Larry Flick, from "Billboard", called it "a momentous musical event [...] a bittersweet and quietly theatrical ballad specifically for Madonna". Kathleen Guerdo, also from "Billboard", said that "[Madonna delivers what is by far one of the strongest vocal performances of her career, comfortably scaling to the song's demanding soprano heights while infusing it with delicate, heart-rending emotion. This bodes well for the creative potency of the rest of the soundtrack". Matthew Jacobs from "HuffPost", placed it at number 61 of his list "The Definitive Ranking Of Madonna Singles". He explained that "vocal training Madonna endured for the movie pays off in this soprano serenade", but also noted that it "doesn't do much outside of the film". Similar thoughts were shared by Medium's Richard LaBeau. "Spin"s Annie Zaleski noted that "[Madonna's performances on the "Evita" soundtrack demonstrated her astronomical growth as a vocalist", citing "her fragile-sounding pleas on the Oscar-winning 'You Must Love Me'" as an example. J. D. Considine, from "The Baltimore Sun", said it was one of the "big songs" from the soundtrack.