year-old."
The Spanish edition of Rolling Stone ranked Jeanette's song "Porque te vas" as the 43rd best song in Spanish Pop-Rock music in their 2006 list. Miguel Ángel Bargueño felt that this song broke Jeanette's image as a folk balladist and conveyed a powerful sense of loss, amplified by its interpretation by a young, vulnerable woman.